Song :
G
Intro:
Gm7
Gm7 C9
She packed my bags last night - pre-flight
Gm7 C9
Zero hour, nine A.M.
Eb Bb Cm Cm7 F F/C
And I'm gonna be high -i-high as a kite by then
Gm7 C9
I miss the earth so much, I miss my wife
Gm7 C9
It's lonely out in space
Eb Bb Cm Cm7 F F/C F Eb
On such a ti - i -imeless flight
Chorus :
Bb Eb
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Bb
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
Eb
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Bb C9
Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
Eb Bb Eb
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone
Bb Eb
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Bb
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
Eb
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Bb C9
Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
Eb Bb Eb
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone
Gm7 C9
Mars ain't the kinda place to raise your kids
Gm7 C9
In fact it's cold as hell
Eb Bb Cm Cm7 F F/C F
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
Gm7 C9
And all this science, I don't understand
Gm7 C9
It's just my job five days a week
Eb Bb Cm Cm7 F F/C F
Rocket man -aaa -a -a- an rocket man
Chorus :
Bb Eb
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Bb
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
Eb
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Bb C9
Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
Eb Bb Eb
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone
Bb Eb
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Bb
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
Eb
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Bb C9
Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
Eb Bb
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone
Outro ad lib :
Eb Bb
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Eb Bb
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
