Rocket Man chords by
Elton John

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Key: Bb major

Verse 1
Cm Cm 
 
F F 
 
She packed my bags last night pre flight
Cm Cm 
 
F F 
 
Zero hour nine a.m.
Ab Ab 
 
Eb Eb 
 
Fm Fm 
 
And I'm gonna be high
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
as a kite by then
Cm Cm 
 
I miss the Earth so much
F F 
 
I miss my wife
Cm Cm 
 
F F 
 
It's lonely out in space
Ab Ab 
 
Eb Eb 
 
Fm Fm 
 
On such a timeless flight
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Ab Ab 
 

Chorus 1
Eb Eb 
 
And I think it's gonna be
Ab Ab 
 
a long, long time
'Till touch down
Eb Eb 
 
brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Ab Ab 
 
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
Oh, no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
Ab Ab 
 
Rocket man burning out his fuse up
Eb Eb 
 
Ab Ab 
 
here alone
Eb Eb 
 
And I think it's gonna be
Ab Ab 
 
a long, long time
'Till touch down
Eb Eb 
 
brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Ab Ab 
 
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
Oh, no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
Ab Ab 
 
Rocket man burning out his fuse up
Eb Eb 
 
Ab Ab 
 
here alone

Verse 2
Cm Cm 
 
Mars ain't the kind of place
F F 
 
to raise your kids
Cm Cm 
 
F F 
 
In fact it's cold as hell
Ab Ab 
 
Eb Eb 
 
Fm Fm 
 
And there's no one there to raise them
Eb Eb 
 
Bb Bb 
 
if you did
Cm Cm 
 
F F 
 
And all this science I don't understand
Cm Cm 
 
F F 
 
It's just my job five days a week
Ab Ab 
 
Eb Eb 
 
Fm Fm 
 
Eb Eb 
 
A rocket man,
Bb Bb 
 
a rocket man

Chorus 2
Eb Eb 
 
And I think it's gonna be
Ab Ab 
 
a long, long time
'Till touch down
Eb Eb 
 
brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Ab Ab 
 
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
Oh, no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
Ab Ab 
 
Rocket man burning out his fuse up
Eb Eb 
 
Ab Ab 
 
here alone
Eb Eb 
 
And I think it's gonna be
Ab Ab 
 
a long, long time
'Till touch down
Eb Eb 
 
brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Ab Ab 
 
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
Oh, no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
Ab Ab 
 
Rocket man burning out his fuse up
Eb Eb 
 
here alone

Outro 1

Ab

And I think it's gonna be

Eb

a long, long time

[Repeat and fade]

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