Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)

Verse 1: 0:00
Em7
  She packed my bags
                A
Last night preflight,
Em7                 A
  Zero hour, nine A.M.
C                   G     Am
  And I'm gonna be high-i-igh
Am7              D | D
  As a kite by then.
0:28
Em7
  I miss the earth so much,
   A
I miss my wife,
Em7                    A
  It's lonely out in space
C            G       Am
  On such a ti - i - imeless
  Am7 | D | D Am7
Flight.

Chorus: 0:56
G
  And I think it's gonna be
              C
A long, long time
                 C
Till touchdown brings me 'round
          G
Again to find

             G
I'm not the man they think
         C
I am at home.
            G
Oh no, no, no,
1:09
       A7
I'm a rocket man.
 C
Rocket man burning out his fuse up
 G         C | C
Here alone.

Chorus: 1:24
G
  And I think it's gonna be
              C
A long, long time
                 C
Till touchdown brings me 'round
          G
Again to find

             G
I'm not the man they think
         C
I am at home.
            G
Oh no, no, no,
1:37
       A7
I'm a rocket man.
 C
Rocket man burning out his fuse up
 G         C | C
Here alone.

Verse 2: 1:52
Em7
  Mars ain't the kinda place
    A
To raise your kids,
Em7                     A7
  In fact it's cold as hell.
C                      G       Am
  And there's no one there to raise them
Am7       D | D
  If you did.
2:20
Em7
  And all this science
        A7         A A7
I don't understand.
Em7                             A7  A
  It's just my job five days a week.
          C   G       Am
A rocket ma - aaa - a-an,
Am7         D | D D:Am7
  A rocket man.

Chorus: 2:49
G
  And I think it's gonna be
              C
A long, long time
                 C
Till touchdown brings me 'round
          G
Again to find

             G
I'm not the man they think
         C
I am at home.
            G
Oh no, no, no,
3:02
       A7
I'm a rocket man.
 C
Rocket man burning out his fuse up
 G         C | C
Here alone.

Chorus: 3:17
G
  And I think it's gonna be
              C
A long, long time
                 C
Till touchdown brings me 'round
          G
Again to find

             G
I'm not the man they think
         C
I am at home.
            G
Oh no, no, no,
3:30
       A7
I'm a rocket man.
 C
Rocket man burning out his fuse up
 G
Here alone.

Coda: (x8) 3:41
C
  And I think it's gonna be
   G
A long, long time.