Chords/Tabulature for
Powderfinger (RNS version)

Submitted by: Malc Brookes (malc@malbro.demon.co.uk)

Notes about this song:

• Solos submitted by: kb (badfog@hotmail.com)
• This is the Rust Never Sleeps version.
• Also see the Accoustic version.
• The "fill" section is played after each verse and instrumental section.

Chords:
  C/G  3x2013

Tab legend:
  _5    hammer on/pull off (h/p)
  /7    slide up
  \5    slide down
  5=    vibrato(single notes)/sustain(whole chords)
  5^    bend up
  5`    slight bend
  7^(7) bend and release
  (7)/9 start slide on 7, finish on 9
  (9)   ghost bend -or- strike whilst bent
  5.    staccato note
  <12>  harmonic
  AH
  10    pinch harmonic/artificial harmonic
  x     mute string

VERSE:
G (---------rest----------) C                        G    C/G G
  Look out, Mama, there's a white boat coming up the river
       C                                            G    C/G 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
         Bm7               C
And it's less than a mile away
  Bm7                      C
I hope they didn't come to stay
         Bm7                       C
It's got numbers on the side and a gun
                    D
And it's making big waves

FILL:
  D               G               C               G       C   G
|---------------|---------------|----0-0--------|-3-----------3-|
|/7-7--7-5-3-0--5--3--0===------|----1-1--------|-0--------1--0-|
(/7-7--7-5-4-0--5--4--0===)-----|----0-0---h--0-|-0------0-0--0-|
(rythym guitar)-|---------------|-2==2-2--0_2---|-0--0_2---2--0-|
|---------------|---------------|-3==-----------|-2-----------2-|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-3-----------3-|

VERSE:
Daddy's gone, my brother's out hunting in the mountains

Big John's been drinking since the river took Emmylou
                                                 E|-4_3------3--3-|
                                                 B|----5----------|
                                                 G|------5.5==----|

So the Powers That Be left me here to do the thinking
                                                 E|---------------|
                                                 B|---4-----------|
                                                 G3//5-5\311==----|
                                                 D|------------0_35.

And I just turned twenty two
I was wondering what to do
And the closer they got
The more those feelings grew

FILL:
 D              G             C               G   C   G
|--------------|-------------|----0-0-------|-3---3---3---------|
|/7-7-7-5-3-0-/5--3--0===----|----1-1-------|-0---1---0---------9
(/7-7-7-5-3-0-/5--3--0===)---|----0-0--h-0--|-0---0---0---- 8810|
|--------------|-------------|-2==2-2-0_2---|-0---2---0----(mute)
|--------------|-------------|-3==----------|-2---3---2---------|
|--------------|-------------|--------------|-3-------3---------|

SOLO I:
G                C               G
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|911-11^=====11^(11)9-=99-11^==11^(11)----------|--------10111311
|--------------------10--------------8-------8/10-h-------------|
|---------------|(mute)---------|------8===------8_10====-------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

C                                G
|---------------|---------------|-----1212_11_12-11===----------|
|10119====1113111011-/13/13=13====--------------|---------------|
|---------------|------------(vibrato)----------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

C                                Bm              C
|---------------|-------------p-|-----=---------|---------------|
|--19-20-202120-1616/1818-1820_18-20==-----15-18== \14===---\\--|
|20-------------|---------------20=-------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

Bm7              Cmaj7           Bm7             Cmaj7
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---1113=1311.--14=13-13_14_13--|
11=11==11^=11^==(11)9---88/10==-|/13------------|---------------|
|9==9==---------|----10---------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

Bm7              Cmaj7           D
|-------------AH|----------p----|---------------|
13.---11/13--(11)1111-11-13_11--|7--------------|
|-13.-----------|---------------|7--------------|
(upstrokes)-----|---------------|7--------------|
|---------------|---------------|5--------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|

D                G               C                G   C   G
|---------------|---------------|-0------(0)==--|-3--3=--------|
|/7-7--7-5-3-0--5--3--0===------|-1------(1)==--|-0----1-1_2_1==
(/7-7--7-5-4-0--5--4--0===)-----|-0----(0)==----|-0------------|
|---------------|---------------|-2==0_2--------|-0------------|
|---------------|---------------|-3====---------|-2------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-3------------|

VERSE:
Daddy's rifle in my hand felt reassuring
He told me, Red means run, son, numbers add up to nothing
But when the first shot hit the docks I saw it coming
Raised my rifle to my eye
Never stopped to wonder why
Then I saw black
And my face splashed in the sky

FILL:
 D               G               C               G       C   G
|---------------|---------------|<5>-<x>--------|---------------|
|/7-7--7-5-3-0--5--3--0===------|<5>--<x>---<12>===----13_1513_15
(/7-7--7-5-4-0--5--4--0===)-----|<5>--------<12>===-------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----(vibrato)-|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

SOLO II:
G                C               G
|-------------/13---------------|---------------|---------------|
|16-_15_13-13=--|11_13-8/10---9.|---13==12_13_1212--------------|
|-----------13=-|---------- 7^--11/13-----------|-13------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--13=1315/17\15|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

C                                G
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-1012=---------|
1313_1413x11x---|---------------|--------<12>---|9---/13==------|
|-----------13--|----AH-13151315//18==-----<12>-|-----------15-17
|------------1313/15<15>--------|------<12>-----|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|----- muted  )-|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

C                                Bm              C
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
1618.21=20-201820-182018-20_21_20===-20192018-21==20.-----------|
|------------------(20)---------|---------------|----21.19.-----|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

Bm7              Cmaj7           Bm7             Cmaj7
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|-- AH----------|---------------|
11=11==11^=11^==(11)9---88/10==-|---10<8>-8-------8==8====------|
|9==9==---------|----10---------|-----------10-810.-------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

Bm7              Cmaj7           D
|---------------|---------------|2=======-------|
|---------------|---------------|3=======-------|
11==11.11^--(11^)-(11)-910------|2======2_0-----|
|9===9.====--9--|---------------|0====0---------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|

D                G               C
|---------------|---------------|------3--------3==----------3--3|
|/7-7--7-5-3-0--5--3--0===------|-5==--1-3-1-0==0==-------1--0--0|
(/7-7--7-5-4-0--5--4--0===)-----|-5==--------0==--------2_0--0--0|
|---------------|---------------|-5==--------0==---0_2_0--2--0--0|
|---------------|---------------|-3==----------------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------3|

VERSE:
Shelter me from the powder and the finger
Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger
Just think of me as one you'd never figured
Would fade away so young
With so much left undone
Remember me to my love
I know I'll miss her

 D               G               C               G       C   G
|---------------|---------------|---------------<12>===--------||
|/7-7--7-5-3-0--5--3--0===------|-5==--1 1_3-0--<12>===--------||
(/7-7--7-5-4-0--5--4--0===)-----|-5==-----------<12>===--------||
|---------------|---------------|-5==-----------<12>===--x-8/10||
|---------------|---------------|-3==-----------|--------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------||