If I had a rocket launcher (Drop D Tuning)
Bruce Cockburn
Tabbed by Maestro: Whitby's own Ian Lennox
(iamseinfeld@hotmail.com)
Capo 3rd fret

Note: This tab is just a guide, the rest of the song may
be left to you to interpret. FYI: I've heard Bruce plays this
song in both Standard, and Drop D Tuning.

//corrections and a tabbed solo would be praised.// 

== indicates to let ring
~~ indicates vibrato
.. indicates beat (_/+ indicate half beat, 'a' indicates triplet beat)
() indicates optional/ad lib/ghost notes.
Obviously listen to the recording for reference.
 

Fingerpick.
Intro/Verse               
e-------------------------|-------------------------|R|-
b----------3--3------1----|-1------(1)-(1)----(1)---|E|-
G-----------2=(2)----0----|-0-------0---0------0----|P|-
D-------0-----------------|-----0----3p0-0---3---3p0|E|-
A-------------------------|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|A|-
D--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-------------------------|T|-
   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .


(Lead In)                 Chorus: "If I had a Rocket..."
e-------------------------||(x)---------------------|----
b-1------1----1-----------||(3)---------------------|----
G-0---------3(0)----------||(3)------AD LIB---------|---
D------3-----------2------||(3)---------------------|--
A-1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--||(5)---------------------|--
D-------------------------||-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|-
  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .


e-(0)------------------------|R|
b-(1)------------------------|E|
G-(0)-------AD LIB-----------|P|x3
D-(2)------------------------|E|x3
A--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|A|
D----------------------------|T|
   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .






Outro (after "...Sonofabitch would die")
e-------------------------|-------------------------|
b--6-----5-----3-----1----|-------------------------|
G-------------------------|-3------3----------3-----|
D/7------5-----3-----2----|-3---3----------0h3------|
A-------------------------|-1--1--1--1--1h3---1--1--|
D--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-------------------------|
   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .   .  .  .  .  .+a.+a.+a. 





Alternate Verse Style
e-------------10----8-----|-8-----------------------
b---------3---10----8-----|-6-----------------------
G-------------------------|------------AD LIB-------
D------0------------------|-------------------------
A-------------------------|-------------------------
D-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--
  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .






verse interlude
e-------------10----8-----|-5-------5---5----------|--------
b---------3---10----8-----|-6--------8p6-6--6-8p6--|---------
G-------------------------|----------------7-----7p5-7~~~---7-
D------0------------------|------------------------|-----0-----
A-------------------------|------------------------|------------
D-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-0--0--0--0--
  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .   .  .  .  .

e-10----8----|-5-----------5---------------------------
b-10----8----|-6---6-8p6-8p6---------------------------
G------------|----------------------etc...-------------
D------------|-----------------------------------------
A------------|-----------------------------------------
D-0--0--0--0-|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8------------------
  .  .  .  .   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 






This song is the rightful work of the honourable Bruce Cockburn,
This Tab is for educational purposes only, and is my own interpretation
of how the original song is played.