Standard Tuning EADGBe
****NO CAPO****
[Note: the D in the verse is a grace note between the C and the D#,
play it quick]
Verse 1:
Gm7 C Gm7 C D
She packed my bags last night pre-flight, zero hour, 9 A.M.
D# A# Cm F
And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then...
Gm7 C Gm7 C D
I miss the earth so much, I miss my wife, it's lonely out in space
D# A# Cm F
On such a timeless flight as this....
Chorus 1: [x2]
A# D# A#
And I think it's gonna be a long long time, til touchdown brings me 'round to find
A# D# A# C
I'm not the man they think I am at home, oh no no no, I'm a rocket man
D# A# D#
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone...
Verse 2:
Gm7 C Gm7 C D
Mars ain't the kinda place to raise your kids, in fact it's cold as hell
D# A# Cm F
And there's no one there to raise them if you did...
Gm7 C Gm7 C
And all this science, I don't understand, it's just my job 5 days a week
D# A# Cm F
Rocket maaaaaaaaaan....rocket man
Chorus 2: [x2]
A# D# A#
And I think it's gonna be a long long time, til touchdown brings me 'round to find
A# D# A# C
I'm not the man they think I am at home, oh no no no, I'm a rocket man
D# A# D#
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone...
Outro:
D# A#
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
D# A#
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
D# A#
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
D# A#
And I think it's gonna be a long long time.....
(end)
