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[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] \r\nAll I was missing [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E/G#[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nHe stood there holding [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nWhat was his secret [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G#dim[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch] \r\nCould I know it? [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch] \r\nSome didn't like him near [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch] \r\nSome laughed and turned away [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch] \r\nBut me, I longed to hear [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch] \r\nAll that he had to say [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch] \r\nHe had a peace of mind [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI couldn't find in Rocketown [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C/E[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch] \r\nAnd when I reached down inside me [/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]E[/ch] \r\nI could feel the emptiness [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch] \r\nHe said it's in the heart [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch] \r\nThis change that comes to be [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch] \r\nNow he had done his part [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch] \r\nThe rest was up to me [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAs we were standing there [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] \r\nHe said a prayer for Rocketown [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAs we were standing there [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] \r\nHe said a prayer for Rocketown [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] \r\nHe walked off silently [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd prayed for me [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch] \r\nAnd Rocketown... 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