Biography:
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes are a punk cover band composed of members of other well known bands such as Swingin' Utters, NOFX, Foo Fighters, and Lagwagon, who all play in Me First and the Gimme Gimmes as their schedules permit. Their first live performance was on 4/20/1996 at the Chameleon Club in San Francisco.
The studio core comprises Spike Slawson on vocals, bassist Fat Mike, Joey Cape on guitar and backing vocals, Dave Raun on drums, and Chris Shiflett on guitar (his brother Scott of Face To Face/Viva Death fills in for Chris on tour).
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Other songs:
- Nothing Compares To You
- All My Loving
- Blowin In The Wind
- Dannys Song
- Different Drum
- Dont Cry For Me Argentina
- Dont Let The Sun Go Down On Me
- Favorite Things
- Goodbye Earl
- I Believe I Can Fly
- I Think Were Alone Now
- Im So Lonesome I Could Cry
- Jolene
- Leaving On A Jet Plane
- Much Too Young
- Nobody Does It Better
- Nothing Compares 2 U
- Phantom Of The Opera
- Puff The Magic Dragon
- Rainbow Connection
- Rocket Man
- Science Fiction Double Feature
- Stand By Your Man
- The Longest Time
- Uptown Girl
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[Chords]
E-|----------------------------|
B-|----------------------------|
G-|----6--11--9-------------9--|
D-|-6--6--11--9--9---9------9--|
A-|-6--4---9--7--6---9--9---7--|
E-|-4------9---------7--6---7--|
G# C# F# E D# B A# Eii
[Rocket Man]
[Verse] (bass)
G# C#
She packed my bags last night pre-flight
G# C#
Zero hour nine a.m. and I'm gonna be
E(high) D# G# B A# F#(guitar)
h-h-i-i-i-gh as a kite by then
G#(pm) C#(pm)
I miss the earth so much I miss my wife
G#(pm) C#(pm)
It's lonely out in space on such a
E D# C# B A# F#
t-t-i-i-me-less flight.
[Chorus]
B Eii
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
B
Till touch down brings me round again to find
E D#
I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no
C# Riff A
I am a rocket man
Eii B E B E B Eii
Rocket man burning out my fuse up here alone.
B Eii
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
B
Till touch down brings me round again to find
E D#
I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no
C# Riff A
I am a rocket man
Eii B E B E B Eii
Rocket man burning out my fuse up here alone.
[Verse] (bass)
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 m-A-A-o-o-m-A-A-n, A rocket man
[Chorus]
B Eii
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
B
Till touch down brings me round again to find
E D#
I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no
C# Riff A
I am a rocket man
Eii B E B E B Eii
Rocket man burning out my fuse up here alone.
B Eii
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
B
Till touch down brings me round again to find
E D#
I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no
C# Riff A
I am a rocket man
Eii B E B E B Eii w/Riff B
Rocket man burning out my fuse up here alone.
B E B E B Eii
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
B E B E B Eii
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
B E B E B Eii
And I think it's gonna be a long long t-t-i-i-i-i-me
B E B E B Eii
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
B E B E B Eii
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
B
And I think it's gonna be a long long time.
Riff A
E-|------------|
B-|------------|
G-|--6--/--16--|
D-|------------|
A-|--4--/--14--|
E-|------------|
Riff B
E-|---------|
B-|---------|
G-|--21----|
D-|---------|
A-|--17----|
E-|---------|
E-|----------------------------|
B-|----------------------------|
G-|----6--11--9-------------9--|
D-|-6--6--11--9--9---9------9--|
A-|-6--4---9--7--6---9--9---7--|
E-|-4------9---------7--6---7--|
G# C# F# E D# B A# Eii
[Rocket Man]
[Verse] (bass)
G# C#
She packed my bags last night pre-flight
G# C#
Zero hour nine a.m. and I'm gonna be
E(high) D# G# B A# F#(guitar)
h-h-i-i-i-gh as a kite by then
G#(pm) C#(pm)
I miss the earth so much I miss my wife
G#(pm) C#(pm)
It's lonely out in space on such a
E D# C# B A# F#
t-t-i-i-me-less flight.
[Chorus]
B Eii
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
B
Till touch down brings me round again to find
E D#
I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no
C# Riff A
I am a rocket man
Eii B E B E B Eii
Rocket man burning out my fuse up here alone.
B Eii
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
B
Till touch down brings me round again to find
E D#
I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no
C# Riff A
I am a rocket man
Eii B E B E B Eii
Rocket man burning out my fuse up here alone.
[Verse] (bass)
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 m-A-A-o-o-m-A-A-n, A rocket man
[Chorus]
B Eii
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
B
Till touch down brings me round again to find
E D#
I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no
C# Riff A
I am a rocket man
Eii B E B E B Eii
Rocket man burning out my fuse up here alone.
B Eii
And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
B
Till touch down brings me round again to find
E D#
I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no
C# Riff A
I am a rocket man
Eii B E B E B Eii w/Riff B
Rocket man burning out my fuse up here alone.
B E B E B Eii
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
B E B E B Eii
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
B E B E B Eii
And I think it's gonna be a long long t-t-i-i-i-i-me
B E B E B Eii
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
B E B E B Eii
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
B
And I think it's gonna be a long long time.
Riff A
E-|------------|
B-|------------|
G-|--6--/--16--|
D-|------------|
A-|--4--/--14--|
E-|------------|
Riff B
E-|---------|
B-|---------|
G-|--21----|
D-|---------|
A-|--17----|
E-|---------|
Meatloaf
Mecano
Medieval
Medulla
Meek, Oh Why?