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Elton John-Rocket Man - BPM - 107

Harmonica is
Vocal Patches - - -
[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]

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Average White Band-Pick Up The Pieces - BPM - 107

Harmonica is -
Vocal Patches - - -
Drums

Intro No drums - 4
Riff A x 14 bars - sax comes in straightaway unlike later
3rd sax line varies, no sax last one
Riff A x 14 bars

Fill into
Riff B x 4 (5 bars) - drums stop

Riff A x 14 sax comes in after 2 bars
Riff B x 4 (5 bars - hold note over spoken)

Spoken pick up x 4 starts straight on that 5th bar

Sax solo x 12
Key change x 4

Riff A x 4 sax straight in
Riff B x 9

Spoken pick up x 4 with drum fills

Riff A x 1 to end

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