ROCKET MAN

Written by
Elton John, Bernie Taupin

Originally performed by
Elton John (1972)
The Gimmes version also includes
Misc.

Track 12 of "Have A Ball" (1997).

The song is also the b-side of the "ELTON" 7" (1999).

The song also appears on the Honest Don's Welcome Wagon compilation. Check out the other comps the Gimmes have appeared on here.

Learn more about this song here.
Tabs
Bass tab (from www.jiihootabs.cjb.net).

Lyrics :

She packed my bags last night, pre-flight
Zero hour, nine AM
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

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
Touch down brings me round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home, oh no no no
I'm a rocket man, a rocket man, burning out my fuse up here alone

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
Touch down brings me round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home, oh no no no
I'm a rocket man, a rocket man, burning out my fuse up here alone

Mars ain't the kind of 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
It's just my job five days a week
A rocket man, a rocket man

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
Touch down brings me round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home, oh no no no
I'm a rocket man, a rocket man, burning out my fuse up here alone

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
Touch down brings me round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home, oh no no no
I'm a rocket man, a rocket man, burning out my fuse up here alone
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time, yeah, yeah, yeah