Song: Rocket Man (I think it's going to be a long, long time)
Artist: Elton John
Composers: Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Album: Honky Château
Tabbed by DJ
28th Nov 2015
CAPO: 3rd fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of Gm)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Em7 = 022030 Am7/G = 302010 D9 = xx0210 G = 320003
A7 = x02020 D/F# = 20023x A7sus4 = x02030 G4 = 320013
G/B = x20003 D/A = x00232 C = x32013 Cadd9 = x32030
Am = x02210 D7 = xx0212 D7sus4 = xx0213 C/G = 3x2013
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[Verse 1]
Em7 A7
She packed my bags last night pre - flight,
Em7 A7
Zero hour ...nine a. m.
G/B C G/B Am Am7/G D/F# D/A D7 D9
And I'm gonna be high----- as a kite by then,
Em7 A7 A7sus4 A7
I miss the earth so much, I miss my wife,
Em7 A7 A7sus4
It's lonely out in space,
G/B C G/B Am Am7/G D/F# D/A D7 D7sus4
On such a time--- less flight! | / / / / | / / / / |
[Chorus 1]
G G4 G C
And, I think it's gonna be a long, long time,
Cadd9 G
'Til touch-down brings me 'round again to find...
G4 G C
I'm not the man they think I am at home,
G/B A7
Oh, no, no, no, ...I'm a Rocket Man,
G/B C Cadd9 G C/G G C Cadd9
Rocket Man, burning out his fuse up here alone! | / / / / |
[Chorus 2]
G G4 G C
And, I think it's gonna be a long, long time,
Cadd9 G
'Til touch-down brings me 'round again to find...
G4 G C
I'm not the man they think I am at home,
G/B A7
Oh, no, no, no, ...I'm a Rocket Man,
G/B C Cadd9 G C/G G C Cadd9
Rocket Man, burning out his fuse up here alone! | / / / / |
[Verse 2]
Em7 A7
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids,
Em7 A7
In fact,it's cold as hell,
G/B C G/B Am Am7/G D/F# D/A D7
And, there's no one there to raise them ...if you did,
Em7 A7 A7sus4 A7
And, all the science I don't understand,
Em7 A7 A7sus4
It's just my job five days a week,
G/B C G/B Am Am7/G D/F# D/A D7 D7sus4
A Rocket Man------------, a Rocket Man-----! | / / / / |
[Chorus 3]
G G4 G C
And, I think it's gonna be a long, long time,
Cadd9 G
'Til touch-down brings me 'round again to find...
G4 G C
I'm not the man they think I am at home,
G/B A7
Oh, no, no, no, ...I'm a Rocket Man,
G/B C Cadd9 G C/G G C Cadd9
Rocket Man, burning out his fuse up here alone! | / / / / |
[Chorus 4]
G G4 G C
And, I think it's gonna be a long, long time,
Cadd9 G
'Til touch-down brings me 'round again to find...
G4 G C
I'm not the man they think I am at home,
G/B A7
Oh, no, no, no, ...I'm a Rocket Man,
G/B C Cadd9 G C/G G
Rocket Man, burning out his fuse up here alone!
[Coda]
C Cadd9 C G C/G G
||: And, I think it's gonna be a long, long time! :|| [Repeat]
[Suggestion for ending]
C Cadd9 C G C Cadd9 G
And, I think it's gonna be a long, long time! | / / / / | / ||