Em    D	She packed my bags last night pre-flight
Em    D	Zero hour 9:00 a.m.
C   C/B  C/A	And I’m gonna be high
C/G    /F#  /A   /D	As a kite by then
Em    D	I miss the Earth so much I miss my wife
Em    D	It’s lonely out in space
C   C/B  C/A	On such a timeless flight
C/G    /F#  /A   /D	As a kite by then

G     C    G	And I think it’s gonna be a long, long time
C    G	‘Til touchdown brings me ’round again to find
C    G	I’m not the man they think I am at home
C    Am	Oh, no, no, no  I’m a rocket man
A7       G	Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone
C    G	And I think it’s gonna be a long, long time

Em    D	Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids
Em    D	In fact it’s cold as hell
C   C/B  C/A	And there’s no one there to raise them
C/G    /F#  /A   /D	If you did

Em    D	And all this science   I don’t understand
Em    D	It’s just my job five days a week
C   C/B  C/A	A rocket man
C/G    /F#  /A   /D	A rocket man