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