G C G
Look out, Ma, there's a white boat comin' up the river
C G
With a big red beacon and a flag and a man on the rail
C
I think you'd better call John
Bm C
'cause it don't look like they're here to deliver the mail
Bm C
And it's less than a mile away
Bm C
I hope they didn't come to stay
Bm C
It's got numbers on the side and a gun
D RIFF G C G
and it's makin' big waves
G C G
Daddy's gone and my brother's out huntin' in the mountains
C G
Big John's been drinkin' since the river took Emmy Lou
C Bm C
So the powers that be left me here to do the thinkin'
Bm C
And I just turned twenty-two
Bm C
I was wonderin' what to do
Bm
And the closer they got
C D RIFF G C G
The more those feelin's grew
Verse Instrumental
G C G
Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassurin
C G
He told me "Red means run, son, and numbers add up to nothin'"
C Bm C
When the first shot hit the dock I saw it comin'
Bm C
Raised my rifle to my eye
Bm C
Never stopped to wonder why
Bm C D RIFF G C G
Then I saw black and my face splashed in the sky
Verse Instrumental
G C G
Shelter me from the powder and the finger
C G
Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger
C Bm C
Just think of me as one you never figured
Bm C
Would fade away so young
Bm C
So much left undone
Bm C D RIFF G C G
Remember me to my love, I know I'll miss her
Notes:
Add quick G C- G for G end of the 1st two lines of each verse
You can just straight DUDUDUDU instead of RIFF
C is actually C/G
108 BPM
D Riff
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