Song: Rocket Man (I think it's going to be a long, long time)
Artist: Elton John
Composers:  Elton John and Bernie Taupin
Album: Honky Château
Tabbed by DJ  28th Nov 2015

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Live performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_QZe8Z66x8

CAPO: 3rd fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of Gm)

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listed below, and emphasise the bass notes of each chord.

Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
 = 022030    = 302010    = xx0213      = xxx010
  = x02020     = 20023x    = x02030      = xx0010
 = x20003      = x00232         = 320003    * = 3x2013
   = x32010       = xx0212       = xx0003    = x32030
  = x02210       = xx0210       = xx2010

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[Verse 1]
           
     She packe

              
d my bags last

       
 night pre - f

light,
           
     Zero hour

            
 ...nine a. m.
          
        And I'

           
m gonna be hig

       
h-----       a

            
s a kite by th

      
en,
           
     I miss th

              
e earth so muc

            
h, I miss my w

       
ife,
           
     It's lone

            
ly out in spac

  
e,
          
       On such

         
 a time--- les

         
s flight-----!

       
  | /  /  /  /

         
 | /  /  /  / 


 |

[Chorus 1]
             
    And, I thi

              
nk it's gonna 

        
be a long, lon

  
g time,
              
'Til touch-dow

           
n brings me 'r

           
ound a - gain 

   
to find...
            
I'm not the ma

             
n they think I

    
 am at home,
            
Oh, no, no, no

           
, I'm a Rocket

        
 Man,      Roc

ket man,
              
Burning out hi

          
s fuse up here

          *
 alone        

           
     | /  /  /


  / |

[Chorus 2]
             
    And, I thi

              
nk it's gonna 

        
be a long, lon

  
g time,
              
'Til touch-dow

           
n brings me 'r

           
ound a - gain 

   
to find...
            
I'm not the ma

             
n they think I

    
 am at home,
            
Oh, no, no, no

           
, I'm a Rocket

        
 Man,      Roc

ket man,
              
Burning out hi

          
s fuse up here

          *
 alone        

           
     | /  /  /


  / |

[Verse 2]
           
     Mars ain'

              
t the kind of 

         
place to raise

 your kids,
           
     In fact, 

             
it's cold as h


ell,
          
       And, th

             
ere's no one t

/          
here to raise 

         
them   ...if y

           
ou did-----,
           
     And, all 

              
the science I 

            
don't understa

    
nd,
           
     It's just

              
 my job five d

         
ays a week,
         
A Rocket Man--

/       
----------,   

/            
   a Rocket Ma

       
n-----!     | 

       
/  /  /  /  |

[Chorus 3]
             
    And, I thi

              
nk it's gonna 

        
be a long, lon

  
g time,
              
'Til touch-dow

           
n brings me 'r

           
ound a - gain 

   
to find...
            
I'm not the ma

             
n they think I

    
 am at home,
            
Oh, no, no, no

           
, I'm a Rocket

        
 Man,      Roc

ket man,
              
Burning out hi

          
s fuse up here

          *
 alone        

          
     | /  /  /


  / |

[Chorus 4]
             
    And, I thi

              
nk it's gonna 

        
be a long, lon

  
g time,
              
'Til touch-dow

           
n brings me 'r

           
ound a - gain 

   
to find...
            
I'm not the ma

             
n they think I

    
 am at home,
            
Oh, no, no, no

           
, I'm a Rocket

        
 Man,      Roc

ket man,
              
Burning out hi

          
s fuse up here

           *  
 alone

[Coda]
             
||:    And, I 

           
think it's gon

          
na be a long, 

           
long time!    

 
     :|| [Repe

at]

[Suggestion for ending]
          
    And, I thi

              
nk it's gonna 

          
be a long, lon

         
g time