She packed my 

              
bags last nigh

          
t - pre-flight

 
   
           
Zero hour, nin

     
e A.M. 
             
And I'm gonna 

             
be high as a k

     
ite by then   

 
 
           
I miss the ear

             
th so much, I 

          
miss my wife  
           
It's lonely ou

        
t in space  
            
On such a time

            
less flight   

     
 


Chorus:  
             
And I think it

              
's gonna be a 

            
long long time

  
              
Til touchdown 

              
brings me 'rou

             
nd to find  
              
I'm not the ma

              
n they think I

         
 am at home  
             
Oh no, no,no, 

             
I'm a rocket m

 
an  
             
Rocket man, bu

              
rnin' out his 

             
fuse up here a

       
lone         (

2x)


           
Mars ain't the

              
 kinda place t

            
o raise your k

 
ids  
           
In fact it's c

            
old as hell  
             
And there's no

             
 one there to 

            
raise them if 

        
you did    

           
And all this s

              
cience, I don'

             
t understand  
           
It's just my j

              
ob five days a

      
 week  
             
Rocket man

         
        
Rocket man    

 
Chorus  
             
And I think it

              
's gonna be a 

            
long long time

  
              
Til touchdown 

              
brings me 'rou

         
nd to find  
              
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 

             
up here alone 

   
       (2x) 

 

Outro:
             
And I think it

              
's gonna be a 

      
long long time

  
             
And I think it

              
's gonna be a 

      
long long time