Elton John - Rocket man
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Tuning: G C E A
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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]
Gm7 | C | C Csus4 |
She packed my bags last night pre-flight
Gm7 | C | C Bb |
Zero hour, nine A.M.
Eb Bb Cm Eb | F Fsus2 | F |
And I'm gonna be hi-i-igh ... as a kite by then
Gm7 I miss the earth so much, I Cmiss my wifeCsus4
Gm7 | C Bb |
It's lonely out in space
Eb Bb Cm Eb | F | F Eb |
On such a ti-i-imeless flight
[Chorus]
Bb [ Eb ]
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Eb [ Bb ]
Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
Bb [ Eb ]
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Eb Oh no, no, nBbo, I'm a roCcket man Csus4 C
Eb | Bb Bbsus4 Bb | Eb |
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone
Bb [ Eb ]
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Eb [ Bb ]
Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
Bb [ Eb ]
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Eb Oh no, no, nBbo, I'm a roCcket man Csus4
Eb | Bb Bbsus4 Bb | Eb Ebadd9 |
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone
[Verse 2]
Gm7 Mars ain't the kinda place to Craise your kids Csus4
Gm7 | C | C Bb |
In fact it's cold as hell
Eb Bb Cm Eb | F | % |
And there's no one there to-o-o raise them ... if you did
Gm7 And all this science, I don't Cunderstand
Gm7 It's just my job five days a Cweek
C7sus4 Eb Bb Cm Eb | F | F Eb |
A rocket ma-a-a-an, rocket man
[Chorus]
Bb [ Eb ]
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Eb [ Bb ]
Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
Bb [ Eb ]
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Eb Oh no, no, nBbo, I'm a roCcket man Csus4 C
Eb | Bb Bbsus4 Bb | Eb |
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone
Bb [ Eb ]
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Eb [ Bb ]
Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
Bb [ Eb ]
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Eb Oh no, no, nBbo, I'm a roCcket man Csus4
Eb | Bb Bbsus4 Bb |
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone
[Outro]
Eb And I think it's gonna be a lBbong long time
Eb And I think it's gonna be a lBbong long time
(repat and fade)