10
ROCKET MAN
(I Think It’s Gonna Be a Long Long Time)
Words and Music by ELTON JOHN
and BERNIE TAUPIN
Moderately slow, with a beat
m7 ca m7
a ®
She packed_my bags_last night pre - Sight, Zero How Nine A.M.
‘And I'm gon-na be high —
F/A em7
then, I miss the earth so much. 1
cn Gm7 cn
miss my wife
Wes lone «ly out in space.
=
copy 01972054 ns Mus tnied
‘aL Rghs forthe sted Set Cos Ae cot 0: Poy am eneraatons Ie
“neensonal pyar eee Aa feed&
cmz/ab
F/A
ut
Fe
fon such a
ime
mise
And 1
think it
long tong time.
8
7 _
1 Se
: —— till touch- down —*: me ‘round a - gain to. find I'm not the man they think | am af home_
= —
77s a
— 1
0, —
-
rock -a a
— Ss
Rock-et man burn = ing out tis fuse up here - lone.
Eb/Bb Gm
7
7 So
Gm7
= = a
Mars ain't the Kind of place to
c7
sie your kids,
&
And there's no-one
In fact_its cold
if you
ss hell,
id113
F Gm? c7 cn 7,
# FE i &
“ And all__ this sci - ence_ I don’t un-der-stand. tt
Ge = a 4 — eS = — Ss i?
@ a gee coded eo F fF ¥f r * — 7]
IS S é z
— ® ° # z
Gm7 C7, cn Eb Bb/D
It’s just__ my job__ five days a week.__ A tock - et man,
i a
. Hh
iN
|
]
i
hi
WN
tee ee
)
6 ;
i
i
Be.
|
Cm7 Cm7/Bb F/A F/C F Cm7/F
a i ° Ee al Coda
A rock-et man,__
gradual cresc.
2 Eb Bb Eb Bb
CODA
> FRR ae 3 a
of EAS
& 1 Ge) Repeat and Fade
long time. __
And I thinkit’s gon-na be a long,
ear ge —
“SS SST
Na
PH
NR
Ri
e
eth
e
e
a