-Me First And The Gimme Gimmes-
-Rocket Man-
-Tabbed By Ryan Gregg-
About:
Great song, great band, just kick up the distortion.
Notes:
Not all ‘X’ times are played, but the beats are still there.
pm = Palm Mute
ps = Pick Slide
Tunning:
Standard (EADGBE)
Intro / Fill | Clean:
E|——————————————||
A|——————————————||
D|——————————————||
G|——————————————||
B|———4-(X16)———4-(X16)-7-(X8)—||
E|-4-(X16)———4-(X16)——————||
E|——————————————||
A|——————————————||
D|——————————————||
G|-9-(X8)-4-(X8)—————-4-4-4——-||
B|—————7-(X8)-4-(X16)-4-4-4——-||
E|——————————2-2-2——-||
Verse | Distortion:
E|——————————————||
A|——————————————||
D|———6—————6——-9———||
G|-6——-6-(X16)-6——-6-(X16)-9-(X8)—||
B|-6-(X16)-4——-6-(X16)-4——-7———||
E|-4—————4————————||
pm—- pm—- pm—- pm—-
E|——————————————||
A|——————————————||
D|-16——6———————————||
G|-16-(X8)-6-(X8)-7——4——————||
B|-14——4——7-(X8)-4-(X32)————||
E|—————-5——2——————||
Chorus | Distortion:
E|——————————————||
A|——————————————||
D|———7—————7——6———||
G|-7——-7-(X16)-7——-7-(X8)-6-(X8)—-||
B|-7-(X16)-5——-7-(X16)-5——4———||
E|-5—————5————————||
| = Cut to outro (on last chorus.)
E|——————|————————||
A|——————|————————||
D|-4——-7——-|———7—7————||
G|-4-(X16)-7-(X16)-|-7——7-7-7-7-2——-||
B|-2——-5——-|-7-(X8)-5-7-5-7-2-(X16)-||
E|——————|-5———5—5-0——-||
Outro | Distortion:
E|——————————————||
A|——————————————||
D|-7————-7—7———————-|| X1
G|-7-(X8)-7—7—7-7-7-7———————||
B|-5——7—7—5-7-5-7———————||
E|———5—5—-5—5———————||
E|——————————————||
A|——————————————||
D|—————7—7———————-|| X5
G|-2——7—7—7-7-7-7———————||
B|-2-(X8)-7—7—5-7-5-7———————||
E|-0——5—5—-5—5———————||
—
End | Distortion:
E|——————————————||
A|——————————————||
D|——————————————||
G|-2——7—7—7————2———-7-||
B|-2-(X8)-7—7—7————2———-7-||
E|-0——5—5—5—-XXXXXXX-0-XXXXXXXX-5-||
ps ps
Lyrics:
Intro:
She packed my bags last night, pre-flight
Zero hour, nine AM.
And I’m gonna be high
As a kite by then.
Verse:
I miss the earth so much I miss my wife
It’s lonely out in space.
On such a timeless
flight.
Chorus X2:
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, rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone.
Fill:
Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kid
In fact it’s cold as hell.
And there’s no one there
To raise them if you did.
Verse:
And all this silence I don’t understand
It’s just my job five days a week
A rocket man.
A rocket man.
Chorus X2:
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, rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone.
Outro (Starts after last ‘rocket man’ in above chorus):
And I think it’s gonna be a long, long time. X5
End:
I think it’s gonna be a long, long time.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.