Rocket Man Chords
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Difficulty: | beginner |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Capo: | 3rd fret |
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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

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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