Rocket Man Chords

by Elton John
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: 1st fret
Author ste_rigs [a] 1,018.
1 contributor total, last edit on Jun 27, 2016
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Chords

F#m
Bsus4
D
A
Bm
E

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ROCKET MAN
                                ----------
 
 
                               (CAPO ON 1ST)
 
                                F#m (244222)
                              Bsus4 (x24400)
                                  D (xx0232)
                                  A (x02220)
                                 Bm (x24432)
                                  E (022100)
 
 
                [Verse 1]
 
                F#m                                 Bsus4
                 she packed my bags last night, pre-flight
                F#m                 Bsus4
                 zero hours, nine a.m.
                D                 A        Bm               E
                 and i'm gonna be hi - i - igh as a kite by then
 
 
                [Verse 2]
 
                F#m                          Bsus4
                         i miss the earth so much, i miss my wife
                F#m                   Bsus4
                 it's lonely out in space
                D          A        Bm            E
                 on such a ti - i - imeless flight
 
 
                [Chorus 1]
 
                A                                       D
                         and i think it's gonna be a long, long time
                                                        A
                till touchdown brings me round again to find
                                                   D
                i'm not the man they think i am at home
                            A        Bm
                woh no, no, no i'm a rocket man
                  D                                 A         D
                a rocket man burnin out his fuse up here alone
 
 
                [Chorus 2]
 
                A                                       D
                         and i think it's gonna be a long, long time
                                                        A
                till touchdown brings me round again to find
                                                   D
                i'm not the man they think i am at home
                            A        Bm
                woh no, no, no i'm a rocket man
                  D                                 A         D
                a rocket man burnin out his fuse up here alone
 
 
                [Verse 3]
 
                F#m                             Bsus4
                         mars aint the kind of place to raise your kids
                F#m                    Bsus4
                 in fact it's cold as hell
                D                   A        Bm                 E
                 and there's no one there to raise them if you did
 
 
                [Verse 4]
 
                F#m                           Bsus4
                         and all this science i don't understand
                F#m                           Bsus4
                 it's just my job five days a week
                         D    A       Bm          E
                a rocket ma - a - a - an, rocket man
 
 
                [Chorus 3]
 
                A                                       D
                         and i think it's gonna be a long, long time
                                                        A
                till touchdown brings me round again to find
                                                   D
                i'm not the man they think i am at home
                            A        Bm
                woh no, no, no i'm a rocket man
                  D                                 A         D
                a rocket man burnin out his fuse up here alone
 
 
                [Chorus 4]
 
                A                                       D
                         and i think it's gonna be a long, long time
                                                        A
                till touchdown brings me round again to find
                                                   D
                i'm not the man they think i am at home
                            A        Bm
                woh no, no, no i'm a rocket man
                  D                                 A         D
                a rocket man burnin out his fuse up here alone
 
 
                [Outro]
 
                                            A              D
                and i think it's gonna be a long, long time
 
                (repeat to fade)
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4 comments
Mogli
I think the Bm in the chorus is rather a B
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jamallin98
I think this is in the wrong key. It should be with a capo on the 1st fret for these chords, or you could transpose it so the first chord is a Gm
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