Capo: optional
Chord formations (Eb DGCEEb):
C#m 466444
F# 446664
A 022100
E 223332
B 244322
C#mF#
She packed my bags last night pre-flight
C#mF#
Zero hour, nine a.m.
AE quick AB
And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then
C#mF#
I miss the earth so much, I miss my wife
C#mF#
It's so lonely out in space
AE quick AB
On such a timeless flight
{x2}
EA
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
E
'Till touch down brings me round again to find
A
I'm not the man they think I am at home
EF#
Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
AE
Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone
(+Eb between Choruses)
C#mF#
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
C#mF#
In fact it's cold as hell
AE quick AB
And there's no one there to raise them, if you did
C#mF#
And all this science I don't understand
C#mF#
It's just my job, five days a week
AE quick AB
D# rocket man, a rocket man
Chorus {x2 again}
AE
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time {x4 sounds pretty good, end w/ A