Em
A
1. She packed my bags last
night pre-flight,
Em A
zero
hour, nine a.m.
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and
I’m gonna be high as a kite by then.
Em A
I miss the earth so much, I
miss my wife,
Em A
it’s
lonely out in space,
C
G - Am C - D - D7
on
such a ti......,,,.meless
flight.
G
C
And I think it’s gonna be a long long time
G
till touch down brings me round again to find
C G
I’m not the man they think
I am at home, oh no, no, no,
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I’m a rocket
man, rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone.
+ repeat CHORUS
Em A
2. Mars ain’t
the kind of place to raise your kids,
Em A
in
fact it’s cold as hell,
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and
there’s no one there to raise them, if
you did.
Em A
And all this science I don’t understand,
Em A
it’s
just my job five days a week,
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a
rocket ma..............n, a rocket
man. + CHORUS (2x)
C G
+ And I think it’s gonna be a long long time. (8x) ....
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Elton
John)