rocket boy
	  by liz phair
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6/10/99, tabbed by raymond lew - ray@raymondlew.com
http://raymondlew.com
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i don't have the studio recording of the song...i'm
just going off the version i have on tape.

RIFF
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------1--2--1-|
D|---------------------------------------------2--2--2-|
A|-------------------5-5-4-4-2-2-0-4-4-2-2-0---2--2--2-|
E|-0-2-5-5-4-4-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0--0--0-|

RIFF 2
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|---------2-4-5-0-|
E|-0-2-4-5-0-0-0-0-|

RIFF 3
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A|-4-4-4-4-x-4-x-4-|
E|-0-2-2-2-4-2-4-2-|

VERSE
(riff) x2
Rocket boy, rocket boy, rocket boy...
A         D           C#m                     E E+ E
Didn't see, I had no idea, I never heard it before
           A               
And I said, "What good are you?
D                         C#m                 E E+ E
Yeah, well, 'Why don't I?' is the question of the year."
Bm          B!             E E+ E  (riff 2)
You used to be my favorite toy
         Bm B!       E+  E
But what happened to my...

   A   D   C#m E   E+  Bm  B!
e|-----5---4-----------2---2-|
B|-2---7---5-----------3---3-|
G|-2---7---6---1---2---4---4-|
D|-2---7---6---2---2---4---4-|
A|-----5---4---2---2---2---0-|
E|-----5---4---0---0---2---0-|

CHORUS
       A           D   C#m                  E E+ E
Rocket boy, rocket boy, where are you gonna land?
         A                  D                  C#m          E E+ E
I said, "Go, don't stop it, go, don't stop it, how we all understand."
Bm          B!              E E+ E  (riff 2)  Bm
You used to be my pride and joy
           B!      E+ E
Now you're just my rocket

VERSE
Rocket boy
They don't know, my friends
We got off again
How'm I gonna get myself to sleep?
I've got stains on my sheets and my nails are torn down to the bone

SECOND CHORUS
C#m            F#              B        A   E
Wouldn't it be nice to have an ordinary girlfriend?
C#m                        F#
Laughing 'bout it makes it real
            B
It makes it happen to me
      A
Well, I can reach you

   F#  B
e|-2-----|
B|-2---4-|
G|-3---4-|
D|-4---4-|
A|-4---2-|
E|-2---2-|

HIGH VERSE
B         e          D#m                      F# F#+ F#
Didn't see, I had no idea, I never heard it before
          B                    e
"Well," I said, "what good are you?
          D#m            F# F#+ F#
Why don't I, no sense of fear?"
C#m         C#m!           F# F#+ F#  (riff 3) C#m
You used to be my favorite toy
               C#m!           F#+    F#
But now you're just my little rocket boy
   G  A   
My rocket...

   e   D#m F#m+C#m! G 
e|-----6---2---4----3-|
B|-9---7---2---5----3-|
G|-9---8---4---6----0-|
D|-9---8---4---4----0-|
A|-7---6---4---4----2-|
E|-7---6---2---6----3-|

HIGH CHORUS
B           e  D#m                  F# F#+ F#
Boy, rocket boy, when are you gonna land?
         B                  e                D#m                F# F#+ F#
I said, "Go, don't stop it, go, don't stop it, now may all understand."
C#m         B               E       A
You used to be my pride and joy, my boy
B        F#
You have me
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lyrics copied from the slick divide