If I Had a Rocket Launcher — Bruce Cockburn
Chords and lyrics for If I Had a Rocket Launcher by Bruce Cockburn (key of C).
Verse 1
Em 079900
D/E 077700
Cmaj7 879000 or 870000
Am7 5x5555
Bm7 7x7777
Verse 1
[Em]Here comes the [D/E][Cmaj7]helicopter
[Em]Second time [D][Cmaj7]today
[Em]Everybody [D]scatters[Cmaj7]
[Em]And hopes it [D]goes [Cmaj7]away
[Em]How many kids [D]they've[Cmaj7] murdered
[Em]Only [D]God can [Cmaj7]say [Bm7]
Chorus 1
[Am7]If I had a rocket [Bm7]launcher
[Am7]If I had a rocket [Bm7]launcher
[Am7]If I had a rocket [Bm7]launcher
I'd make somebody [Em]pay
[Em] [D/E] [Cmaj7]
[Em] [D/E] [Cmaj7]
Verse 2
[Em]I don't believe in [D/E]guarded [Cmaj7]borders
[Em]and I don't [D]believe [Cmaj7]in hate
[Em]I don't believe [D]in [Cmaj7]generals
[Em]or their stinking [D]torture [Cmaj7]states
[Em]And when I talk with [D]the [Cmaj7]survivors
[Em]of things too sickening[D] to [Cmaj7]relate[Bm7]
Chorus 2
[Am7]If I had a rocket [Bm7]launcher
[Am7]If I had a rocket [Bm7]launcher
[Am7]If I had a rocket [Bm7]launcher
I would [Em]retaliate
Verse 3
[Em]On the Rio [D][Cmaj7]Lacuntun
[Em]one hundred [D]thousand [Cmaj7]wait
[Em]To fall down [D]from [Cmaj7]starvation
[Em]or some less [D]humane [Cmaj7]fate
[Em]Cry for [D]Guatemala[Cmaj7]
[Em]with a corpse in [D]every[Cmaj7] gate[Bm7]
[Am7]If I had a rocket [Bm7]launcher
[Am7]If I had a rocket [Bm7]launcher
[Am7]If I had a rocket [Bm7]launcher
I would not [Em]hesitate
Instrumental
[Em] [D/E] [Cmaj7]
Verse 4
[Em]I want to raise [D]every[Cmaj7] voice,
[Em]at least I've [D]got to [Cmaj7]try
[Em]Every time I [D]think [Cmaj7]about it
[Em]water rises to [D]my [Cmaj7]eyes
[Em]Situation [D]desperate [Cmaj7]
[Em]echoes of the [D][Cmaj7]victim's cry[Bm7]
Chorus 3
[Am7]If I had a rocket [Bm7]launcher
[Am7]If I had a rocket [Bm7]launcher
[Am7]If I had a rocket [Bm7]launcher
Some son-of-a-bitch would [Em]die
Outro
[Em] [D/E] [Cmaj7]
[Em] [D/E] [Cmaj7]
[Em] [D/E] [Cmaj7] [Bm7] [Am7] [G] [Em]
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