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Rocket Man

Elton John

Capo on 3rd fret
 
Em7                                   A      
 She packed my bags last night, pre- flight
Em7                A    
 Zero hour, nine  A.M.
C                 G          Am        D    
 And I’m gonna be  high as a  kite by  then
Em7                            A            
 I miss the earth so much, I  miss my wife
Em7                   A     
 It’s lonely out in  space
C          G         Am      D
 On such a  timeless  flight 
 
G                                      C    
 And I think it’s gonna be a long long  time
                                        G    
Til touchdown brings me ’round again to  find
                                   C    
I'm not the man they think I am at  home
           G          A          
Oh no, no,  no, I’m a  rocket man
C                                    G          
 Rocket man, burnin’ out his fuse up  here alone
 
Em7                              A               
 Mars ain’t the kinda place to  raise your kids
Em7                     A    
 In fact it’s cold as  hell
C                   G         Am                  D   
 And there’s no one  there to  raise them if you  did
Em7                                   A     
 And all this science, I don't under stand
Em7                             A    
 It’s just my job five days a  week
C       G   Am        D   
 Rocket  man  rocket  man
 
G                                      C    
 And I think it’s gonna be a long long  time
                                   G    
’Til touchdown brings me ’round to  find
                                   C    
I’m not the man they think I am at  home
           G          A          
Oh no, no,  no, I’m a  rocket man
C                                 G             
 Rocket man, burnin’ out his fuse  up here alone
 
C                                      G    
 And I think it’s gonna be a long long  time
C                                      G    
 And I think it’s gonna be a long long  time
      C                                      G    
(slow) And I think it’s gonna be a long long  time

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