• Song:

    Rocket Man

  • Artist:

    Elton John

  • Album:

    Ballads

Modified velvetaya's version to make it easier (CAPO 3).

Em (022000@1)                              AShe (x02220@1)packed my bags last night pre-flight
Em (022000@1)            AZero (x02220@1)hour, nine a.m.
C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)quick C (x32010@1)   DAnd (xx0232@1)I'm gonna be high as a kite by then
Em (022000@1)                                AI (x02220@1)miss the earth so much, I miss my wife
Em (022000@1)                  AIt's (x02220@1)so lonely out in space
C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1) quick C (x32010@1) DOn (xx0232@1)such a timeless flight

Chorus: [x2]
G (320003@1)                                   CAnd (x32010@1)I think it's gonna be a long, long time
                                          G'Till (320003@1)touch down brings me round again to find
                                   CI'm (x32010@1)not the man they think I am at home
           G (320003@1)            AOh (x02220@1)no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
C (x32010@1)                                       GRocket (320003@1)man, burning out his fuse up here alone 
                                      (+C between choruses)

Em (022000@1)                            AMars (x02220@1)ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
Em (022000@1)                 AIn (x02220@1)fact it's cold as hell
C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)quick C (x32010@1)       DAnd (xx0232@1)there's no one there to raise them, if you did
Em (022000@1)                         AAnd (x02220@1)all this science I don't understand
Em (022000@1)                         AIt's (x02220@1)just my job, five days a week
C (x32010@1)      Gquick (320003@1)C (x32010@1) DA (xx0232@1)rocket man, a rocket man

Chorus [x2 again]
C (x32010@1)                                    GAnd (320003@1)I think it's gonna be a long, long time [x4 sounds pretty good, end w/ G]
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