[Verse 1 - BPM 137] [Gm7] She packed by bag last night, [C9] preflight, [Gm7] Zero hour, nine a. [C9]m. [Eb] And I'm gonna be [Bb/D] high [Cm] igh [Cm7/Bb] igh As a kite by [F/A] then (repeat F/A at 5th fret) [Gm7] I miss the earth so much I [C9] miss my wife [Gm7] It's lonely out in space [C9] [Eb] On such a [Bb/D] time i i i i i [Cm] ime less flight [Cm7/Bb] [F/A][F/C][F][Eb9-668866] (at 7th fret whole barre)
[Chorus - Play Bb at 6th fret - stay in that area] [Bb] And I think it's gonna be a long, long, time [Eb] 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find [Bb] I'm not the man they think I am at home [Eb] Ah, no no no... [Bb/D] I'm a roc [C7] ket man [Eb] Rocket man Burnin' out his fuse Up [Bb] here alone [Eb] ........... [Bb] And I think it's gonna be a long, long, time [Eb] 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find [Bb] I'm not the man they think I am at home [Eb] Ah, no no no... [Bb/D] I'm a roc [C7] ket man [Eb] Rocket man Burnin' out his fuse Up [Bb] here alone [Eb] ...........
[Verse 2] [Gm7] Mars ain't the kind of place [C9] To raise your kids [Gm7] In fact, it's cold as hell [C9] [Eb] And there's no one [Bb/D] there to [Cm] raise them [Cm7/Bb] If you did (don't climb all the way - stay on F/A) [F/A] [Gm7] And all this science [C9] I don't understand [Gm7] It's just my job [C9] Five days a week A Rocket [Eb] Man [Bb/D] an a [Cm] an [Cm7/Bb] Rocket Man [F/A][F/C][F][Eb9]
[Chorus] [Bb] And I think it's gonna be a long, long, time [Eb] 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find [Bb] I'm not the man they think I am at home [Eb] Ah, no no no... [Bb/D] I'm a roc [C7] ket man [Eb] Rocket man Burnin' out his fuse Up [Bb] here alone [Eb] [Chorus again]
[Intro - BPM 112] - Play G/D by sliding 3rd finger up from 3rd fret on A to 5th when playing C/E to x50003 (no drums) [Cmaj7][Db6-x46666][Dm7][Eb7]
(drum pickup) [F7]
(drums in) [D][F7] x 2 D riff E 2--------- B 3--------- G 2---2244-- D 0044------ A ---------- E ----------
Oh yeah [Verse - No drums] [C] Still don't know what I [Em7] was waiting for And my [F] time was running wild [G] A million [F] dead-end streets and [C] Every time I thought I'd [Em7] got it made It seemed the [F] taste was not so sweet [G] So I [Cmaj7] turned my [Dm7] self to face [Em7] me [Ebm7] But [Dm7] I've never caught a glimpse [G] Of how the [Cmaj7] others must [Dm7] see the fa [Em7] ker [Ebm7] I'm much too [Dm7] fast to take that test
[Chorus] (F bit all play straight 1 bar - drops 1 bar in feel) [G] Ch-ch-ch- [F] ch-Changes (drums in) [C] Turn and [C/B] face the strange [C/A] Ch-ch-Cha [C/G] nge (Just play these straight - turns beat around) [F] Don't [F/E] want to be a richer [D] man [G] Ch-ch-ch- [F] ch-Changes [C] Turn and [C/B] face the strange [C/A] Ch-ch-Cha [C/G] nge [F] It's [F/E] gonna have to be a [D] different man [F/A] Time [C/G] may [Bb] change [F] me (drum fill) But [C/E] I [G/D] can't [F/A] trace [C] time
[Riff] Drums back in [D][F7] with D riff x 2
[Verse] [C] I watch the ripples change [Em7] their size But never [F] leave the [G] stream of warm [F] impermanence And [C] so the days float through [Em7] my eyes But still the [F] days seem the same [G] And [Cmaj7] these children [Dm7] that [Em7] you spit [Ebm7] on As [Dm7] they try to change their [G] worlds Are immune [Cmaj7] to your consul [Dm7] tations [Em7][Ebm7] They're quite [Dm7] aware of what they're going through
[Chorus] [G] Ch-ch-ch- [F] ch-Changes [C] Turn and [C/B] face the strange [C/A] Ch-ch-Cha [C/G] nge [F] Don't tell them [F/E] to blow up a [D] parliament [G] Ch-ch-ch- [F] ch-Changes [C] Turn and [C/B] face the strange [C/A] Ch-ch-Cha [C/G] nge [F] Where's your shame [F/E] you've left us up to our [D] neck in it [F/A] Time [C/G] may [Bb] change [F] me (drum fill) But [C/E] you [G/D] can't [F/A] trace [C] time
[Dm][Em]
[Bridge] [F] Strange fascination, fasc [C] inating me [F/C][C] [F] Changes are taking the [G] pace I'm going through
[Chorus] [G] Ch-ch-ch-ch [F] -Changes [C] Turn and [C/B] face the strange [C/A] Ch-ch-Chang [C/G] es [F] Look out [F/E] you rock'n'rollers [D] [G] Ch-ch-ch-ch [F] -Changes [C] Turn and [C/B] face the strange [C/A] Ch-ch-Chang [C/G] es [F] Pretty [F/E] soon now you're gonna get [D] older [F/A] Time [C/G] may [Bb] change [F] me .. But [C/E] I [G/D] can't [F/A] trace [C] time
[Ending] I said that [F/A] time [C/G] may [Bb] change [F] me [C/E] I [G/D] can't [F/A] trace [C] time
[Ending Chords - Free time - no drums - Finger pick] [Dm7][Em7][Eb7][Dm7][Dbmaj7][Cmaj7]