Em7 A9
She packed my bags last night - pre-flight
Em7 A9
Zero hour, nine A.M.
C 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 ^ ^
C G/B Am Am/G D/F# D/A D C
On such a ti - i -imeless flight
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
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
C 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
C G Am Am/G D/F# D/A D
Rocket man -aaa -a -a- an rocket man
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
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
And I think it' s gonna be a long long time
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