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Rocket Man

This document provides guitar chords and lyrics for the Elton John song 'Rocket Man'. The verses follow a basic strumming pattern of D, DDU, DDD, DU while the chorus is DDD, DU. Chord diagrams are given for Em7, A, Asus4, C, G, Am, and D chords. The lyrics tell the story of an astronaut longing to return home from space.

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Rocket Man

This document provides guitar chords and lyrics for the Elton John song 'Rocket Man'. The verses follow a basic strumming pattern of D, DDU, DDD, DU while the chorus is DDD, DU. Chord diagrams are given for Em7, A, Asus4, C, G, Am, and D chords. The lyrics tell the story of an astronaut longing to return home from space.

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Marco D'Acunzo
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Rocket Man – Elton John

Strumming Patterns: The verses are basically: D, DDU, DDD, DU and the chorus is: DDD, DU but you can
add a few extra DU’s if you want to keep the song moving easier.

Capo on Fret 3

Em7: 022030
A: x02220
Asus4: x02230
C: x32010
G: 320033
Am: x02210
D: xx0232
Dsus4: xx0233

Intro: Em7 - A - Asus4 (x2)

Verse 1

Em7 A - Asus4
She packed my bags last night - pre-flight
Em7 A - Asus4
Zero hour, nine A.M.
C G Am D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus4
And I'm gonna be hiiiiiiigh as a kite by then
Em7 A - Asus4
I miss the earth so much, I miss my wife
Em7 A - Asus4
It's lonely out in space
C G Am D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus4
On such a timeless flight as this

Chorus

G C
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
G
Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
C
I'm not the man they think I am at home
G A - Asus4
Oh no, no,no, I'm a rocket man
C G
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone

C - G – C (play this a few times)


Verse 2

Em7 A - Asus4
Mars ain't the kinda place to raise your kids
Em7 A - Asus4
In fact it's cold as hell
C G Am D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus4
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
Em7 A - Asus4
And all this science, I don't understand
Em7 A - Asus4
It's just my job five days a week
C G Am D - Dsus4 - D - Dsus4
Rocket maaaaan rocket man

Chorus

G C
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
G
Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
C
I'm not the man they think I am at home
G A - Asus4
Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
C G
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone
C G
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone

Outro:

C G
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
C G
And I think it's gonna be a long long time

(end at will on G chord)

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