Elton

John - Rocket man

Piano arrangement: S. Antje Günther

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 = 74

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1 2 4

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She packed my bags last night, pre flight ze ro hour, nine a.

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2 2
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         
m. And I'm gon na be high , as a kite by

       
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then. I miss the earth so much, I

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                    
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4 2
10 1 1 2 1

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miss my wife. it's lone ly out in space on such a time
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5

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14

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less flight.

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5 5 4 5 5 4
17 2 4 1 4
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    
And I think it's gon na be a long long time, till touch down brings me round a gain to

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5

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4 5 2 2
19 4 2 5
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     
   
find I'm not the man they think I am at home, oh no I'm a rock et man .

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5 5

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22 1 1

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           
Ro cket man , bur ning out his fuse up here a lone.

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4

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25 1 2 1 1 2

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

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Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids, in fact it's cold as hell
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28
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. And there's no one there to rai se them as you did

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32 1 2

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. And all this scie nce I don't

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4 2
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un der stand. It's just my job five days a week. A rock et ma

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5 5 5

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38 2 3

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      
, a ro cket man .

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5
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ritardando

  
And I think it's gon na be a long long time.