If I Had A Rocket Launcher
Bruce Cockburn (1984)
:D9:

Intro
| [Em]   | [Em]  [D9]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Cmaj7]   |   

[Em] ...Here [Em] comes the [D9] heli- [Cmaj7] copter... [Cmaj7]      
[Em] ... ... [Em] Second [D9] time to [Cmaj7] day ...  [Cmaj7]      
[Em] ... ... [Em] Every- [D9] body [Cmaj7] scatters [Cmaj7]  
[Em] ...And  [Em] hopes it [D9] goes a- [Cmaj7] way [Cmaj7]      
[Em] ...How  [Em] many [D9] kids they've [Cmaj7] murdered [Cmaj7]      
[Em] ... ... [Em] Only [D9] God can [Cmaj7] say [Bm7]    

Chorus
[Am] ...If I [Am] had a rocket [Bm7] launcher [Bm7]    
[Am] ...If I [Am] had a rocket [Bm7] launcher [Bm7]    
[Am] ...If I [Am] had a rocket [Bm7] launcher [Bm7]    
[Am] ...If I [Am] had a rocket [Bm7] launcher I'd [Bm7] make somebody
| [Em] pay   | [Em]  [D9]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Cmaj7]   |   
| [Em]   | [Em]  [D9]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Cmaj7]   |   
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[Em] ...I don't be- [Em] lieve in [D9] guarded [Cmaj7] borders [Cmaj7]      
[Em] ...and I [Em] I don't be- [D9] lieve in [Cmaj7] hate [Cmaj7]      
[Em] ...I [Em] don't be- [D9] lieve in [Cmaj7] generals [Cmaj7]      
[Em] ...or their [Em] stinking [D9] torture [Cmaj7] states [Cmaj7]      
[Em] ...And when I [Em] talk with [D9] the sur- [Cmaj7] vivors [Cmaj7]      
[Em] ...of things too [Em] sickening [D9] to re- [Cmaj7] late [Bm7]      
Chorus
[Am] ...If I [Am] had a rocket [Bm7] launcher [Bm7]    
[Am] ...If I [Am] had a rocket [Bm7] launcher [Bm7]    
[Am] ...If I [Am] had a rocket [Bm7] launcher I [Bm7] would retali-
| [Em] ate   | [Em]  [D9]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Cmaj7]   |   
| [Em]   | [Em]  [D9]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Cmaj7]   |   
| [Em]   | [Em]  [D9]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Cmaj7]   |   
| [Em]   | [Em]  [D9]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Cmaj7]   |   

[Em] ...On the [Em] Rio [D9] Lacun- [Cmaj7] tun [Cmaj7]      
[Em] ...one [Em] hundred [D9] thousand [Cmaj7] wait [Cmaj7]      
[Em] ...To [Em] fall down [D9] from star- [Cmaj7] vation [Cmaj7]      
[Em] ...or [Em] some less [D9] humane [Cmaj7] fate [Cmaj7]      
[Em] ... [Em] Cry for [D9] Guata- [Cmaj7] mala [Cmaj7]      
[Em] ...with a [Em] corpse in [D9] every [Cmaj7] gate [Cmaj7]      

Chorus
[Am] ...If I [Am] had a rocket [Bm7] launcher [Bm7]    
[Am] ...If I [Am] had a rocket [Bm7] launcher [Bm7]    
[Am] ...If I [Am] had a rocket [Bm7] launcher I [Bm7] would not hesi-
| [Em] tate   | [Em]  [D9]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Cmaj7]   |         
| [Em]   | [Em]  [D9]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Cmaj7]   |   
| [Em]   | [Em]  [D9]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Cmaj7]   |   
| [Em]   | [Em]  [D9]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Cmaj7]   |   

Instrumental
| [Em]   | [Em]  [D9]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Cmaj7]   |   
| [Em]   | [Em]  [D9]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Cmaj7]   |   
| [Em]   | [Em]  [D9]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Cmaj7]   |   
| [Em]   | [Em]  [D9]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Cmaj7]   |   

[Em] ...I want to [Em] raise [D9] every [Cmaj7] voice, [Cmaj7]  
[Em] ...at[Em] least I've [D9] got to [Cmaj7] try [Cmaj7]      
[Em] ...Every [Em] time I [D9] think a- [Cmaj7] bout it [Cmaj7]      
[Em] ...Water [Em] rises     [D9] to my [Cmaj7] eyes      [Cmaj7]      
[Em] ... [Em] Situ- [D9] ation [Cmaj7] desperate [Cmaj7]      
[Em] ...Echoes [Em] of the [D9] victim's [Cmaj7] cry [Bm7]      

Chorus
[Am] ...If I [Am] had a rocket [Bm7] launcher [Bm7]    
[Am] ...If I [Am] had a rocket [Bm7] launcher [Bm7]    
[Am] ...If I [Am] had a rocket [Bm7] launcher some [Bm7] son of a bitch would
| [Em] die   | [Em]  [D9]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Cmaj7]   |   
| [Em]   | [Em]  [D9]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Cmaj7]   |   
| [Em]   | [Em]  [D9]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Cmaj7]   |   
| [Em]   | [Em]  [D9]   | [Cmaj7]   | [Cmaj7]   |   


#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 4/8/18 JJ
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