Chords for Rocket man - Elton John - Piano Lesson

_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ Alright, this is _ Rocketman _ and some unusual chords in Rocketman.
[Cm] _ [Gm] I don't know what they're all called even so we'll just look at the fingering _ and we'll
take it from there.
So the very first chord [G] is a real punch in the face.
We've got G's on the left _ and then on the right we're going [F] from F and then we're [Gm] on
A sharp and [Bb] A. _ _ _ _
So it's like an F major [G] chord on the right and [Gm] G octave on the left.
_ Put them together and you get that.
It's a chord that might be used as a passing chord more often than not but we're using it
as an intro chord and it really is a big hit in the face.
_ _ And then on the left hand we're going up from [G] octaves of G to [C] C.
_ Now [Gm] _ [C] on _ the right hand we're going to play this next chord with four fingers and I'm
going to [D] go the [Bb] same top two notes but instead of the F here we're going to split the F into
[E] C, E [Em] rather, and G.
[C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Now let's see if I can do this with fingering, it just lets you _ see the notes better.
_ So I'm _ _ [Gm] going_ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Okay, so _ that sounds _ [Gm] like_ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ And [D] _
[Eb] then_
_ [C] Okay, on the left [D] _ [Eb]
hand_
_ _ _ _ [C] Okay, _
_ [D] [Eb] so_
_ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ And on the right hand [Abm] we're going to [Eb] _ go_ _
Okay, so it's _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] A [Eb] sharp, D sharp _ and _ [Cm] _
_ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ then we're sliding down to the D's [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ and [Eb] our right hand
is going to go on a [Dm] two finger chord, C and F.
_ _ _ _ On its own, doesn't it sound very nice?
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ Yeah.
So, _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] down one, two [Dm] finger chord, _ _ _ _ then back to the same [D] chord and then down to C [Cm] here
_ and _ then same chord on the right hand, down to [Eb] A sharp and _ _ _ then [A] into _ _ A [F] here. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Okay, so _ [A] keep [F] the same here and go down. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And then there's two different ways you can go here on the_
_ _ On the first time round we kind _ of_ _ _
_ _ _ On the second time round when you're going into the chorus you can do a passing chord
[Cm] _ _ _ of_
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And we're into A sharp major. _ _
[Eb] And then, _ _ _ you're keeping the finger here, just moving these ones up a semitone _ and this
one [Bb] up a tone.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And then, same note on the right [Gm] here.
[Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ From here, we're going here to [Bb] A sharp [Eb] _ and _ _ at the same time we're going to go_
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ And you'll notice this is the starting chord for the whole thing.
_ Because that's coming off the chorus, _ you just stay where [Gm] you are. _ _
Miles ain't the kind of place _ [C] to raise your kids. _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ At least it's called his [C] heaven _ and [Gm] _ [Eb] _ _ there's no one [C] there [Cm] to raise him. _
[Eb] _ _ If you [F] did, [Am] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ I don't think it's going to be a long, [Eb] long time.
The touchdown brings me round again [Bb] to find.
I'm not the man you think I am [Eb] at all.
No, no, [Bb]
no. _ _ _ _ _ _
So, _ _ there you go.
That's the chords to Rocketman and you'll need to have a play around with it.