Song: Rocket man (I think it's going to be a long long time)
Artist: Kate Bush
Composers: Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Album: Two rooms - Celebrating the songs of
Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Tabbed by DJ
6th Oct 2015
Kate Bush's reggae cover of the Elton John hit
CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in the key of C#m)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Bm = x24432 G = 320033 A6 = x02222
Em = 022000 Bm7 = x24232 D = xx0232
Em7 = 022030 Asus4 = x02230 Dsus4 = xx0233
E = 022100 Em6 = 022020
E6 = 022120 A = x02220
Kate's 'Rocket man' promo video at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjn1sNUnGyY
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[Verse 1]
Bm Em
She packed my bag last night pre - flight,
Em7 Bm E
Zero hour - 9 a. m.,
E6 G Bm7 Em7 Asus4
And I'm gonna be high---- ...as a kite by then!
[Verse 2]
Bm E
I miss the earth so much, I miss my wife,
Bm Em
It's lonely out in space,
Em6 G Bm7 Em7 A A6
On such a time----less flight!
[Chorus]
D G
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time,
D
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find...
G
...I'm not the man they think I am at home,
D G Em7
Ah, no, no, no, ...I'm a rocket man,
G D Dsus4
Rocket man, burning out his fuse ...up here alone!
[Verse 3]
Bm E
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise the kids,
Bm Em
In fact it's cold as hell,
G Bm7 Em7 A
And there's no one there to raise them, if you did!
[Verse 4]
Bm E
And all the science, I don't understand,
Bm E
It's just my job five days a week,
G Bm7 Em7 A6
A rocket man------------, ...a rocket man----!
[Chorus]
D G
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time,
D
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find...
G D G
...I'm not the man they think I am at home, ah, no, no, no!
[Chorus]
D G
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time,
D
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find...
G
...I'm not the man they think I am at home,
D G Em7
Ah, no, no, no, ...I'm a rocket man,
G D Dsus4
Rocket man, ...burning out his fuse ...up here alone!
[Coda]
G D G D
I think it's gonna be a long, long time,
G D G D
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time,
G D G D G
I think it's gonna be a long, long---- time---------!
D G D G
| / / / / | / / / / | A long time! | / / / / |
D G D G
Long, long time! | / / / / | / / / / | Ah, no, no, no, no!
D G D G
| / / / / | / / / / | Oh, no - no, no - no, no - no, no -no!
D G D G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D G
||: Ah---ah-ah, ah-----ah,ah----!:|| [Repeat]
