Rocket Man Chords

by Elton John
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 3rd fret
Author downtown [pro] 131.
2 contributors total, last edit on Feb 22, 2023
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Chords

Em
A
C
G
G/B
D
Dsus2
Am

Strumming

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"Rocket Man"
Music: Elton John    Lyics: Bernie Taupin
 
Chord formations (EADGBe): Capo on 3rd Fret
Em    022000
A     002220
C     X32010
G     320033
G/B   X2003X
G     3200XX
D     XX0232
Dsus2 XX0230
 
 
[Verse]
Em                               A
She packed my bags last night pre-flight
Em              A
Zero hour, nine a.m.
(C)                 G/B Am G                  D Dsus2
  And I'm gonna be hi-----------gh as a kite by then
Em                          A
I miss the earth so much, I miss my wife
Em                   A
It's so lonely out in space
 C               G/B Am G                          D
 On such a time-----------------------------less flight
 
[Chorus]
G                                      C
 And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
                                          G
'Till touch down brings me round again to find
                                   C
I'm not the man they think I am at home
           G/B           A
Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
      C                                   G
    Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone
                                      (+C between choruses)
 
[Verse]
Em                              A
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
Em                  A
In fact it's cold as hell
C                   G/B      Am          G           D
And there's no one the-------re to raise them, if you did
Em                           A
And all this science I don't understand
Em                           A
It's just my job, five days a week
C           G/B Am G                           D
 A rocket ma--------------------------------n, a rocket man
 
[Chorus]
G                                  C
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time (x4 sounds pretty good, end w/ C)
 
 
*This is copied from V3 of the chords for this song here and slightly modified.
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2 comments
paulwalsh6921
I personally like this tab best as I can play it, so greatly appreciate you doing it and also adding the strum pattern. However I think that the Chords on the last line are reversed? (should be G then C as on line 7). I'm certainly no expert here so there is probably an explanation.
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