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