[Verse]
G                   C             
Look out, Ma, there's a white boat
                G 
 comin' up the river 
Look out, Ma, there's a white boat comin' up the river 
       C                            
With a big red beacon and a flag and
                G 
 a man on the rail 
With a big red beacon and a flag and a man on the rail 
                C 
I think you'd better call John 
                                 
'cause it don't look like they're
          Bm           C 
 here to deliver the mail 
'cause it don't look like they're here to deliver the mail 
          Bm7              Cmaj7 
And it's less than a mile away 
 Bm7                      Cmaj7 
I hope they didn't come to stay 
         Bm                     
It's got numbers on the side and a
 Cmaj7 
 gun 
It's got numbers on the side and a gun 
                   
and it's makin' big
    D   G   C    G 
 waves
and it's makin' big waves
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[Verse]
G                  C             
Daddy's gone and my brother's out
                 G 
 huntin' in the mountains 
Daddy's gone and my brother's out huntin' in the mountains 
C                                 
Big John's been drinkin' since the
              G 
 river took Emmy Lou 
Big John's been drinkin' since the river took Emmy Lou 
 C                                   
So the powers that be left me here to
     Bm      C 
 do the thinkin' 
So the powers that be left me here to do the thinkin' 
     Bm7      Cmaj7 
And I just turned twenty-two 
     Bm7       Cmaj7 
I was wonderin' what to do 
       Bm7           Cmaj7 
And the closer they got 
                       
The more those feelin's
 D     G    C    G 
 grew
The more those feelin's grew
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C   Bm   C   Bm7   Cmaj7  Bm7  
Cmaj7  Bm7  Cmaj7   D   G   C    G
[Verse]
G               C            
Daddy's rifle in my hand felt
   G 
 reassurin’ 
Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassurin’ 
           C                       
He told me "Red means run, son, and
                    G 
 numbers add up to nothin'" 
He told me "Red means run, son, and numbers add up to nothin'" 
          C                       
When the first shot hit the dock I
          Bm   C 
 saw it comin' 
When the first shot hit the dock I saw it comin' 
Bm7              Cmaj7 
Raised my rifle to my eye 
Bm7              Cmaj7 
Never stopped to wonder why 
Bm7                  Cmaj7           
Then I saw black and my face splashed
              D   G   C   G 
 in the sky
Then I saw black and my face splashed in the sky
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G   Bm  C   D   G  
C    G
[Verse]
G            C                    
Shelter me from the powder and the
      G 
 finger 
Shelter me from the powder and the finger 
C                                    
Cover me with the thought that pulled
      G 
 the trigger 
Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger 
C                                
Just think of me as one you never
 Bm       C 
 figured 
Just think of me as one you never figured 
      Bm7          Cmaj7 
Would fade away so young 
Bm7               Cmaj7 
So much left undone 
  Bm7             Cmaj7            
Remember me to my love, I know I'll
 D          G  C   G 
 miss her
Remember me to my love, I know I'll miss her
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