Rocky World

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My hands are wrapped in your raven hair
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In the faded picture on the back stair
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We were narrow, we were steady, trembling and ready
   C                D         G
To give it Hell in this rocky world

[Verse 2]
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You said do I look like I could be a strong mother
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And raise the good side of a young daughter
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In the hotel Shangri-La let me tell you
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I've been thinking of her in this rocky world

[Verse 3]
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Chicago is heavy, but I can't turn around
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I'm smuggling that whiskey, every flesh and pound
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Michigan I worry, and Susie I'm sorry
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That I lost you out there in the rocky world

[Bridge 1]
          Em         Bm         C
Would you build me a building a chapel up there
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At the top of the hill in the still blue air
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Near the weather vane, by the track and train
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I'll be looking for you in the rocky world

[Verse 4]
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She's turning twenty and out on the make
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Pounding the blacktop with a habit to shake
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She's looking for a manger in the eyes of a stranger
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Down on the streets of a rocky world

[Verse 5]
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Jenny has religion, she sinks in a chair
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She's made a decision to colour her hair
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The black man cut the sugar cane, she watches the rain
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In a building far from the rocky world

[Bridge 2]
           Em       Bm             C
Yeah, I'll tell you something I'll never forget
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The sight of you in silhouette
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Outside Sault Ste. Marie you really threw me
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When you pulled me down to your rocky bed

[Verse 6]
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In a crowded room I stood there empty
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Looking for salvation and glory be
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When a shot turned my head and I saw you instead
    C    D         G
Walk into my rocky world