If I Had A Rocket Launcher Chords by Bruce Cockburn

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_ _ [A] _ Here _ _ _
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comes the [A] helicopter, _ _ _ [Em] _
second [C] time today. _ _ _ _ _
[A] Everybody scatters _ _ [Em] _
and [A] hopes it goes away.
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How many kids [C] they've murdered, _ _ [Em] _ _
[E] only God can say.
[Bm] _ [Am] If I had a [Bm] launcher, _ _ [Am] if I had [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
a [Bm] launcher, I'd make some [E] kind of pay.
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I don't believe in [C] God's borders, _ _ [Em] _
and I don't [G] believe in hate.
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Don't believe [C] in generals, _ _ [Em] or their stinking [G] torture states.
_ _ [Em] When I talk with the [G] _ survivors, _ [Em] _
things do sicken and [G] do [Bm] relate.
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If I had a [Bm] launcher, _ _ [Am] if I had a [Bm] launcher, _ _ _ [Am] if I had a [Bm] launcher, I would be [Em] child-beating.
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On the rail, [C] I'll count to _ _ [Em] _
100 [G],000, _ [C] _ _ [Em] _
to fall down [C] from starvation, _ _ [Em] _
or some less [G] humane fate.
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Cry for [G] Guatemala, _ [C] _ _ [Em] _
with a corpse [G] in every gate.
[Bm] If [Am] _
I had a [Bm] launcher, _ if [Em] _
I had a [Bm] launcher, _ _ _ [Am] _
if I had a [Bm] launcher, I would not hesitate.
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I want to raise [C] every voice, _ _ [Em] _
at least I've [C] got to try.
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Every time I [C] think about it, _ [Em] _
water rises [C] to my eyes.
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Situation [C] as well, [Em] _
echoes of the [G] victims' pride.
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If I had a [Bm] launcher, _ _ _ [Am] _
if I had [Bm] a launcher, _ _ [Am] _
if I had [Bm] a launcher, some son of a bitch could die.
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