Rocket Man - Elton John

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Rocket Man - Elton John (Elton John and Bernie Taupin, 1972)
Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.

4/4 TIME @ 68 BPM (4 Min. 43 Sec. (No 'INTRO'), or 4 Min. 57 Sec.) in 'Bb'.

Chords Used:
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                GUITAR                KEYS
             
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Gm7     -  3  5  3  3  3  3      G    Bb-D-F
C9      -  x  3  2  3  3  3      C    Bb-C-D-E-G
Eb      -  x  x  1  3  4  3      Eb   Bb-Eb-G     -OR-
        -  x  6  8  8  8  6
Bb/D    -  x  x  0  3  3  1      D    Bb-D-F      -OR-
        -  x  5  8  7  6  6
Cm      -  x  3  5  5  4  3      C    C-Eb-G
Cm7/Bb  -  x  1  1  3  1  3      Bb   Bb-C-Eb-G
F/A     -  x  0  3  2  1  1      A    A-C-F
C11     -  x  3  3  3  3  3      C    Bb-C-D-F-G
F/C     -  x  3  3  2  1  1      C    A-C-F
F       -  1  3  3  2  1  1      F    A-C-F
Cm7/F   -  x  3  3  3  4  3      F    Bb-C-Eb-G
Bb      -  x  1  3  3  3  1      Bb   Bb-D-F      -OR-
        -  6  8  8  7  6  6
C7      -  x  3  5  3  5  3      C    Bb-C-E-G


INTRO: [4 M] (Only played with LIVE Verisons) -
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VERSE #1: [16 M]
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  She packed… 

              
my bags… last 

      |     
night… pre-fli

          |
ght…

|          
  Ze-ro ho-ur…

            |
   nine a.m.… 

      |    
         And, 

              
I'm gon-na be 

    |
high…   

|     
…     as a kit

    |      
e by then…    

   |     |
              

            
I miss the ear

              |
th… so much… I

|          
 miss my wife…

      |    
          It's

              
 lone-ly out i

       |     |
n space…

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  on such a ti

      | 
me-…       les

             |    |      |
s flight…

CHORUS #1: [16 M]
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  And, I think

              
 it's gon-na b

              
e a long, long

     |
 time…

|           
… 'til touch-d

              
own brings me 

              
'round a-gain 

       |
to find…

|           
…  I'm not the

              
 man they thin

              
k I am at home

|
…

|           
… Oh, no, no, 

       |
no…   I'm a ro

                |
ck-et man…

|           
 Rock-et man… 

              
burn-in' out h

              
is fuse up her

 |         |…       |
e a-lone…

|           
  And, I think

              
 it's gon-na b

              
e a long, long

     |
 time…

|           
… 'til touch-d

              
own brings me 

              
'round a-gain 

       |
to find…

|           
…  I'm not the

              
 man they thin

              
k I am at home

|
…

|           
… Oh, no, no, 

       |
no…   I'm a ro

               |
ck-et man…

|           
 Rock-et man… 

              
burn-in' out h

              
is fuse up her

 |         |…       |
e a-lone…

VERSE #2: [16 M]
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|          
  Mars ain't t

              
he kind-a plac

     |      
e… to raise yo

             |
ur kids…

|          
    In fact,… 

              
it's cold… as 

    |      |
hell…

|           
  And, there's

             
 no-one there…

        |
 to… raise…  t

         
hem…    if you

    |    |
 did…

|       | 
           And

              
, all this sci

              
-ence…  I don'

 |          
t un-der-stand

      |
…

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  It's just my

              
 job… five day

        |  
s a week…     

         |
 A rock-et… ma

       |
n…

|    
         A roc

        |    |      |
k-et man…

CHORUS #2: [15 M]
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|           
  And, I think

              
 it's gon-na b

              
e a long, long

     |
 time…

|           
… 'til touch-d

              
own brings me 

              
'round a-gain 

       |
to find…

|           
…  I'm not the

              
 man they thin

              
k I am at home

|
…

|           
… Oh, no, no, 

       |
no…   I'm a ro

                |
ck-et man…

|           
 Rock-et man… 

              
burn-in' out h

              
is fuse up her

 |         |…       |
e a-lone…

|           
  And, I think

              
 it's gon-na b

              
e a long, long

     |
 time…

|           
… 'til touch-d

              
own brings me 

              
'round a-gain 

       |
to find…

|           
…  I'm not the

              
 man they thin

              
k I am at home

|
…

|           
… Oh, no, no, 

       |
no…   I'm a ro

                |
ck-et man…

|           
 Rock-et man… 

              
burn-in' out h

              
is fuse up her

 |         |
e a-lone…

CODA: [17 M]
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|           
    And, I thi

              
nk it's gon-na

          | 
 be a long, lo

            |
ng time…

|           
    And, I thi

              
nk it's gon-na

          | 
 be a long, lo

            |
ng time…

|           
    And, I thi

              
nk it's gon-na

          | 
 be a long, lo

            |
ng time…

|           
    And, I thi

              
nk it's gon-na

          | 
 be a long, lo

            |
ng time…

|           
    And, I thi

              
nk it's gon-na

          | 
 be a long, lo

            |
ng time…

|           
    And, I thi

              
nk it's gon-na

          | 
 be a long, lo

            |
ng time…

|           
    And, I thi

              
nk it's gon-na

          | 
 be a long, lo

            |
ng time…

|           
    It's gon-n

              
a be a long, l

    |          |      |
ong… time…

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