Elton John Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time) Honky Château (1972) Gm7 C9 She packed my bags last night pre-flight Gm7 C9 c d Zero hour, nine A.M. E♭ B♭/D Cm Cm/B♭ F/A And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then I miss the Earth so much, I miss my wife It's lonely out in space On such a timeless flight F7 B♭ E♭ And I think it's gonna be a long long time B♭ Till touchdown brings me 'round again to find E♭ I'm not the man they think I am at home x 2 B♭/D C7 / Oh no no no, I'm a rocket man E♭ B♭(sus4,sus2) E♭ (Rocket man) Burnin' out his fuse up here alone Mars ain't the kinda place to raise your kids In fact it's cold as hell And there's no one there to raise them if you did And all this science, I don't understand w/ clavier cool It's just my job five days a week Rocket man, rocket man Refrain B♭ E♭ And I think it's gonna be a long long time x 8 (fade out)