Powderfinger (by Ozeias Moura)

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

6   6   6   4  6     
Look out, Mama,
 
6   -6     -6    -6   -6     6   -5   6
there's a white boat  comin' up the river
 
-5   6 -6  -6  -6 -5   -5  6  -6 
With a big red beacon, and a flag,
 
-6 -6 -6   6 -5  6
and a man on the rail
 
4 7     7     -6 -6  -6   -6
I think you'd better call John,
 
  4        7      7   7    7    7  7  7
'Cause it don't  look like they're here
 
-7 -6  6    5   5
to deliver the mail
 
5   -5    6   6    6 -6    5
And it's less than a mile away
 
5 6  6    6  6      6   -6  5
I hope they didn't come to stay
      5   6  6   6   6   6   
It's got numbers on the side
 
-6  -7 7
and a gun
 
 7   7   -7 -6  -6 6-6 6 
And it's makin' big waves.
 
Solo: 
 
-7 -7 -7 -6 6   -6 6 5
       
4 -3 4-3 3   -3 4-3 4-3 3 4 7
 
6   6    6 5
Daddy's gone,
 
6  -6 -6   -6 -6 -6 -6   6   -5   6
my brother's out hunting in the mountains
 
6   -6     -6   -6  6    -5 -5  -6 -6 -6  -5  -6 6  6
Big John's been drinking since the river took Emmy-Lou
 
-5  6  -6 -6  -6   -6
So the powers that be
 
-7   7  7 7  7 -7  -6   6   6
left me here to do the thinkin'
 
5  -5  6   6   6   6  5  -6
And I just turned twenty-two
 
5 -5  6  6  6   6    -6  5
I was wonderin' what to do
 
5   -5   6 6    6    6
And the closer they got,
 
-7  7 7  7  7  7-7-6 6  -6 6
The more those feelings grew.
 
 
Solo: 
 
5 6 6 6 6 5 6 -6 -6 -6  5 5 5
 
5 6 -6 -6 -6 7 7 7 -6 6 6 
 
-5 6 -6 -6 -6 -5 7 7 -6 -6 6 6 5 5
 
5 6 5 6 -6 5 5  6 6 -6 6 5 5
 
5 6 -6 6 -5 5 -4~ 5 6 6 6 6 5
 
 
6  6    6  6  5  6  -6
Daddy's rifle in my hand
 
-6   6   6  6
felt reassurin'
 
5  -5   6
He told me,
 
-6  -6    -6   -5
Red means run, son,
 
-6 -6   -6  -6 4   6  4
numbers add up to nothin'
 
-5   6       -6    -6
But when the first shot
 
-7   7  7     7 -7  -6  6
hit the docks I saw it comin'
 
-6     5  6  6  6  6  -6
Raised my rifle to my eye
 
-6 5   6      5  6   5   4
Never stopped to wonder why.
 
5    6 6   6
Then I saw black,
 
-6  -7 7  7   7  -7   6 -6   6
And my face splashed in the sky.
 
 
Solo: 5 6 -66 5 6 6 45 5 5
 
5 6 -6~ 6 5 5    5 6 -6 -6 -6 
 
7~ (-7 -6) 7 -6 6 6
 
6 6 5 6 -6 5 5    5 6 6 -6 5 5
 
5 6 -6 6 -5 5 -4~'  (4 5) (-4-5) (4 5) (4 5)
 
 
6   6   6   6    6  -6 -6
Shelter me from the powder
 
-6   6   6  6
and the finger
 
-6 -6 -6 -6   -6  -5
Cover me with the thought
 
-6   -6  -6   6  6  4
that pulled the trigger
 
-5   -6   -6  -6
just Think of me
 
-7  7  7     -7 -6 -6  6
as one you'd never figured
 
   5   -5     6 6  6    -4 -4 4
is gone Would fade away so young
 
-5   6  6    6    -4-4 4
With so much left undone
 
6  6  6  6  6  -7  7 
Remember me to my love,
 
7  7-7 -6 6 -6   6
I know I'll miss her.
 
 
Solo: (6 7) (5 6) -6 6 5 4 -4 (4 5)