[verse 1] Gm7 C9 She packed my bags last night - pre-flight Gm7 C9 Zero hour, nine A.M. Eb Bb/D Cm Cm7 F/A F And I'm gonna be high -i-high as a kite by then Gm7 C9 I miss the earth so much, I miss my wife Gm7 C9 It's lonely out in space Eb Bb/D Cm Cm7 F/A F/C F Eb On such a ti - i -imeless flight [chorus] Bb Eb And I think it's gonna be a long long time Bb Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find Eb I'm not the man they think I am at home Bb/D C9 Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man Eb Bb Eb Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone Bb Eb And I think it's gonna be a long long time Bb Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find Eb I'm not the man they think I am at home Bb/D C9 Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man Eb Bb Eb Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone [verse 2] Gm7 C9 Mars ain't the kinda place to raise your kids Gm7 C9 In fact it's cold as hell Eb Bb/D Cm Cm7 F/A F/C F And there's no one there to raise them if you did Gm7 C And all this science, I don't understand Gm7 C It's just my job five days a week Eb Bb Cm Cm7 F/A F/C F Rocket man -aaa -a -a- an rocket man [chorus] Bb Eb And I think it's gonna be a long long time Bb Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find Eb I'm not the man they think I am at home Bb/D C9 Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man Eb Bb Eb Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone Bb Eb And I think it's gonna be a long long time Bb Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find Eb I'm not the man they think I am at home Bb/D C9 Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man Eb Bb Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone [outro] Eb Bb And I think it's gonna be a long long time Eb Bb And I think it's gonna be a long long time Eb Bb And I think it's gonna be a long long time Eb Bb And I think it's gonna be a long long time Eb Bb And I think it's gonna be a long long time Eb Bb And I think it's gonna be a long long time Eb Bb And I think it's gonna be a long long time Eb Bb And I think it's gonna be a long long time