ROCKET MAN (I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG LONG TIME)

Year:  1972
Album:  HONKY CHATEAU
Writers:  Elton John\ Bernie Taupin

Gm7			          C
She packed my bags last night pre-flight

G		   C  Dm
Zero hour nine a.m.

Eb		 Bb\D Eb Bb\D  		   F
And I'm gonna be hi___gh      as a kite by then

Gm7			   C
I miss the earth so much I miss my wife

Gm7	             C
It's lonely out in space

Eb         Bb\D  Eb         Bb\D
On such a ti_______meless flight

F  F  F  F

Bb					Eb
And I think it's gonna be a long long time

					  Bb
Till touch down brings me round again to find

				    Eb
I'm not the man they think I am at home

         Bb\D     C
Oh no no no I'm a rocket man

Eb				    Bb        Eb
Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone

Bb					Eb
And I think it's gonna be a long long time

					  Bb
Till touch down brings me round again to find

				    Eb
I'm not the man they think I am at home

         Bb\D     C
Oh no no no I'm a rocket man

Eb				    Bb        Eb
Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone


Gm7				C
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids

Gm7		     C
In fact it's cold as hell

Eb 		   Bb\D	      Eb       Bb\D      F
And there's no one there to raise them if you did

Gm7			     C
And all this science I don't understand

Gm7			      C
It's just my job five days a week

	 Eb Bb\D Eb Bb\D               F
A rocket ma_____________n, a rocket man

(CHORUS)

			     Bb			Eb
And I think it's gonna be a long long time...
(REPEAT, FADE)