Capo at 3rd, transpose +3,(or leave like this to sing with baritones!)
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[Em]She packed my bags last night pre-f[A]light, z[Em]ero hour, nine A[A] .M.
[C]And I'm gonna be [G/B]high,[Am] [G] as a kite by [D/F#]then
[Em]I miss the earth so much, I mi[A]ss my wife, [Em]it's so lonely out in sp[A]ace
[C]On such a t[G/B]ime- [Am]less [G]flight[D/F#] [D/A] [D]
[G]And I think it's gonna be a long, long t[C]ime 'till touch down brings me round again to f[G]ind
I'm not the man they think I am at h[C]ome, oh no, no, [G/B]no, I'm a ro[A]cket man
[C] [G] (=[C]) [C]
Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone
[CHORUS X1]
[Em]Mars ain't the kind of place to r[A]aise your kids, [Em]in fact it's cold as h[A]ell
[C]And there's no one t[G/B]here to r[Am]aise them,[G] if you [D/F#]did
[Em]And all this science I don't u[A]nderstand, [Em]it's just my job, five days a we[A]ek
A rocket m[C]an[G/B] , [Am] [G] a rocket m[D/F#]an [D/A] [D]
Chorus [x2 again]
[C] [G] (=[C])
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time (repeat and fade)
(for =C, hammer on and pull off the C chord while leaving the G bass note)
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[Em]She packed my bags last night pre-f[A]light, z[Em]ero hour, nine A[A] .M.
[C]And I'm gonna be [G/B]high,[Am] [G] as a kite by [D/F#]then
[Em]I miss the earth so much, I mi[A]ss my wife, [Em]it's so lonely out in sp[A]ace
[C]On such a t[G/B]ime- [Am]less [G]flight[D/F#] [D/A] [D]
[G]And I think it's gonna be a long, long t[C]ime 'till touch down brings me round again to f[G]ind
I'm not the man they think I am at h[C]ome, oh no, no, [G/B]no, I'm a ro[A]cket man
[C] [G] (=[C]) [C]
Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone
[CHORUS X1]
[Em]Mars ain't the kind of place to r[A]aise your kids, [Em]in fact it's cold as h[A]ell
[C]And there's no one t[G/B]here to r[Am]aise them,[G] if you [D/F#]did
[Em]And all this science I don't u[A]nderstand, [Em]it's just my job, five days a we[A]ek
A rocket m[C]an[G/B] , [Am] [G] a rocket m[D/F#]an [D/A] [D]
Chorus [x2 again]
[C] [G] (=[C])
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time (repeat and fade)
(for =C, hammer on and pull off the C chord while leaving the G bass note)
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