Chords for Pearls Before Swine - Rocket Man.flv
Tempo:
83.7 bpm
Chords used:
A
F
Bm
G
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [Em]
[Em] [A]
My father was a rocket man.
[C#m]
He often went to Jupiter or Mercury, to Venus or to Mars.
[G] My mother and I would watch the [Bm] sky and wonder if a falling star was [F] a ship becoming ashes
with [Am] a rocket man inside.
[Am] [C] My mother and I never went out [Bm] unless the sky was cloudy or
the sun was blotted out.
[F] Or to escape the pain, we only went [A] out when it rained.
[G]
[A] My father was a rocket [C#m] man.
He loved the world beyond the world, the sky beyond the sky.
[G] And on my mother's face, as lonely as the world in space, I [Bm] could read the silent cry
that if my father [F] fell into a star, [Dm]
[F] we [Am] must not look upon that star again.
[C] My mother and I never went out [Bm] unless the sky was cloudy or the sun was blotted out.
Or [F] to escape the pain, we only went [A] out when it rained.
[G]
Tears are often jewel-like.
[C#m]
My mother's went unnoticed by my father, for his jewels were the stars.
[G] And in my father's eyes, I knew he had to find in [Bm] the sanctity of distance something brighter than a star.
[F] One day they told us the sun had [Am] flared and taken him inside.
[C]
My mother and I never went [Bm] out unless the sky was cloudy or the sun was blotted [F] out.
Or to escape the pain, we only went out [A] when it rained.
[E] [A] [N]
[Em] [A]
My father was a rocket man.
[C#m]
He often went to Jupiter or Mercury, to Venus or to Mars.
[G] My mother and I would watch the [Bm] sky and wonder if a falling star was [F] a ship becoming ashes
with [Am] a rocket man inside.
[Am] [C] My mother and I never went out [Bm] unless the sky was cloudy or
the sun was blotted out.
[F] Or to escape the pain, we only went [A] out when it rained.
[G]
[A] My father was a rocket [C#m] man.
He loved the world beyond the world, the sky beyond the sky.
[G] And on my mother's face, as lonely as the world in space, I [Bm] could read the silent cry
that if my father [F] fell into a star, [Dm]
[F] we [Am] must not look upon that star again.
[C] My mother and I never went out [Bm] unless the sky was cloudy or the sun was blotted out.
Or [F] to escape the pain, we only went [A] out when it rained.
[G]
Tears are often jewel-like.
[C#m]
My mother's went unnoticed by my father, for his jewels were the stars.
[G] And in my father's eyes, I knew he had to find in [Bm] the sanctity of distance something brighter than a star.
[F] One day they told us the sun had [Am] flared and taken him inside.
[C]
My mother and I never went [Bm] out unless the sky was cloudy or the sun was blotted [F] out.
Or to escape the pain, we only went out [A] when it rained.
[E] [A] [N]
Key:
A
F
Bm
G
Am
A
F
Bm
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A]
My father was a rocket man.
[C#m] _
He often went to Jupiter or Mercury, to Venus or to Mars.
[G] My mother and I would watch the [Bm] sky and wonder if a falling star was [F] a ship becoming ashes
with [Am] a rocket man inside. _
[Am] _ _ [C] _ My mother and I never went out [Bm] unless the sky was cloudy or
the sun was blotted out.
[F] Or to escape the pain, we only went [A] out when it rained.
[G] _ _ _
[A] My father was a rocket [C#m] man.
He loved the world beyond the world, the sky beyond the sky.
[G] And on my mother's face, as lonely as the world in space, I [Bm] could read the silent cry _
that if my father [F] fell into a star, [Dm] _ _
[F] we [Am] must not look upon that star again. _
[C] _ _ My mother and I never went out [Bm] unless the sky was cloudy or the sun was blotted out.
Or [F] to escape the pain, we only went [A] out when it rained.
_ [G] _ _ _
_ Tears are often jewel-like.
[C#m] _
My mother's went unnoticed by my father, for his jewels were the stars.
[G] And in my father's eyes, I knew he had to find in [Bm] the sanctity of distance something brighter than a star.
[F] One day they told us the sun had [Am] flared and taken him inside.
_ _ _ [C] _
My mother and I never went [Bm] out unless the sky was cloudy or the sun was blotted [F] out.
Or to escape the pain, we only went out [A] when it rained.
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A]
My father was a rocket man.
[C#m] _
He often went to Jupiter or Mercury, to Venus or to Mars.
[G] My mother and I would watch the [Bm] sky and wonder if a falling star was [F] a ship becoming ashes
with [Am] a rocket man inside. _
[Am] _ _ [C] _ My mother and I never went out [Bm] unless the sky was cloudy or
the sun was blotted out.
[F] Or to escape the pain, we only went [A] out when it rained.
[G] _ _ _
[A] My father was a rocket [C#m] man.
He loved the world beyond the world, the sky beyond the sky.
[G] And on my mother's face, as lonely as the world in space, I [Bm] could read the silent cry _
that if my father [F] fell into a star, [Dm] _ _
[F] we [Am] must not look upon that star again. _
[C] _ _ My mother and I never went out [Bm] unless the sky was cloudy or the sun was blotted out.
Or [F] to escape the pain, we only went [A] out when it rained.
_ [G] _ _ _
_ Tears are often jewel-like.
[C#m] _
My mother's went unnoticed by my father, for his jewels were the stars.
[G] And in my father's eyes, I knew he had to find in [Bm] the sanctity of distance something brighter than a star.
[F] One day they told us the sun had [Am] flared and taken him inside.
_ _ _ [C] _
My mother and I never went [Bm] out unless the sky was cloudy or the sun was blotted [F] out.
Or to escape the pain, we only went out [A] when it rained.
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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