Verse:
Gm7 C Csus4
She packed my bags last night - pre-flight
Gm7 C Csus4
Zero hour, nine a.m.
Eb Bb Cm F Fsus4 Fsus2
And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then
Gm7 C Csus4
I miss the earth so much, I miss my wife
Gm7 C Csus4
It's lonely out in space
Eb Bb Cm F Fsus4 Fsus2
On such a timeless flight as this
Chorus:
Bb Eb
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Bb
Til touchdown brings me 'round to find
Eb
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Bb C Csus4
Oh no, no,no, I'm a rocket man
Eb Bb Eb
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone -2x-
Verse:
Gm7 C Csus4
Mars ain't the kinda place to raise your kids
Gm7 C Csus4
In fact it's cold as hell
Eb Bb Cm F Fsus4 Fsus2
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
Gm7 C Csus4
And all this science, I don't understand
Gm7 C Csus4
It's just my job five days a week
Eb Bb Cm F Fsus4 Fsus2
Rocket man rocket man
Chorus:
Bb Eb
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Bb
Til touchdown brings me 'round to find
Eb
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Bb C Csus4
Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
Eb Bb Eb
Rocket man, burnin' out his up here alone -2x-
Outro:
Eb Bb
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Eb Bb
And I think it's gonna be a long long time