Capo at 3rd, transpose +3,(or leave like this to sing with baritones!)
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Em A Em A
She packed my bags last night pre-flight, zero hour, nine A.M.
C G/B Am G D/F#
And I'm gonna be high, as a kite by then
Em A Em A
I miss the earth so much, I miss my wife, it's so lonely out in space
C G/B Am G D/F# D/A D
On such a time- less flight
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G C G
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time 'till touch down brings me round again to find
C G/B A
I'm not the man they think I am at home, oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
C G (=C) C
Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone
Chorus X1
Em A Em A
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids, in fact it's cold as hell
C G/B Am G D/F#
And there's no one there to raise them, if you did
Em A Em A
And all this science I don't understand, it's just my job, five days a week
C G/B Am G D/F# D/A D
A rocket man, a rocket man
Chorus [x2 again]
C G (=C)
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time (repeat and fade)
(for =C, hammer on and pull off the C chord while leaving the G bass note)
