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Standard Tuning EADGBe
****NO CAPO****
[Note: the D in the verse is a grace note between the C and the Eb,
play it quick]
Verse 1:
Gm7 C Gm7 C D
She packed my bags last night pre-flight, zero hour, 9 A.M.
Eb Bb Cm F
And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then...
Gm7 C Gm7 C D
I miss the earth so much, I miss my wife, it's lonely out in space
Eb Bb Cm F
On such a timeless flight as this....
Chorus 1: [x2]
Bb Eb Bb
And I think it's gonna be a long long time, til touchdown brings me 'round to find
Bb Eb Bb C
I'm not the man they think I am at home, oh no no no, I'm a rocket man
Eb Bb Eb
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone...
Verse 2:
Gm7 C Gm7 C D
Mars ain't the kinda place to raise your kids, in fact it's cold as hell
Eb Bb Cm F
And there's no one there to raise them if you did...
Gm7 C Gm7 C
And all this science, I don't understand, it's just my job 5 days a week
Eb Bb Cm F
Rocket maaaaaaaaaan....rocket man
Chorus 2: [x2]
Bb Eb Bb
And I think it's gonna be a long long time, til touchdown brings me 'round to find
Bb Eb Bb C
I'm not the man they think I am at home, oh no no no, I'm a rocket man
Eb Bb Eb
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone...
Outro:
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
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.....