{"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":1506903,"song":"If I Had A Rocket Launcher","artist":"Bruce Cockburn","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11277845-if-i-had-a-rocket-launcher-chords-by-bruce-cockburn/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1506903?type=chord","rating":4.97241,"votes":84,"content":"If I Had a Rocket Launcher\r\nBruce Cockburn\r\nStandard Tuning\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]      079900\r\n[tab][ch]D/E[/ch]     077700\r\nCmaj7   879000  or  870000[/tab]\r\n[ch]Am7[/ch]     5x5555\r\n[ch]Bm7[/ch]     7x7777 \r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D/E[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nHere comes the helicopter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nSecond time today[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nEverybody scatters[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd hopes it goes away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nHow many kids they've murdered[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nOnly God can say  [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nIf I had a rocket launcher[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nIf I had a rocket launcher[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nIf I had a rocket launcher[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'd make somebody pay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D/E[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D/E[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D/E[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nI don't believe in guarded borders [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nand I don't believe in hate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nI don't believe in generals [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nor their stinking torture states[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd when I talk with the survivors [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nof things too sickening to relate[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nIf I had a rocket launcher[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nIf I had a rocket launcher[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nIf I had a rocket launcher[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI would retaliate[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nOn the Rio Lacuntun [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\none hundred thousand wait[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nTo fall down from starvation [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nor some less humane fate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nCry for Guatemala [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nwith a corpse in every gate[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nIf I had a rocket launcher[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nIf I had a rocket launcher[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nIf I had a rocket launcher[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI would not hesitate[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D/E[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] (4x)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nI want to raise every voice, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nat least I've got to try[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nEvery time I think about it [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nwater rises to my eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nSituation desperate [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nechoes of the victim's cry[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nIf I had a rocket launcher[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nIf I had a rocket launcher[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nIf I had a rocket launcher[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSome son-of-a-bitch would die[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D/E[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] \r\n[ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D/E[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] \r\n[ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D/E[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Bm7[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]","plain_text":"If I Had a Rocket Launcher\nBruce Cockburn\nStandard Tuning\n\nEm      079900\n\nAm7     5x5555\nBm7     7x7777 \n \n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\nEm              D/E    Cmaj7\nEm              D/E    Cmaj7\n \n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nEm         D/E    Cmaj7 (4x)\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nEm         D/E    Cmaj7 \nEm         D/E    Cmaj7 \nEm         D/E    Cmaj7  Bm7  Am7  G Em","chords":["Em","D/E","Am7","Bm7","Cmaj7","D","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}