Rochester
Rochester

Rochester chords by Mat Kearney

N/A
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

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Capo
  • G

  • D

  • A

  • Bm

    2
  • G

  • D

  • A

  • Bm

    2
  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    was 
    born 
    in 
    Rochester 


    To a 
    bookmaking 
    man 

    Had a fake 
    cigar 
    shops 

    With 
    the 
    games 
    on 
    in 
    the back 

    See 
    them 
    coming 
    and 
    going 

    Let 
    them 
    ride 
    on 
    thoroughbreds 

    Police 
    chief 
    and 
    Tom
    paw wonder

    ing 
    what 
    was 
    the 
    spread 

    Carried 
    rich 
    men's 
    bag 

    through 
    the brow 

    Trying 
    to chase 
    down 
    little 
    white 
    ball 

    I learned 
    that 
    any 
    soft 
    place 

    wasn't 
    good 
    for 
    me 
    at all 

    Daddy 
    come 
    home 
    fired 
    up 
    look

    ing for 
    some 
    sort 
    of 
    release 

    He beat 
    the 
    hell 
    out 
    of Timmy, 

    Timmy 
    beat 
    the 
    hell 
    out 
    of 
    me 

    Verse 2
    would 
    hop 
    the 
    fence 
    out 
    to 

    this 
    government 
    fields 

    Run 
    'til 
    there 
    was 
    nothing 

    more 
    to feel 

    Lying 
    there 
    watching 
    planes 

    just 
    disappear 

    Know
    ing 
    one 
    day 
    I'm 
    gonna 

    fly 
    on 
    out 
    of 
    here 

    Verse 3

    Well 
    that 
    same 
    police 
    chief 
    came 

    knockin' 
    my 
    first 
    freshman 
    day 

    Put 
    my 
    daddy 
    in 
    handcuffs 
    and 

    put his 
    pic
    ture 
    on 
    the 
    front 
    page 

    To 
    everyone 
    of 
    his suits 
    and 
    all 
    my 
    dignity 

    Walk 
    the 
    halls 
    around 
    the 
    court 

    waiting 
    for 
    any 
    punk 
    to set 
    me 
    free 

    Verse 4

    would 
    hop 
    the fence 
    out 
    to 

    this 
    government 
    fields 

    Run 
    'til 
    there 
    was 
    nothing 

    more 
    to feel 

    Lying 
    there 
    watching 
    planes 

    just 
    disappear 

    Knowing 
    one 
    day 
    I'm 
    gonna 

    fly 
    on 
    out 
    of 
    here 

    Verse 5
    Well 
    got 
    that call 
    to Vietnam 
    just 

    like 
    everyone 
    else 
    knew 

    So 
    scared 
    of 
    the hand 
    grenades 
    threw 

    them 
    farther 
    than 
    any 
    other 
    troop 

    came 
    home 
    like 
    an 
    iron 
    fist 
    and 

    Timmy 
    tried 
    to take 
    my 
    keys 

    Ripped 
    open 
    his 
    front 
    pocket 
    that 
    was 

    the 
    last 
    time 
    he 
    touched 
    me 

    Verse 6
    Moved 
    to 
    an 
    island 
    out 
    west 

    up 
    to 
    Breckenridge 

    Met 
    a mermaid 
    on 
    a glass 
    boat 
    and 
    she 

    prom
    ised 
    me 
    some 
    kids 

    Bought 
    house 
    in 
    Oregon 
    where 

    you 
    could 
    touch 
    both 
    of 
    the 
    walls 

    Had 
    a son 
    named 
    Benjamin 
    and 
    was 
    so 

    scared 
    of 
    it 
    all 



    Well 
    Benjamin 
    walked 
    in 
    the front 
    room 

    where 
    was 
    cutting 
    up 
    my 
    hash 

    Looked 
    into 
    those 
    deep 
    blue 
    eyes 

    wondering 
    why 
    I'd 
    been 
    so 
    mad 

    Flushed 
    a quarter 
    pound 
    down 
    the 
    drain 

    praying 
    for 
    the mercy 
    to 
    confess 

    Trying 
    to rip 
    the 
    boy 
    from 
    Rochester 

    right 
    out 
    of 
    my 
    chest 

    Verse 7
    We're gon
    na 
    walk 
    right 
    out 

    into 
    these 
    heavenly 
    fields 

    Run 
    like 
    there 
    was 
    no 
    more 
    time 
    to steal 

    My 
    three 
    boys 
    in 
    the 
    grace 
    of 
    god 
    I feel 

    Knowing 
    one 
    day 
    you're 
    gonna 

    take 
    me 
    out 
    of 
    here 

    Know
    ing 
    one 
    day 
    you're 

    gonna 
    take 
    me 
    out 
    of 
    here 


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