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Rochester by Mat Kearney
Rochester
Capo: 4th fret
C F
I was born in Rochester to a book making man
C G
had a fake cigar shop with the games on in the back
C F
see them coming and going letting it ride on thorough breads
C G C
the police chief and tom hall wondering what was the spread
C F
I carried rich man’s bags through brier trying to chase down a little white ball
C G
learned that any soft place wasn''t good for me at all
C F
daddy''d come home fired up looking for some sort of release
C G C
he''d beat the hell of Timmy and Timmy''d beat the hell out of me
F C
I would hop the fence out to those government fields
F C
run till there was nothing left to feel
F C
lying there watching planes just disappear
G C
knowing one day I’m gonna fly on out of here
C F
the same police chief came knocking my first freshman day
C G
put my daddy in handcuffs and his picture on the front page
C F
took every one of his suits and all my dignity
C G C
I’d walk the halls of irodiquie waiting for any punk to set me free
F C
I would hop the fence out to those government fields
F C
run till there was nothing left to feel
F C
lying there watching planes just disappear
G C
knowing one day I’m gonna fly on out of here
C F
got that call to Vietnam just like everyone else i knew
C G
so scared of the hand grenades through them farther than any other troop
C F
came home like an iron fist and Timmy tried to take my keys
C G C
ripped open his from pocket that was the last time he touched me
C F
moved to an island out west and up to Breckenridge
C G
met a mermaid on a glass boat and she promised me some kids
C F
bought a house in Oregon where you could touch both of the walls
C G C
had a son named Benjamin and i was so scared of it all
Interlude (same as Verses)
C F
well Benjamin walked in the front room where I was cutting up my hash
C G
looked into his deep blue eyes wondering why I’d been so mad
C F
flushed a quarter pound down the drain praying for the mercy to confess
C G C
trying to rip the boy from Rochester right out of my chest
F C
were gonna walk right out into those heavenly fields
F C
run like there was no more time to steal
F C
my three boys and the grace of god revealed
G C
knowing one day you''re gonna take me out of here
G C
knowing one day you''re gonna take me out of here
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