Rocket Man - Elton John

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          Rocket Man – Elton John
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Written by: John/Taupin
From: "Honky Chateau" (1972)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: soprano C

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CHORDS

          g-C-E-A
Csus4     0-0-1-3
Fsus2     0-0-1-3
Bbsus4    3-3-1-1
Ebadd9    0-3-1-1

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[Verse 1]
           
 She packed my

              
 bags last nig

       |    |        |
ht pre-flight
           
 Zero hour, ni

   |    |        |
ne A.M.
            
 And I'm gonna

         
 be hi-i-igh .

             
.. as a kite b

 |       |    |
y then
           
 I miss the ea

              
rth so much, I

            
 miss my wife
           
   It's lonely

        |         |
 out in space
          
 On such a ti-

          
i-imeless flig

    |  |      |
ht


[Chorus]
            
 And I think i

              
t's gonna be a

            [ 
 long long tim

 ]
e
            
 Til touchdown

              
 brings me 'ro

             [
und again to f

  ]
ind
            
 I'm not the m

              
an 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 'ro

             [
und again to f

  ]
ind
            
 I'm not the m

              
an 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 th

              
e kinda place 

             
to raise your 

     
kids
           
  In fact it's

         |    |          |
 cold as hell
            
 And there's n

            
o one there to

            
-o-o raise the

            
m ... if you d

     |  | % |
id
           
 And all this 

              
science, I don

   
't understand
           
 It's just my 

              
job five days 

  
a week
      
A rocket   ma-

        
a-a-an,    roc

   |  |      |
ket man


[Chorus]
            
 And I think i

              
t's gonna be a

            [ 
 long long tim

 ]
e
            
 Til touchdown

              
 brings me 'ro

             [
und again to f

  ]
ind
            
 I'm not the m

              
an 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 'ro

             [
und again to f

  ]
ind
            
 I'm not the m

              
an 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 t

ime
            
   And I think

              
 it's gonna be

    
 a long long t

ime

(repat and fade)

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