[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]
[Verse] [D] I like the [G] way your sparkling [D] earrings [G] lay [D] Against your [G] skin so brown [A7][A7] [D] And i want to [G] sleep with you in [D] the desert to [G] night [D] With a million [G] stars all a [A7] round [A7] Cause i got a
[Chorus] [G] peaceful [G] easy [D] feel-ing [D] [G] And i know you [G] won't let me down [Em][A7] Cause i'm [D] alll [Em] ready [G] standing [A7] on the ground
[Vamp] [D][G][D][G]
[Verse] [D] And i found [G] out a long [D] time a [G] go [D] What a woman can [G] do to your [A7] soul [A7] [D] Ah, but [G] she can't take you a [D] any [G] way [D] You don't already [G] know how to go [A7] cause I got a
[Chorus] [G] peaceful [G] easy [D] feel-ing [D] [G] And i know you [G] won't let me down [Em][A7] Cause i'm [D] alll [Em] ready [G] standing [A7] on the ground
[Vamp] [D][G][D][G]
[Solo - Verse run through then] G G G G D D D D G G G G A7 A7 A7 A7 D D G G G G A7 A7
[Verse] [D] I get the [G] feeling i may [D] know [G] you [D] As a lover [G] and a [A7] friend [A7] [D] But this [G] voice keeps whispering [D] in my other [G] ear Tells me i [D] I may never [G] see you a [A7] gain [A7]
[Chorus] [G] peaceful [G] easy [D] feel-ing [D] [G] And i know you [G] won't let me down [Em][A7] Cause i'm [D] alll [Em] ready [G] standing [A7][D] Cause i'm [D] alll [Em] ready [G] standing [A7][D] Cause i'm [D] alll [Em] ready [G] standing [A7][A7] on the ground
