• Song:

    Rocket Man

  • Artist:

    Elton John

  • Album:

    Ballads

"Rocket Man"
Music: Elton John    Lyics: Bernie Taupin

Chord formations (EADGBe): Capo on 3rd Fret
Em    022000
A (x02220@1)   002220
C (x32010@1)   X32010	
G (320003@1)   320033
G1st   X2003X
G2nd   3200XX 
D (xx0232@1)   XX0323
D5th   xx0320

Em (022000@1)                             AShe (x02220@1)packed my bags last night pre-flight
Em (022000@1)            A (x02220@1)    
Zero hour, nine a.m.	
G1st C (x32010@1)                 G1st-Am-G2nd                 Dmixed (xx0232@1)with D5th 
       And I'm gonna be hi------gh 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
G1st C (x32010@1)           G1st-Am-    G2nd              Dmixed (xx0232@1)with D5th
        On such a time-------less flight

Chorus: [x2]
G (320003@1)                                    C (x32010@1)And 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
           G1st       AOh (x02220@1)no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
G1st C (x32010@1)                                   G (320003@1)   Rocket 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
G1st C (x32010@1)                    G1st-Am-G2nd                   Dmixed (xx0232@1)with D5th
      And 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
G1st C (x32010@1)         G1st-Am-G2nd            D (xx0232@1)    A rocket ma---------n, 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/ C]

*This is copied from V3 of the chords for this song here and slightly modified. 

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