I Am A Rock Chords & Tabs
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*****I Am A Rock*****
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**Simon & Garfunkel**
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Standard Tuning
Capo 5th
G 320003
C x32010
Am x02210
D xx0232
Am7 x02010
Bm7 x24232
Em 022000
The picking during the G in the intro and beginning of the verse is:
e------------------------------------|
B--------0h1p0h1p0---------0h1p0h1p0-|
G------------------------------------|
D--------0h2p0h2p0---------0h2p0h2p0-|
A------------------------------------|
E-3—-3-3------------3—-3-3-----------|
G
[Intro]
G G
[Verse]
G C G
A winter's day, in a deep and dark December;
Am D C G
I am alone,
Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7
Gazing from my window to the streets below
Am C D
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
[Chorus]
C G C D G - Em
I am a rock, I am an i___sland.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/simon_garfunkel/i_am_a_rock_crd.html ]
[Verse]
G C G
I've built walls, a fortress deep and mighty,
Am D C G
That none may penetrate.
Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7
I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
Am C D
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse]
G C G
Don't talk of love, but I've heard the words before;
Am D C G
It's sleeping in my memory.
Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7
I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died.
Am C D
If I never loved I never would have cried.
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse]
G C G
I have my books and my poetry to protect me;
Am D C G
I am shielded in my armor,
Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.
Am C D
I touch no one and no one touches me.
[Repeat Chorus]
[Outro]
Am D G
And a rock feels no pain;
Am D G
And an island never cries.