Chords for Bruce Cockburn - If I Had A Rocket Launcher (Live 8 2005)
Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:
C
E
Em
Bm
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gb] He's a member of [Cm] the Order of Canada,
[Bbm] one of our great national [Ebm] treasures, Dr.
[E] Bruce Colburn!
[Em]
[E]
[C]
[E]
[C] [E]
[C]
[E]
[C] [E]
Here comes the [C] helicopter,
[E] [A] second time [C] today.
[E]
Everybody [C] scatters
[E] and hopes it goes [C] away.
How [E]
many kids they've [C] murdered,
[E] only God can [C] say.
[Bm] [C]
If I [Am] had a rocket launcher, [Bm]
[A] if I had a rocket [Bm] launcher,
[Am] If I had a [Bm] rocket launcher, I'd make somebody [E] pay.
[C] [E]
[C]
[E] I don't [A] believe in [C] guarded borders, [Em]
and I [A] don't believe in [C] hate.
I [E] don't believe in [C] generals, [E]
or their stinking torture [C] states.
[Em] And when I talk with the [C] survivors, [E] of things too sickening to [C] [Bm] relate.
[Am] If I had a rocket [E] launcher, [Bm] [Am]
if I had a rocket [Bm] launcher,
[Am] If I had a rocket [B] launcher, I would [Em] retaliate.
[C]
[Em]
[G] [E]
On the Rio Lakan [C] tomb,
[E] one hundred [C] thousand wait,
[E]
To fall down [C] from starvation,
[E] or some less [C] humane fate.
[E]
Cry for Guatemala, [C]
[E] with a corpse at [C] every gate.
[Am]
If I had a [Bm] rocket launcher, if [Am] I had a rocket [Bm] launcher,
[Am]
If I had a rocket [Bm] launcher, I would not [Em] hesitate.
[C] [Em]
[G]
[C] [E]
[C]
[Em] [Am]
[C] [Em]
[C]
[E] [C]
[Em]
[C]
[Em]
[C]
[Em] [Bm]
[Em]
[C]
[Em]
[Am] I [E] want to raise every [C] voice,
[E] at least I've got [C] to try.
[E]
[A] Every time I think [C] about it,
[E] water rises to my [C] eyes.
[E]
Situation [C] desperate,
[E] echoes of the victim's cry.
[Bm] [A] If I had a [Bm] rocket launcher,
[Am] if I had a rocket [Bm] launcher,
[Am] If I had a [Bm] rocket launcher, some son of a [Em] bitch would die.
[C] [A]
[C]
[G] [Em]
[Am] [C] [Em]
[Bbm] one of our great national [Ebm] treasures, Dr.
[E] Bruce Colburn!
[Em]
[E]
[C]
[E]
[C] [E]
[C]
[E]
[C] [E]
Here comes the [C] helicopter,
[E] [A] second time [C] today.
[E]
Everybody [C] scatters
[E] and hopes it goes [C] away.
How [E]
many kids they've [C] murdered,
[E] only God can [C] say.
[Bm] [C]
If I [Am] had a rocket launcher, [Bm]
[A] if I had a rocket [Bm] launcher,
[Am] If I had a [Bm] rocket launcher, I'd make somebody [E] pay.
[C] [E]
[C]
[E] I don't [A] believe in [C] guarded borders, [Em]
and I [A] don't believe in [C] hate.
I [E] don't believe in [C] generals, [E]
or their stinking torture [C] states.
[Em] And when I talk with the [C] survivors, [E] of things too sickening to [C] [Bm] relate.
[Am] If I had a rocket [E] launcher, [Bm] [Am]
if I had a rocket [Bm] launcher,
[Am] If I had a rocket [B] launcher, I would [Em] retaliate.
[C]
[Em]
[G] [E]
On the Rio Lakan [C] tomb,
[E] one hundred [C] thousand wait,
[E]
To fall down [C] from starvation,
[E] or some less [C] humane fate.
[E]
Cry for Guatemala, [C]
[E] with a corpse at [C] every gate.
[Am]
If I had a [Bm] rocket launcher, if [Am] I had a rocket [Bm] launcher,
[Am]
If I had a rocket [Bm] launcher, I would not [Em] hesitate.
[C] [Em]
[G]
[C] [E]
[C]
[Em] [Am]
[C] [Em]
[C]
[E] [C]
[Em]
[C]
[Em]
[C]
[Em] [Bm]
[Em]
[C]
[Em]
[Am] I [E] want to raise every [C] voice,
[E] at least I've got [C] to try.
[E]
[A] Every time I think [C] about it,
[E] water rises to my [C] eyes.
[E]
Situation [C] desperate,
[E] echoes of the victim's cry.
[Bm] [A] If I had a [Bm] rocket launcher,
[Am] if I had a rocket [Bm] launcher,
[Am] If I had a [Bm] rocket launcher, some son of a [Em] bitch would die.
