ROCKET MAN
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                [Verse 1]

              
              

           
   she packed 

              
my bags last n

          
ight, pre-flig


ht
              
              

           
   zero hours,

        
 nine a.m.
              
              

             
   and i'm gon

             
na be hi - i -

            
 igh as a kite

    
 by then
                
                
                [Verse 2]

              
              

           
           i m

              
iss the earth 

   
so much, i mis

s my wife
              
              

           
   it's lonely

          
 out in space
              
              

            
   on such a t

            
i - i - imeles

        
s flight
                
                
                [Chorus 1]

              
              

             
           and

              
 i think it's 

              
gonna be a lon


g, long time
              
              

              
  till touchdo

              
wn brings me r

              
ound again to 


find
              
              

              
  i'm not the 

              
man they think

         
 i am at home
              
              

              
  woh no, no, 

        
no i'm a rocke

t man
              
              

             
  a rocket man

              
 burnin out hi

             
s fuse up here

      
 alone
                
                
                [Chorus 2]

              
              

             
           and

              
 i think it's 

              
gonna be a lon


g, long time
              
              

              
  till touchdo

              
wn brings me r

              
ound again to 


find
              
              

              
  i'm not the 

              
man they think

         
 i am at home
              
              

              
  woh no, no, 

        
no i'm a rocke

t man
              
              

             
  a rocket man

              
 burnin out hi

             
s fuse up here

      
 alone
                
                
                [Verse 3]

              
              

           
           mar

              
s aint the kin

      
d of place to 

raise your kid

s
              
              

           
   in fact it'

           
s cold as hell
              
              

             
   and there's

             
 no one there 

            
to raise them 

        
if you did
                
                
                [Verse 4]

              
              

           
           and

              
 all this scie

    
nce i don't un

derstand
              
              

           
   it's just m

              
y job five day

    
s a week
              
              

             
  a rocket ma 

           
- a - a - an, 

        
rocket man
                
                
                [Chorus 3]

              
              

             
           and

              
 i think it's 

              
gonna be a lon


g, long time
              
              

              
  till touchdo

              
wn brings me r

              
ound again to 


find
              
              

              
  i'm not the 

              
man they think

         
 i am at home
              
              

              
  woh no, no, 

        
no i'm a rocke

t man
              
              

             
  a rocket man

              
 burnin out hi

             
s fuse up here

      
 alone
                
                
                [Chorus 4]

              
              

             
           and

              
 i think it's 

              
gonna be a lon


g, long time
              
              

              
  till touchdo

              
wn brings me r

              
ound again to 


find
              
              

              
  i'm not the 

              
man they think

         
 i am at home
              
              

              
  woh no, no, 

        
no i'm a rocke

t man
              
              

             
  a rocket man

              
 burnin out hi

             
s fuse up here

      
 alone
                
                
                [Outro] 

              
              

              
  and i think 

              
it's gonna be 

             
a long, long t

   
ime

                (repeat to fade)