[Recording - V1 - standard, V2 - low 5th and high 3rd - style of voice for bvox - neutral, for main - distorted and doubled] [Drop D - Intro - BPM 90 - No bass until verse 2 - Minimal Guitar, mainly vox, no drums Intro - No drums - introduce the low D on D more during the song - Low but sing aggressively] [D] Ah, you gonna [C] take me home to [G/B] night [D] Ah, down be [C] side that red fire [A] light [D] Ah, you gonna [G] let it all hang out Fat bottomed [D] girls, you make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round
[Instrumental - With drums - 0:23] [D] E ----------------------------0-0-0- B ----------------------------1-1-1- G ----5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-0-0-0---- D ----5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-2-2-2---- A ----5---5---5---5---5-------3-2-00--- E --0-------------------------------3-- Dr B S B S B S B S E --- B --- G 7-7-7-7-7 D 7-7-7-7-7 (stop) A 5-5-5-5-5 E 0-------- DrB S B S B B B S
[Verse 1] (snare) I was [D]just a skinny lad, never knew no good from bad But I knew life before I left my nurse [A] ry (Huh!) Left a [D] lone with big fat Fanny, she was [G]such a naughty nanny Heap big [D]woman, you made a [A]bad boy out of [D]me (drums stop)
[Instrumental] [D] E -------- B -------- G -------5-5-5-5 D -5-3---5-5-5-5 (stop) A -5-3---5-5-5-5 E -5-3-0-------- Dr-----B S B S B B B S Hey hey! I've been
[Verse 2 - Bass comes in now] [D] singing with my band, across the water, across the land I've seen every blue eyed floozy on the [A] way (hey) But their [D] beauty and their style, went kind of [G] smooth after a while Take me [D] to them dirty [A] ladies every [D] time, come on! (Drum fill 1) (Drum fill - leave all of D ringing and just play figure with right hand) ---X XX-X -X-X X-X- (keep bass drum going during)
[Chorus] [D] Ah, won't you [C] take me home to [G/B] night? [D] Ah, down be [C] side your red fire [A] light [D] Ah, and you [G] give it all you got Fat bottomed [D] girls, you make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round Fat bottomed [D] girls, you make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round [Drum Fill SSSB S (ring D chord at end)]
[Interlude - Just bass drum under - 2nd line - half bar for A section] [G][G] - [D][D] - [A] ([A][A][A][D]) - [D][D] [G][G] - [D][D] - ([A][A] X [G]) - ......................... Hey listen (count 2 snares / 1 bar from here) [G][G][G][G] (B) (B) (B) S here .... ah.........now I got (Starting count new bar at G - then come back in correctly)
[Verse 3] Now I got [D] mortgages and homes, I got stiffness in my bones Ain't no beauty queens in this locali [A] ty (I tell you) Oh, but [D] I still get my pleasure Still [G] got my greatest treasure Heap big [D] woman, you done [A] made a big man of [D] me (Drum fill - SBBS BBSB BSBB SxSx - with D chord on every Snare hit)
[Chorus] [D] Oh (I know) you gonna [C] take me home to [G/B] night (Please) [D] Oh, down be [C] side that red fire [A] light [D] Oh, you gonna [G] let it all hang out Fat bottomed [D] girls, you make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round, [G] yeah Fat bottomed [D] girls, you make the [A] rockin' world go [D] round
[Outro] Get on your bikes and ride! [D] w/ad lib vocals with G to F riff 555 333 000 [D]xxx xSSS [D]xxx xSSS [D]xxx xSSS [D] (keep bass drum going under)
[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]