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