A música Rocket Man de Elton John foi inspirada pela música Rocket Man de David Bowie e a história curta The Rocket Man escrita por Ray Bradbury. A letra, escrita por Bernie Taupin, aborda os sentimentos de isolamento e solidão de um astronauta no espaço, refletindo sobre a distância emocional entre ele e sua família na Terra. Lançada em 1972, a canção tornou-se um dos maiores sucessos de Elton John, amplamente interpretada como uma metáfora para ... Ver mais [+] os desafios enfrentados na vida cotidiana.
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Em7
A9
She packed my bags last night - pre-flight
Em7
A9
Zero hour, nine A.M.
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G/B
Am
Am/G
D/F#
D
And I'm gonna be high -i-high as a kite by then
Em7
A9
I miss the earth so much, I miss my wife
Em7
A9
It's lonely out in space ^ ^
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G/B
Am
Am/G
D/F#
D/A
D
C
On such a ti - i -imeless flight
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C
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
G
Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
C
I'm not the man they think I am at home
G/B
A9
Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
C
G
C
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone
G
C
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
G
Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
C
I'm not the man they think I am at home
G/B
A9
Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
C
G
C
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone
Em7
A9
Mars ain't the kinda place to raise your kids
Em7
A9
In fact it's cold as hell
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G/B
Am
Am/G
D/F#
D/A
D
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
Em7
A9
And all this science, I don't under stand
Em7
A9
It's just my job five days a week
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G
Am
Am/G
D/F#
D/A
D
Rocket man -aaa -a -a- an rocket man
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C
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
G
Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
C
I'm not the man they think I am at home
G/B
A9
Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
C
G
C
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone
G
C
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
G
Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
C
I'm not the man they think I am at home
G/B
A9
Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
C
G
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone
C
G
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
C
G
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