[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 1 - No drums] I've paid my [Am] dues, [Em7] time after [Am] time [Em7] ....I've done my [Am] sentence [Em7] but committed no [Am] crime [Em7] And bad mi- (arp pattern by strings played for C-51,2,3,1,2,3 F-61,2,3,1,2,3) [C] stakes, [F] I've made a [C] few [F] I've had my [C] share of sand [G/B] kicked in my [Am7/E] face, but [D/F#] I've come [G] through and we mean to go [G7] on, and on, and on, and [A] on
[Chorus - Full drums - Accent G and A with snare hits] [D] We are the [F#m] champions, my [Bm] friends [G][A] And [D] we'll keep on [F#m] fighting 'til the [G] end [G][G/F#][G/F][D#dim - with capo, 0-X-10-11-10-X, without 0-X-7-8-7-X] (bass run low E - 11 10) [Em] We are the [Em/C#] champions, [Gm] we are the [C#dim - x42020] cham-pions. [D] No time for [Em9] losers, 'cos [F] we are the [G7] champions [Am7] Of the world [Dm][Em7/B][Dm][Em7/B][Dm][Em7/B]
[Verse 2 - No drums] I've taken my [Am] bows, [Em7] and my curtain [Am] calls [Em7] You brought me [Am] fame and fortune and everything that [Em7] goes with it I thank you [Am] all ... [Em7] But it's been no bed of (drums in) [C] roses [F] no ooo [C] pleasure cruise [F] .... I consider it a [C] challenge before the [G/B] whole human [Am7/E] race and [D/F#] I ain't gonna [G] lose - And we mean to go [G7] on, and on, and on, and [A] on!
[Chorus - Full drums - Accent G and A with snare hits] [D] We are the [F#m] champions, my [Bm] friends [G][A] And [D] we'll keep on [F#m] fighting 'til the [G] end [G][G/F#][G/F][D#dim - 0-X-10-11-10-X, without 0-X-7-8-7-X] (bass run low E - 11 10) [Em] We are the [Em/C#] champions, [Gm] we are the [C#dim - x42020] cham-pions. [D] No time for [Em9] losers, 'cos [F] we are the [G7] champions [Am7] Of the .... (no world) [D] We are the [F#m] champions, my [Bm] friends [G][A] And [D] we'll keep on [F#m] fighting 'til the [G] end [G][G/F#][G/F][D#dim - 0-X-10-11-10-X, without 0-X-7-8-7-X] (bass run low E - 11 10) [Em] We are the [Em/C#] champions, [Gm] we are the [C#dim - x42020] cham-pions. [D] No time for [Em9] losers, 'cos [F] we are the [G7] champions [Am7] Of the ... [D] world
