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-Me First And The Gimme Gimmes-
-Rocket Man-
-Tabbed By Ryan Gregg-
About:
Great song, great band, just kick up the distortion.
Notes:
Not all 'X' times are played, but the beats are still there.
pm = Palm Mute
ps = Pick Slide
Tunning:
Standard (EADGBE)
Intro / Fill | Clean:
E|------------------------------------------||
A|------------------------------------------||
D|------------------------------------------||
G|------------------------------------------||
B|---------4-(X16)---------4-(X16)-7-(X8)---||
E|-4-(X16)---------4-(X16)------------------||
E|------------------------------------------||
A|------------------------------------------||
D|------------------------------------------||
G|-9-(X8)-4-(X8)----------------4-4-4-------||
B|---------------7-(X8)-4-(X16)-4-4-4-------||
E|------------------------------2-2-2-------||
Verse | Distortion:
E|------------------------------------------||
A|------------------------------------------||
D|---------6---------------6-------9--------||
G|-6-------6-(X16)-6-------6-(X16)-9-(X8)---||
B|-6-(X16)-4-------6-(X16)-4-------7--------||
E|-4---------------4------------------------||
pm---- pm---- pm---- pm----
E|------------------------------------------||
A|------------------------------------------||
D|-16------6--------------------------------||
G|-16-(X8)-6-(X8)-7------4------------------||
B|-14------4------7-(X8)-4-(X32)------------||
E|----------------5------2------------------||
Chorus | Distortion:
E|------------------------------------------||
A|------------------------------------------||
D|---------7---------------7------6---------||
G|-7-------7-(X16)-7-------7-(X8)-6-(X8)----||
B|-7-(X16)-5-------7-(X16)-5------4---------||
E|-5---------------5------------------------||
| = Cut to outro (on last chorus.)
E|-----------------|------------------------||
A|-----------------|------------------------||
D|-4-------7-------|--------7---7-----------||
G|-4-(X16)-7-(X16)-|-7------7-7-7-7-2-------||
B|-2-------5-------|-7-(X8)-5-7-5-7-2-(X16)-||
E|-----------------|-5--------5---5-0-------||
Outro | Distortion:
E|------------------------------------------||
A|------------------------------------------||
D|-7-------------7---7----------------------|| X1
G|-7-(X8)-7---7--7-7-7-7--------------------||
B|-5------7---7--5-7-5-7--------------------||
E|--------5---5----5---5--------------------||
E|------------------------------------------||
A|------------------------------------------||
D|---------------7---7----------------------|| X5
G|-2------7---7--7-7-7-7--------------------||
B|-2-(X8)-7---7--5-7-5-7--------------------||
E|-0------5---5----5---5--------------------||
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End | Distortion:
E|------------------------------------------||
A|------------------------------------------||
D|------------------------------------------||
G|-2------7---7---7------------2----------7-||
B|-2-(X8)-7---7---7------------2----------7-||
E|-0------5---5---5----XXXXXXX-0-XXXXXXXX-5-||
ps ps
Lyrics:
Intro:
She packed my bags last night, pre-flight
Zero hour, nine AM.
And I'm gonna be high
As a kite by then.
Verse:
I miss the earth so much I miss my wife
It's lonely out in space.
On such a timeless
flight.
Chorus X2:
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
Touch down brings me round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home, oh no no no
I'm a rocket man, rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone.
Fill:
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kid
In fact it's cold as hell.
And there's no one there
To raise them if you did.
Verse:
And all this silence I don't understand
It's just my job five days a week
A rocket man.
A rocket man.
Chorus X2:
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
Touch down brings me round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home, oh no no no
I'm a rocket man, rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone.
Outro (Starts after last 'rocket man' in above chorus):
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time. X5
End:
I think it's gonna be a long, long time.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
