Rocket Man - Elton John


[Verse 1]
           
   She packed 

              
my bags last n

           
ight - pre-fli

ght
           
   Zero hour, 

     
nine A.M.
             
  And I'm gonn

          
a be high -i-h

         
igh       as a

            
 kite by then
           
   I miss the 

              
earth so much,

   
 I miss my wif

e
           
   It's lonely

        
 out in space 

              

              

      ^ ^
           
  On such a ti

           
 - i -imeless 

                      
flight


[Chorus]
             
 And I think i

              
t's gonna be a

           
 long long tim

e
              
Til touchdown 

              
brings me 'rou

            
nd again to fi

nd
              
I'm not the ma

              
n they think I

       
 am at home
           
Oh no, no, no,

       
 I'm a rocket 

man
             
Rocket man, bu

              
rnin' out his 

             
fuse up here a

      
lone

             
 And I think i

              
t's gonna be a

           
 long long tim

e
              
Til touchdown 

              
brings me 'rou

            
nd again to fi

nd
              
I'm not the ma

              
n they think I

       
 am at home
           
Oh no, no, no,

       
 I'm a rocket 

man
             
Rocket man, bu

              
rnin' out his 

             
fuse up here a

      
lone


[Verse 2]
           
   Mars ain't 

              
the kinda plac

     
e to raise you

r kids
           
    In fact it

           
's cold as hel

l
             
   And there's

           
 no one there 

            
to raise them 

         
      if you d

/      
id
           
    And all th

              
is science, I 

            
don't under st

      
and
           
    It's just 

              
my job five da

         
ys a week
            
Rocket man  -a

            
aa  -a -a- an 

          
        rocket

       
 man


[Chorus]
             
 And I think i

              
t's gonna be a

           
 long long tim

e
              
Til touchdown 

              
brings me 'rou

            
nd again to fi

nd
              
I'm not the ma

              
n they think I

       
 am at home
           
Oh no, no, no,

        
 I'm a rocket 

man
             
Rocket man, bu

              
rnin' out his 

             
fuse up here a

      
lone

             
  And I think 

              
it's gonna be 

            
a long long ti

me
              
Til touchdown 

              
brings me 'rou

            
nd again to fi

nd
              
I'm not the ma

              
n they think I

       
 am at home
           
Oh no, no, no,

       
 I'm a rocket 

man
             
Rocket man, bu

              
rnin' out his 

        
fuse up here a

lone


[Outro]
             
  And I think 

              
it's gonna be 

  
a long long ti

me
             
  And I think 

              
it's gonna be 

  
a long long ti

me

Repeat 6 more times and fade out