Chords for Elton John - Rocket Man (Royal Festival Hall, London 1972)
Tempo:
73.45 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
Gm
C
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gm] She packed my bags last [C] night, pre-flight,
[Gm] zero hour, nine [C] AM
And [Bb]
[Eb] I'm gonna [Bb] be high, [Cm] [Eb] as a kite [F] by then
I
[Gm] miss the Earth so much, [C] I miss my wife,
[Gm] she's slowly out of [C] space
[Bb]
[Eb] On such a [Bb] [Cm] timeless flight,
[F] [Am] [F] [Eb]
[Bb] and I think it's gonna be a long, [Eb] long time
Till touchdown brings me round again to [Bb] find, another man they think I am [Eb] at home
Oh no, no, [Bb] no, I'm [C] a rocket man, [Gm] [Eb] rocket man, bad as hell out [Bb] here alone
[Eb]
[Bb] And I think it's gonna be a long, long [Eb] time, till touchdown brings me round again to [Bb] find
Another man they think I am at [Eb] home, oh no, no, [Bb] no, I'm [C] a rocket man, [Gm] [Eb] rocket man, burning out his shoes out [Bb] here [Eb] alone
[Bb] [Eb]
[Gm] Mars ain't the kind of place [C] to raise your kids, [Gm]
in fact it's cold as [C] hell
[Gm]
[Eb] And there's no one [Bb] there to [Cm] raise [Eb] them, if [F] you're dear
[Gm] And all the science I [C] don't understand, [Gm] is just my job five days a [C] week
[Gm] I'm a rocket [Eb] man, [Bb] [Cm] rocket [F] man, [A]
[Bb] and I think it's gonna be a long, [Eb] long time
Till touchdown brings me round again to [Bb] find, another man they think I am [Eb] at home
Oh no, no, [Bb] no, I'm [C] a rocket man, [Gm] [Eb] rocket man, burning out his shoes out [Bb] here alone
[Eb]
[Bb] And I think it's gonna be a long, long [Eb] time, till touchdown brings me round again to [Bb] find
Another man they think I am at [Eb] home, oh no, no, [Bb] no, [C] I'm a rocket man, [Gm] [Eb] rocket man, burning out his shoes out [Bb] here alone
[Eb] And I think it's gonna be a [Bb] long, long time
[Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] And [Eb] I think it's gonna be [Bb] a long, long [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb] time
[Bb] long time.
Oh, [Eb] I think it's gonna [Bb] be a long, long time.
[Gm] zero hour, nine [C] AM
And [Bb]
[Eb] I'm gonna [Bb] be high, [Cm] [Eb] as a kite [F] by then
I
[Gm] miss the Earth so much, [C] I miss my wife,
[Gm] she's slowly out of [C] space
[Bb]
[Eb] On such a [Bb] [Cm] timeless flight,
[F] [Am] [F] [Eb]
[Bb] and I think it's gonna be a long, [Eb] long time
Till touchdown brings me round again to [Bb] find, another man they think I am [Eb] at home
Oh no, no, [Bb] no, I'm [C] a rocket man, [Gm] [Eb] rocket man, bad as hell out [Bb] here alone
[Eb]
[Bb] And I think it's gonna be a long, long [Eb] time, till touchdown brings me round again to [Bb] find
Another man they think I am at [Eb] home, oh no, no, [Bb] no, I'm [C] a rocket man, [Gm] [Eb] rocket man, burning out his shoes out [Bb] here [Eb] alone
[Bb] [Eb]
[Gm] Mars ain't the kind of place [C] to raise your kids, [Gm]
in fact it's cold as [C] hell
[Gm]
[Eb] And there's no one [Bb] there to [Cm] raise [Eb] them, if [F] you're dear
[Gm] And all the science I [C] don't understand, [Gm] is just my job five days a [C] week
[Gm] I'm a rocket [Eb] man, [Bb] [Cm] rocket [F] man, [A]
[Bb] and I think it's gonna be a long, [Eb] long time
Till touchdown brings me round again to [Bb] find, another man they think I am [Eb] at home
Oh no, no, [Bb] no, I'm [C] a rocket man, [Gm] [Eb] rocket man, burning out his shoes out [Bb] here alone
[Eb]
[Bb] And I think it's gonna be a long, long [Eb] time, till touchdown brings me round again to [Bb] find
Another man they think I am at [Eb] home, oh no, no, [Bb] no, [C] I'm a rocket man, [Gm] [Eb] rocket man, burning out his shoes out [Bb] here alone
[Eb] And I think it's gonna be a [Bb] long, long time
[Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] And [Eb] I think it's gonna be [Bb] a long, long [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb] time
[Bb] long time.
Oh, [Eb] I think it's gonna [Bb] be a long, long time.
