Mat Kearney - Rochester: chords

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I was born in Rochester to a book making man
E                               B
had a fake cigar shop with the games on in the back
E                                     A
see them coming and going letting it ride on
thorough breads
E                                         B
the police chief and tom hall wondering what
           E
was the spread

Trying to chase down a little white ball
I learned that any soft place wasn't
good for me at all
Daddy came home fired up looking for
some sort of release
He beat the hell out of Timmy,
Timmy beat the hell out of me

Chorus:
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I would hop the fence out to those government fields
A                                   E
run till there was nothing left to feel
A                                      E
lying there watching planes just disappear
        B                                E
knowing one day I’m gonna fly on out of here

Well that same police chief came knockin' my
first freshman day
Put my daddy in handcuffs and his picture on
the front page
Took every one of his suits and all my dignity
Walk the halls around the court waiting for any
punk to set me free

Chorus

Well I got that call to Vietnam just like everyone
else I 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

Moved to an island out west up to Breckinridge
Met a mermaid on a glass boat and she promised
me some kids
Bought a house in Oregon where you could touch
both of the walls
Had a son named Benjamin and I was so scared of
it all

Benjamin walked in the front room where I was
cutting up my hash
Looked into those deep blue eyes wondering why
I've 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

Chorus:
We're gonna walk right out into this heavenly field
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
Knowing one day you're gonna take me out of here