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Rocket Man

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1/7

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Position

Step 1 / 7Position: 4

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

[Chords]
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|----6------9----------(4)--|
D|-6--6---4--9----9---9-(4)--|
A|-6--4---4--7----6---9-(2)--|
E|-4------2-----------7------|
   G# C#  F# E  B/D#  B
[Verse] (bass)
G#She packed my bags last night C#pre-flight 
G#Zero hour nine a.C#m. and I'm gonna be 
Eh-h-i-i-B/D#i-gh as C#a kiBte by thF#en 
G#I miss the earth so much I C#miss my wife 
G#It's lonely out in C#space on such a 
Et-B/D#t-i-iC#-me-Bless flF#ight
[Chorus]
BAnd I think it's gonna be a long, long Etime 
Till touch down brings me round again to Bfind 
I'm not the man they think I am at Ehome Oh no no B/D#no 
I am a C#rocket man 
ERocket man burning out my fuse uBp here aEloBneE  B  E  
BAnd I think it's gonna be a long, long Etime 
Till touch down brings me round again to Bfind 
I'm not the man they think I am at Ehome Oh no no B/D#no 
I am a C#rocket man 
ERocket man burning out my fuse uBp here aEloBneE  B  E  
[Verse] (bass)
G#Mars ain't the kind of place to C#raise your kids 
G#In fact, it's cold as C#hell 
And tEhere's no one B/D#there to C#raise theBm if you did F#  
G#And all this science I don't undeC#rstand 
G#It's just my job five days a C#week 
A rocket Em-AB/D#-A-o-oC#-m-A-BA-n, A rockeF#t man 
[Chorus]
BAnd I think it's gonna be a long, long Etime 
Till touch down brings me round again to Bfind 
I'm not the man they think I am at Ehome Oh no no B/D#no 
I am a C#rocket man 
ERocket man burning out my fuse uBp here aEloBneE  B  E  
BAnd I think it's gonna be a long, long Etime 
Till touch down brings me round again to Bfind 
I'm not the man they think I am at Ehome Oh no no B/D#no 
I am a C#rocket man 
ERocket man burning out my fuse uBp here aEloBneE  B  E  
[Outro]
EAnd I think it's gonna be Ba long long tEimBe E  B  E  
EAnd I think it's gonna be Ba long long tEimBe E  B  E  
EAnd I think it's gonna be Ba long long tEimBe E  B  E  
EAnd I think it's gonna be Ba long long tEimBe E  B  E  
EAnd I think it's gonna be Ba long long tEimBe E  B  E  
EAnd I think it's gonna be Ba long long time

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Rocket Man

by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

B/D#

[Chords]

e|---------------------------|

B|---------------------------|

G|----6------9----------(4)--|

D|-6--6---4--9----9---9-(4)--|

A|-6--4---4--7----6---9-(2)--|

E|-4------2-----------7------|

G# C# F# E B/D# B

[Verse] (bass)

G# C#

She packed my bags last night pre-flight

G# C#

Zero hour nine a.m. and I'm gonna be

E B/D# C# B F#

h-h-i-i-i-gh as a kite by then

G# C#

I miss the earth so much I miss my wife

G# C#

It's lonely out in space on such a

E B/D# C# B F#

t-t-i-i-me-less flight

[Chorus]

B E

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time

Till touch down brings me round again to find

E B/D#

I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no

I am a rocket man

E B E B E B E

Rocket man burning out my fuse up here alone

B E

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time

Till touch down brings me round again to find

E B/D#

I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no

I am a rocket man

E B E B E B E

Rocket man burning out my fuse up here alone

[Verse] (bass)

G# C#

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids

G# C#

In fact, it's cold as hell

E B/D# C# B F#

And there's no one there to raise them if you did

G# C#

And all this science I don't understand

G# C#

It's just my job five days a week

E B/D# C# B F#

A rocket m-A-A-o-o-m-A-A-n, A rocket man

[Chorus]

B E

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time

Till touch down brings me round again to find

E B/D#

I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no

I am a rocket man

E B E B E B E

Rocket man burning out my fuse up here alone

B E

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time

Till touch down brings me round again to find

E B/D#

I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no

I am a rocket man

E B E B E B E

Rocket man burning out my fuse up here alone

[Outro]

E B E B E B E