Elton John - Rocket man

^Em7 She packed my bags last night - pre-^A9flight ^Em7 Zero hour, nine ^A9A.M. ^C And I'm gonna be ^G/Bhigh -i-^Amhigh ^Am/G as a kite by ^D/F#then ^{D Em7} I miss the earth so much, I ^A9miss my wife ^Em7 It's lonely out in ^A9space ^ ^ ^C On such a ^G/Bti - i -^Amimeless flight ^{Am/G D/F# D/A D C}

^G And I think it's gonna be a long long ^Ctime Til touchdown brings me 'round again to ^Gfind I'm not the man they think I am at ^Chome Oh no, no, ^G/Bno, I'm a ^A9rocket man ^CRocket man, burnin' out his fuse up ^Ghere alone ^C

^G And I think it's gonna be a long long ^Ctime Til touchdown brings me 'round again to ^Gfind I'm not the man they think I am at ^Chome Oh no, no, ^G/Bno, I'm a ^A9rocket man ^CRocket man, burnin' out his fuse up ^Ghere alone ^C

^Em7 Mars ain't the kinda place to ^A9raise your kids ^Em7 In fact it's cold as ^A9hell ^C And there's no one ^G/Bthere to ^Amraise them ^Am/G if you ^D/F#did ^{D/A D Em7} And all this science, I don't under ^Astand ^Em7 It's just my job five days a ^Aweek Rocket ^Cman -^Gaaa -a -a- ^Aman ^Am/G rocket ^D/F#man ^{D/A D}

^G And I think it's gonna be a long long ^Ctime Til touchdown brings me 'round again to ^Gfind I'm not the man they think I am at ^Chome Oh no, no, ^G/Bno, I'm a r^A9ocket man ^CRocket man, burnin' out his fuse up ^Ghere alone ^C

^G And I think it's gonna be a long long ^Ctime Til touchdown brings me 'round again to ^Gfind I'm not the man they think I am at ^Chome Oh no, no, ^G/Bno, I'm a ^A9rocket man ^CRocket man, burnin' out his fuse up ^Ghere alone

^C And I think it's gonna be a ^Glong long time ^C And I think it's gonna be a ^Glong long time