Chords for Michael W Smith 1986 - The Big Picture - Rocketown

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A Friday night affair out [E] in the city heat
Always a [A] party there along the [F] soda street
And if it was [G] guaranteed the [D] place to be was Rocket Town, Rocket Town
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The drinks were two [A] for one inside [E] the crowded bars
The girls would make [A] the run out on the [F] boulevard
It was the [G] yodel place we lived the [A] ways of Rocket Town, Rocket Town
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Hang around by the [D] streetlight in the [E] heart of the night, night, night, night
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There came a certain man, a [E] stranger to the crowd
We didn't [A] understand what he was all [F] about
He walked a [G] different pace, so out of [E] place and
Rocket Town, Rocket [A] Town
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They made a fool [A] of him, they [E] teased him when he speak
But when they knocked [A] him down, he turned the other [F] cheek
He told me I [G] could find a life outside [E] of Rocket Town, Rocket _ [A] Town
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Hang around by the [Dm] streetlight in the heart of the [F] night, night, night, night
What was his mission?
Where was [A] he going?
[F] Why was his heart [C] light always glowing?
[F] What was missing?
[E] He stood [Am] there moaning
[F] What was his secret?
[C] Could I [Ab] know it?
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_ [E] _ Some didn't knock [A] him there, some laughed [E] and turned away
But me, I longed to [A] hear all that he had to [F] say
He had a piece [G] of mind I couldn't find [A] yet Rocket Town _
_ _ [C] When I reached down inside [Dm] me, I could feel the emptiness
[F] What was his mission?
[E] Where was [Am] he going?
[F] Why was his heart light [G] always glowing?
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What was missing?
[E] He stood [Am] there moaning
[F] What was his secret?
Could I [Ab] know it?
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Yeah
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_ _ _ _ He said it's in the heart, the change [E] that comes to be
Now he had done his [A] part, the choice was up to [F] me
As we were standing [G] there, he said a prayer [A] for Rocket Town, Rocket Town
_ _ [F] As we were standing [G] there, he said a prayer [A] for Rocket Town, Rocket Town
_ [F] He walked on [G] silently and prayed for [D] me _
_ _ [A] And Rocket Town, Rocket _ [E] Town, Rocket Town
[A] _ [E] He's down at Rocket Town, Rocket Town
He gave it his all, [A]
he [E] _ gave it his all _
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_ [E] _ _ He prayed for [A] me, _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
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_ Rocket Town, [A] yeah
He _ _ _ prayed for _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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