Key:
Bb
Eb
Gm
C
F
Bb
Eb
Gm
[Gm] She packed my bags last [C] night, pre-flight, _ _
[Gm] zero hour, nine [C] AM
And [Bb] _
[Eb] I'm gonna [Bb] be high, [Cm] _ [Eb] _ as a kite [F] by then
I _ _ _ _
[Gm] miss the Earth so much, [C] I miss my wife, _ _
[Gm] _ she's slowly out of [C] space
_ [Bb] _
[Eb] On such a [Bb] _ [Cm] timeless flight, _ _
[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] and I think it's gonna be a long, [Eb] long time
Till touchdown brings me round again to [Bb] find, another man they think I am [Eb] at home
Oh no, no, [Bb] no, I'm [C] a rocket man, _ [Gm] [Eb] rocket man, bad as hell out [Bb] here alone
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] And I think it's gonna be a long, long [Eb] time, till touchdown brings me round again to [Bb] find
Another man they think I am at [Eb] home, oh no, no, [Bb] no, I'm [C] a rocket man, _ [Gm] [Eb] rocket man, burning out his shoes out [Bb] here [Eb] alone
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Gm] Mars ain't the kind of place [C] to raise your kids, [Gm] _ _
in fact it's cold as [C] hell
_ [Gm] _
[Eb] And there's no one [Bb] there to [Cm] raise [Eb] them, if [F] you're dear _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] And all the science I [C] don't understand, _ [Gm] is just my job five days a [C] week
[Gm] _ I'm a rocket [Eb] man, [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ rocket [F] man, _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[Bb] and I think it's gonna be a long, [Eb] long time
Till touchdown brings me round again to [Bb] find, another man they think I am [Eb] at home
Oh no, no, [Bb] no, I'm [C] a rocket man, _ [Gm] [Eb] rocket man, burning out his shoes out [Bb] here alone
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] And I think it's gonna be a long, long [Eb] time, till touchdown brings me round again to [Bb] find
Another man they think I am at [Eb] home, oh no, no, [Bb] no, [C] I'm a rocket man, _ [Gm] [Eb] rocket man, burning out his shoes out [Bb] here alone
_ _ [Eb] _ And I think it's gonna be a [Bb] long, long time
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] And _ _ _ [Eb] _ I think it's gonna be [Bb] a long, long _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] time _ _
[Bb] long time.
Oh, [Eb] _ I think it's gonna [Bb] be a long, long time. _ _ _
[Gm] zero hour, nine [C] AM
And [Bb] _
[Eb] I'm gonna [Bb] be high, [Cm] _ [Eb] _ as a kite [F] by then
I _ _ _ _
[Gm] miss the Earth so much, [C] I miss my wife, _ _
[Gm] _ she's slowly out of [C] space
_ [Bb] _
[Eb] On such a [Bb] _ [Cm] timeless flight, _ _
[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] and I think it's gonna be a long, [Eb] long time
Till touchdown brings me round again to [Bb] find, another man they think I am [Eb] at home
Oh no, no, [Bb] no, I'm [C] a rocket man, _ [Gm] [Eb] rocket man, bad as hell out [Bb] here alone
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] And I think it's gonna be a long, long [Eb] time, till touchdown brings me round again to [Bb] find
Another man they think I am at [Eb] home, oh no, no, [Bb] no, I'm [C] a rocket man, _ [Gm] [Eb] rocket man, burning out his shoes out [Bb] here [Eb] alone
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Gm] Mars ain't the kind of place [C] to raise your kids, [Gm] _ _
in fact it's cold as [C] hell
_ [Gm] _
[Eb] And there's no one [Bb] there to [Cm] raise [Eb] them, if [F] you're dear _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] And all the science I [C] don't understand, _ [Gm] is just my job five days a [C] week
[Gm] _ I'm a rocket [Eb] man, [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ rocket [F] man, _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[Bb] and I think it's gonna be a long, [Eb] long time
Till touchdown brings me round again to [Bb] find, another man they think I am [Eb] at home
Oh no, no, [Bb] no, I'm [C] a rocket man, _ [Gm] [Eb] rocket man, burning out his shoes out [Bb] here alone
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] And I think it's gonna be a long, long [Eb] time, till touchdown brings me round again to [Bb] find
Another man they think I am at [Eb] home, oh no, no, [Bb] no, [C] I'm a rocket man, _ [Gm] [Eb] rocket man, burning out his shoes out [Bb] here alone
_ _ [Eb] _ And I think it's gonna be a [Bb] long, long time
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] And _ _ _ [Eb] _ I think it's gonna be [Bb] a long, long _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] time _ _
[Bb] long time.
Oh, [Eb] _ I think it's gonna [Bb] be a long, long time. _ _ _