INTRO: G C G

VERSE:

[(G)]Look out, Mama, there’s a wh[(C)]ite boat coming down the rive[(G)]r[(C)][(G)]
With a [(C)]big red beacon and a flag and a man on the ra[(G)]il[(C)][(G)]
I think you’d [(C)]better call John ‘cause it don’t look like they’re here
To [(Bm)]deliver the ma[(C)]il
And it’s [(Bm7)]less than a mile aw[(Cmaj7)]ay I hope[(Bm7)] they didn’t come to stay[(Cmaj7)]
It’s got [(Bm7)]numbers on the side and a g[(Cmaj7)]un,
And it’s making [(D)]big w[(Dsus)]aves.[(D)][(Dsus)][(D)][(Dsus)][(D)][(C)][(G)][(C)][(G)][(C)][(G)]

VERSE:

[(G)]Daddy’s gone, my br[(C)]other’s out hunting in the moun[(G)]tains[(C)][(G)]
Big [(C)]John’s been drinking since the river took Emmy Lo[(G)]u[(C)][(G)]
So the [(C)]powers that be left me here to do all the th[(Bm)]inking[(C)]
And I [(Bm7)]just turned twenty-[(Cmaj7)]two I was wond[(Bm7)]ering what to do[(Cmaj7)]
And the [(Bm7)]closer they ca[(Cmaj7)]me
The more those feelings [(D)]grew[(Dsus)][(D)][(Dsus)][(D)][(Dsus)][(D)][(C)][(G)][(C)][(G)][(C)][(G)]

VERSE:

[(G)]Daddy’s rifle in my ha[(C)]nds felt reassuri[(G)]ng[(C)][(G)]
He told me, [(C)]red means run son, numbers add up to no[(G)]thing[(C)][(G)]
But when that [(C)]first shot hit the dock, I saw it co[(Bm)]ming[(C)]
Raised the [(Bm7)]rifle to my ey[(Cmaj7)]e. Never stop[(Bm7)]ped to wonder why[(Cmaj7)]
Then [(Bm7)]I saw black and my face [(Cmaj7)]flash in the sky[(D)][(Dsus)][(D)][(Dsus)][(D)][(Dsus)][(D)][(C)][(G)][(C)][(G)][(C)][(G)]

BREAK: (VERSE CHORDS)

VERSE: ( same chords) End on (G)

Shelter me from the powder and the finger
Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger
Just think of me as one you never figured
To fade away so young, with so much left undone
Remember me to my love. I know I’ll miss her

INTRO: E A9 Bsus

Sun comes up, it’s Tuesday morning
Hits me straight in the eye
Guess you forgot to close the blind last night
Oh that’s right, I forgot, it was me

I sure do miss the smell of black coffee in the morning,
The sound of water splashing all over the bathroom,
The kiss that you would give me even though I was sleeping,
But I kind of like the feel of this extra few feet in my bed

Telephone’s ringing, but I don’t answer it
‘Cause everybody knows that good news always sleeps till noon
Guess it’s tea and toast for breakfast again
Maybe I’ll add a little T.V. too
No milk! God, how I hate that
Guess I’ll go to the corner, get breakfast from Jenny
She’s got a black eye this morning, “Jen how’d ya get it?”
She says, “Last night, Bobby got a little bit out of hand”

Lunchtime, I start to dial your number
Then I remember so I reach for something to smoke
And anyways I’d rather listen to Coltrane
Than go through all that shit again
There’s something about an afternoon spent doing nothing
Just listening to records and watching the sun falling
Thinking of things that don’t have to add up to something
And this spell won’t be broken
By the sound of keys scraping in the lock

Maybe tonight it’s a movie
With plenty of room for elbows and knees
A bag of popcorn all to myself,
Black and white with a strong female lead
And if I don’t like it, no debate, I’ll leave

Here comes that feeling that I’d forgotten
How strange these streets feel
when you’re alone on them
Each pair of eyes just filled with suggestion
So I lower my head, make a beleine for home
Seething inside

Funny, I’d never noticed
The sound the streetcars make as they pass my window
Which reminds me that I forgot to close the blind again
Yeah, sure I’ll admit there are times when I miss you
Especially like now when I need someone to hold me
But there are some things that can never be forgiven
And I just gotta tell you
That I kinda like this extra few feet in my bed