I Am A Rock
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A winters day in a deep and dark december
I am alone gazing from my window to the streets below on a
freshly fallen silent shroud of snow
Chourus:
I am a rock I am an island
Ive built walls a fortress deep and mighty that none may penetrate
I have no need of friendship friendship causes pain
Its laughter and its loving I disdain
(Chourus)
Dont talk of love Ive heard the word before Its sleeping in my memory
I wont disturb the slumber of feelings that have died
if I never loved I never would have cried
(Chourus)
I have my books and my poetry to protect me I am shielded in my armor
hiding in my room safe within my womb
I touch no one and no one touches me
(Chourus)
last verse:
And a rock feels no pain
and an island never cries
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Readable chord sheet for I Am A Rock by Simon And Garfunkel
Tuning: E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)
A winters[C] day in a [F]deep and dark de[C]cember [Dm]I [G7]am al[F]one[C] ga[Dm7]zing from my wi[Em7]ndow [Dm7]to the streets b[Em7]elow on a f[Dm]reshly fallen s[F]ilent shroud of s[G]now Chourus: [F]I am a r[C]ock [F]I am an [G7]isla[Am]nd Ive built wa[C]lls a for[F]tress deep and mi[C]ghty that n[Dm]one may [G7]penetr[F]ate[C] I h[Dm7]ave no need of fri[Em7]endship fri[Dm7]endship causes p[Em7]ain Its la[Dm]ughter and its lo[F]ving I dis[G]dain (Chourus) Dont talk of lo[C]ve Ive he[F]ard the word be[C]fore I[Dm]ts sleeping [G7]in my me[F]mor[C]y I w[Dm7]ont disturb the slu[Em7]mber of fe[Dm7]elings that have d[Em7]ied if I ne[Dm]ver loved I ne[F]ver would have cr[G]ied (Chourus) I have my bo[C]oks and my po[F]etry to pro[C]tect me I am shi[Dm]elded [G7]in my a[F]rmo[C]r hi[Dm7]ding in my r[Em7]oom s[Dm7]afe within my w[Em7]omb I t[Dm]ouch no one and [F]no one touches [G]me (Chourus) last verse: And a r[Dm7]ock fe[G7]els no p[C]ain and an i[Dm7]sland n[G7]ever cr[C]ies