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Song title:      Rocket Man
Original Album:	 Honky Chateau

Words and Music by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
Copyright © 1972 DJM Records (UK); Uni Records (US)
Published by MCA

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Capo on 3 if you want to play along with Elton.
Chords are relative to capo. Timing is 4/4.


VERSE1:
Chords:
Em7   02203x    G/B  x20033
Asus2 x0220x    Am   x02210
A     x02220    Am/G 3x2210
C     x32010    D    xx0232

Em7                                   Asus2
  She packed my bags last night - pre-flight
Em7                 A
  Zero hour, Nine a.m.
C                  G/B   Am  Am/G            | D |
  And I'm gonna be high__igh      as a kite by then


VERSE2:
Chords:
Em7   02203x    G/B  x20033
Asus2 x0220x    Am   x02210
A     x02220    Am/G 3x2210
C     x32010    D    xx0232

Em7                           Asus2 
  I miss the earth so much, I miss my wife  
Em7                  A
  It's lonely out in space
C           G/B Am             Am/G | D |
  On such a ti__imeless flight


CHORUS:
Chords:
G  320033
C  x32010
A7 x02020

G                                        C
  And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
                                 G
'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
                                   C
I'm not the man they think I am at home
           G         A7
Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
C                                 | G        | C |        
Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone


[repeat CHORUS]


VERSE3:
Chords:
Em7   022030    G/B  x20033
Asus2 x02200    Am   x02210
A     x02220    Am/G 3x2210
C     x32010    D    xx0232

Em7                             Asus2
  Mars ain't the kinda place to raise your kids
Em7                     A
  In fact, it's cold as hell
C                    G/B      Am         Am/G        D
  And there's no one there to raise them      if you did


VERSE4:
Chords:
Em7   02203x    G/B  x20033
Asus2 x0220x    Am   x02210
A     x02220    Am/G 3x2210
C     x32010    D    xx0232

Em7                             Asus2
  And all this science, I don't understand
Em7                            A
  It's just my job five days a week
       C   G/B  Am  Am/G        D
Rocket ma_______an       rocket man

 
[repeat CHORUS]  [x2] 

 
OUTRO [repeat x4 to fade]:
Chords:
C x32010
G 320033

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