Chords
[Verse 1]
G Look out, Mama, there's a Cwhite boat coming up the Griver
With a Cbig red beacon, and a flag, and a man on the rail
G I think you'd Cbetter call John
Because it don't look like they're here to deBmliver the mail C
[Chorus]
And it's Bmless than a mile away
C I Bmhope they didn't come to stay C
It's got Bmnumbers on the side and a Cgun
And it's making big Dwaves
[Bridge]
D G C G
[Verse 2]
GDaddy's gone, my Cbrother's out hunting in the Gmountains
Big CJohn's been drinking since the river took EmmyLou G
So the CPowers That Be left me here to do the thinBmkin'
[Chorus]
And I Bmjust turned twentytwo C
I was Bmwondering what to do C
And the Bmcloser they got
The Cmore those feelings Dgrew
[Bridge]
D G C G
[Solo 1]
G C G C
G C Bm Bm
C Bm C Bm
C D
[Bridge]
D G C G
[Verse 3]
GDaddy's rifle in my Chand felt reassurGing
He told me, CRed means run, son, numbers add up to noGthing
But when the Cfirst shot hit the docks I saw it coming Bm
[Chorus]
Raised my Bmrifle to my eye C
Never Bmstopped to wonder why C
Then BmI saw black
And my Cface splashed in the sky D
[Bridge]
D G C G
[Solo 2]
G C G C
G C Bm Bm
C Bm C Bm
C D
[Bridge]
D G C G
[Verse 4]
GShelter me from the Cpowder and the finGger
CCover me with the thought that pulled the trigGger
CThink of me as one you'd never figBmured
[Chorus]
Would Bmfade away so young C
With Bmso much left undone C
ReBmmember me to my Clove
I know I'll Dmiss her
[Outro]
D G C G