• Song:

    Rocket Man

  • Artist:

    Elton John

  • Album:

    Ballads

ROCKET MAN
                                ----------


                               (CAPO ON 1ST)

                                F#m (244222)
                              Bsus4 (x24400)
                                  D (xx0232)
                                  A (x02220)
                                 Bm (x24432)
                                  E (022100)



		F#m                                 Bsus4
VERSE 1:	         she packed my bags last night, pre-flight
		F#m                 Bsus4
		 zero hours, nine a.m.
		D                 A        Bm               E
		 and i'm gonna be hi - i - igh as a kite by then
		
		
		F#m                          Bsus4
VERSE 2:	         i miss the earth so much, i miss my wife
		F#m                   Bsus4
		 it's lonely out in space
		D          A        Bm            E
		 on such a ti - i - imeless flight
		
		
		A                                       D
CHORUS 1:	         and i think it's gonna be a long, long time
		                                        A
		till touchdown brings me round again to find
		                                   D
		i'm not the man they think i am at home
		            A        Bm
		woh no, no, no i'm a rocket man
		  D                                 A         D
		a rocket man burnin out his fuse up here alone
		
		
		A                                       D
CHORUS 2:	         and i think it's gonna be a long, long time
		                                        A
		till touchdown brings me round again to find
		                                   D
		i'm not the man they think i am at home
		            A        Bm
		woh no, no, no i'm a rocket man
		  D                                 A         D
		a rocket man burnin out his fuse up here alone
		
		
		F#m                             Bsus4
VERSE 3:	         mars aint the kind of place to raise your kids
		F#m                    Bsus4
		 in fact it's cold as hell
		D                   A        Bm                 E
		 and there's no one there to raise them if you did
		
		
		F#m                           Bsus4
VERSE 4:	         and all this science i don't understand
		F#m                           Bsus4
		 it's just my job five days a week
		         D    A       Bm          E
		a rocket ma - a - a - an, rocket man
		
		
		A                                       D
CHORUS 3:	         and i think it's gonna be a long, long time
		                                        A
		till touchdown brings me round again to find
		                                   D
		i'm not the man they think i am at home
		            A        Bm
		woh no, no, no i'm a rocket man
		  D                                 A         D
		a rocket man burnin out his fuse up here alone
		
		
		A                                       D
CHORUS 4:	         and i think it's gonna be a long, long time
		                                        A
		till touchdown brings me round again to find
		                                   D
		i'm not the man they think i am at home
		            A        Bm
		woh no, no, no i'm a rocket man
		  D                                 A         D
		a rocket man burnin out his fuse up here alone
		
		
		                            A              D
OUTRO:		and i think it's gonna be a long, long time

		(repeat to fade)



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