Capo: optional 
 
Chord formations (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb): 
Gm 466444 
C  446664 
Eb 022100 
Bb 223332 
F  244322 
 
 
Gm                                C 
She packed my bags last night pre-flight 
Gm              C 
Zero hour, nine a.m. 
Eb                Bb  quick Eb     F 
And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then 
Gm                                  C 
I miss the earth so much, I miss my wife 
Gm                    C 
It's so lonely out in space 
Eb         Bb   quick Eb   F 
On such a timeless flight 
{x2} 
Bb                                     Eb 
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time 
                                          Bb 
'Till touch down brings me round again to find 
                                   Eb 
I'm not the man they think I am at home 
           Bb              C 
Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man 
Eb                                         Bb 
Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone
 
                                      (+Eb between Choruses) 
 
 
Gm                              C 
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids 
Gm                   C 
In fact it's cold as hell 
Eb                  Bb  quick Eb         F 
And there's no one there to raise them, if you did 
Gm                           C 
And all this science I don't understand 
Gm                           C 
It's just my job, five days a week 
Eb        Bb quick Eb   F 
A rocket man, a rocket man 
 
Chorus {x2 again} 
Eb                                     Bb 
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time {x4 sounds pretty good, end w/ Eb