[C] [A]
[C]
[G] [Em]
[Am] [C] [Em]
Key:
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[Gb] _ He's a member of [Cm] the Order of Canada, _
_ [Bbm] _ one of our great national [Ebm] treasures, _ Dr.
[E] Bruce Colburn!
[Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
Here comes the [C] helicopter, _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] second time [C] today.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ Everybody _ _ [C] scatters _
_ _ [E] _ _ and hopes it goes [C] away.
_ How _ [E] _ _
_ many kids they've [C] murdered, _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ only God can [C] say.
[Bm] _ _ _ [C] _
If I [Am] had a rocket launcher, [Bm] _ _
[A] if _ I had a rocket [Bm] launcher,
_ _ _ [Am] _ If I had a [Bm] rocket launcher, I'd make somebody [E] pay. _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] I don't [A] believe in [C] guarded borders, _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
and I [A] don't believe in [C] hate. _ _
I [E] _ _ _ don't believe in [C] generals, _ _ _ _ [E] _
or their stinking torture [C] states. _ _
_ _ [Em] And when I talk with the _ [C] survivors, _ _ _ _ [E] of things too sickening to [C] _ [Bm] relate.
_ [Am] _ _ If I had a rocket [E] launcher, [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
if I had a rocket [Bm] launcher, _ _
_ _ [Am] _ If I had a rocket [B] launcher, I would _ _ [Em] retaliate.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
On the Rio Lakan [C] tomb, _ _
_ _ [E] _ one hundred [C] thousand wait,
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
To fall down [C] from starvation, _
_ _ [E] _ or some less [C] humane fate.
_ _ _ [E] _ _
_ Cry for Guatemala, [C] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ with a corpse at [C] every _ gate.
_ _ _ [Am]
If I had a [Bm] rocket launcher, _ _ if [Am] _ _ I had a rocket [Bm] _ launcher,
_ _ _ [Am] _
If I had a rocket [Bm] launcher, I would not _ [Em] hesitate. _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
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_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ I [E] want to raise every [C] voice, _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ at least I've got [C] to try.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] Every time I think [C] about it, _ _
_ [E] _ water _ rises to my [C] eyes.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ Situation [C] desperate, _ _
_ _ [E] _ echoes of the victim's cry.
[Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ If I had a [Bm] rocket launcher, _ _
_ _ [Am] if I had a rocket [Bm] launcher,
_ _ _ [Am] _ If I had a [Bm] rocket launcher, some son of a [Em] bitch would die. _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ one of our great national [Ebm] treasures, _ Dr.
[E] Bruce Colburn!
[Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
Here comes the [C] helicopter, _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] second time [C] today.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ Everybody _ _ [C] scatters _
_ _ [E] _ _ and hopes it goes [C] away.
_ How _ [E] _ _
_ many kids they've [C] murdered, _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ only God can [C] say.
[Bm] _ _ _ [C] _
If I [Am] had a rocket launcher, [Bm] _ _
[A] if _ I had a rocket [Bm] launcher,
_ _ _ [Am] _ If I had a [Bm] rocket launcher, I'd make somebody [E] pay. _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] I don't [A] believe in [C] guarded borders, _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
and I [A] don't believe in [C] hate. _ _
I [E] _ _ _ don't believe in [C] generals, _ _ _ _ [E] _
or their stinking torture [C] states. _ _
_ _ [Em] And when I talk with the _ [C] survivors, _ _ _ _ [E] of things too sickening to [C] _ [Bm] relate.
_ [Am] _ _ If I had a rocket [E] launcher, [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
if I had a rocket [Bm] launcher, _ _
_ _ [Am] _ If I had a rocket [B] launcher, I would _ _ [Em] retaliate.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
On the Rio Lakan [C] tomb, _ _
_ _ [E] _ one hundred [C] thousand wait,
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
To fall down [C] from starvation, _
_ _ [E] _ or some less [C] humane fate.
_ _ _ [E] _ _
_ Cry for Guatemala, [C] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ with a corpse at [C] every _ gate.
_ _ _ [Am]
If I had a [Bm] rocket launcher, _ _ if [Am] _ _ I had a rocket [Bm] _ launcher,
_ _ _ [Am] _
If I had a rocket [Bm] launcher, I would not _ [Em] hesitate. _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
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_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ I [E] want to raise every [C] voice, _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ at least I've got [C] to try.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] Every time I think [C] about it, _ _
_ [E] _ water _ rises to my [C] eyes.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ Situation [C] desperate, _ _
_ _ [E] _ echoes of the victim's cry.
[Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ If I had a [Bm] rocket launcher, _ _
_ _ [Am] if I had a rocket [Bm] launcher,
_ _ _ [Am] _ If I had a [Bm] rocket launcher, some son of a [Em] bitch would die. _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
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