{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1129577,"song":"Rochester","artist":"Mat Kearney","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11251164-rochester-chords-by-mat-kearney/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1129577?type=chord","rating":4.66809,"votes":17,"content":"Capo 4\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI was born in Rochester to a book making man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhad a fake cigar shop with the games on in the back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nsee them coming and going letting it ride on thorough breads[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthe police chief and tom hall wondering what was the spread[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI carried rich man’s bags through brier trying to chase down a little white ball[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nlearned that any soft place wasn't good for me at all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\ndaddy'd come home fired up looking for some sort of release [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhe'd beat the hell of Timmy and Timmy'd beat the hell out of me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI would hop the fence out to those government fields [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nrun till there was nothing left to feel [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nlying there watching planes just disappear [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nknowing one day I’m gonna fly on out of here[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nthe same police chief came knocking my first freshman day[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nput my daddy in handcuffs and his picture on the front page[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\ntook every one of his suits and all my dignity [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’d walk the halls of irodiquie waiting for any punk to set me free[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI would hop the fence out to those government fields [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nrun till there was nothing left to feel [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nlying there watching planes just disappear [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nknowing one day I’m gonna fly on out of here[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\ngot that call to Vietnam just like everyone else i knew[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nso scared of the hand grenades through them farther than any other troop [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\ncame home like an iron fist and Timmy tried to take my keys [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nripped open his from pocket that was the last time he touched me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nmoved to an island out west and up to Breckenridge [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nmet a mermaid on a glass boat and she promised me some kids[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nbought a house in Oregon where you could touch both of the walls[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhad a son named Benjamin and i was so scared of it all[/tab]\r\n\r\nInterlude (same as Verses)\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwell Benjamin walked in the front room where I was cutting up my hash[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nlooked into his deep blue eyes wondering why I’d been so mad [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nflushed a quarter pound down the drain praying for the mercy to confess[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\ntrying to rip the boy from Rochester right out of my chest [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwere gonna walk right out into those heavenly fields [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nrun like there was no more time to steal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nmy three boys and the grace of god revealed [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nknowing one day you're gonna take me out of here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nknowing one day you're gonna take me out of here[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe Chords are in the right spot but listen for the change so you know when to \r","plain_text":"Capo 4\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInterlude (same as Verses)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Chords are in the right spot but listen for the change so you know when 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