This file is part of a collection that (moreso than the rest of the site) are not meant to be detailed or accurate transcriptions of the original recordings. They're just some simple chord charts that I made for my own use, some of them my own arrangements.
- T-rev
"ROCKET MAN (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)"
by Elton John www.eltonjohn.com
From his 1972 album Honky Château
Written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net
Capo 3 in G
Em7 A9
She packed my bags last night, pre-flight
Em7 A9 G/B
Zero hour, 9 a.m.
C G/B Am7 G D/F# D7
And I'm gonna be high----- as a kite by then
Em7 A9
I miss the Earth so much, I miss my wife
Em7 A9 G/B
It's lonely out in space
C G/B Am7 G D/F# D7
On such a time-----less flight
G
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
C
Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
G
I'm not the man they think I am at home
C G/B
Oh, no, no, no
A G/B
I'm a rocket man
C G
Rocket man burnin' out his fuse up here alone
Em7 A9
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
Em7 A9 G/B
In fact, it's cold as hell
C G/B Am7 G D/F# D7
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
Em7 A9
And all the science, I don't understand
Em7 A9 G/B
It's just my job five days a week
C G/B Am7 G D/F# D7
A rocket man--------- a rocket man
C G
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
Transcribed 2023-08-12 by T-rev
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020000 Em7
x02000 A9no3
x20003 G/B
x32010 C
x02010 Am7
3x0003 G
2x0232 D/F#
xx0212 D7
x02220 A
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