[Verse 1] <b class="chord">Em7</b> <b class="chord">A9</b> She packed my bags last night - pre-flight <b class="chord">Em7</b> <b class="chord">A9</b> Zero hour, nine A.M. <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G/B</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">Am/G</b> <b class="chord">D/F#</b> <b class="chord">D</b> And I'm gonna be high -i-high as a kite by then <b class="chord">Em7</b> <b class="chord">A9</b> I miss the earth so much, I miss my wife <b class="chord">Em7</b> <b class="chord">A9</b> It's lonely out in space ^ ^ <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G/B</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">Am/G</b> <b class="chord">D/F#</b> <b class="chord">D/A</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">C</b> On such a ti - i -imeless flight [Chorus] <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> And I think it's gonna be a long long time <b class="chord">G</b> 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find <b class="chord">C</b> I'm not the man they think I am at home <b class="chord">G/B</b> <b class="chord">A9</b> Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> And I think it's gonna be a long long time <b class="chord">G</b> 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find <b class="chord">C</b> I'm not the man they think I am at home <b class="chord">G/B</b> <b class="chord">A9</b> Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone [Verse 2] <b class="chord">Em7</b> <b class="chord">A9</b> Mars ain't the kinda place to raise your kids <b class="chord">Em7</b> <b class="chord">A9</b> In fact it's cold as hell <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G/B</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">Am/G</b> <b class="chord">D/F#</b> <b class="chord">D/A</b> <b class="chord">D</b> And there's no one there to raise them if you did <b class="chord">Em7</b> <b class="chord">A9</b> And all this science, I don't understand <b class="chord">Em7</b> <b class="chord">A9</b> It's just my job five days a week <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">Am/G</b> <b class="chord">D/F#</b> <b class="chord">D/A</b> <b class="chord">D</b> Rocket man -aaa -a -a- an rocket man [Chorus] <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> And I think it's gonna be a long long time <b class="chord">G</b> 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find <b class="chord">C</b> I'm not the man they think I am at home <b class="chord">G/B</b> <b class="chord">A9</b> Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone <b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> And I think it's gonna be a long long time <b class="chord">G</b> 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find <b class="chord">C</b> I'm not the man they think I am at home <b class="chord">G/B</b> <b class="chord">A9</b> Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone [Outro] <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> And I think it's gonna be a long long time <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b> And I think it's gonna be a long long time (Repeat 6 more times and fade out)