Rocket Man chords by
Elton John

1972Rock27K views

Key: Bb major

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

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

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

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

Outro 1

Bb

And I think it's gonna be

F

a long, long time

[Repeat and fade]

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TunerE A D G B E

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