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*****I Am A Rock*****
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**Simon & Garfunkel**
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Standard Tuning
Capo 5th
G320003 (320003@1)Cx32010 (x32010@1)Amx02210 (x02210@1)Dxx0232 (xx0232@1)Am7x02010 (x02010@1)Bm7x24232 (x20202@1)Em022000 (022000@1)

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 (320003@1)[Intro]
GG

[Verse]
            G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1) A winter's day, in a deep and dark December;
Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)  I am alone,
Am7 (x02010@1)          Bm7 (x20202@1)         Am7 (x02010@1)   Bm7Gazing (x20202@1)from my window to the streets below
     Am (x02210@1)           C (x32010@1)              DOn (xx0232@1)a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.

[Chorus]
C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)G- (320003@1)EmI (022000@1)am a rock, I am an i___sland.

[Verse]
            G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)I've built walls, a fortress deep and mighty,
Am (x02210@1)         D (xx0232@1)  C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)  That none may penetrate.
  Am7 (x02010@1)           Bm7 (x20202@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)             Bm7I (x20202@1)have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
     Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)      DIt's (xx0232@1)laughter and it's loving I disdain.

[Repeat Chorus]

[Verse]
              G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)             GDon't (320003@1)talk of love, but I've heard the words before;
     Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1)    C (x32010@1)   GIt's (320003@1)sleeping in my memory.
  Am7 (x02010@1)             Bm7 (x20202@1)      Am7 (x02010@1)              Bm7I (x20202@1)won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died.
     Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)              DIf (xx0232@1)I never loved I never would have cried.

[Repeat Chorus]

[Verse]
          G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)       GI (320003@1)have my books and my poetry to protect me;
       Am (x02210@1)   D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)GI (320003@1)am shielded in my armor,
Am7 (x02010@1)        Bm7 (x20202@1) Am7 (x02010@1)          Bm7Hiding (x20202@1)in my room, safe within my womb.
  Am (x02210@1)                C (x32010@1)         DI (xx0232@1)touch no one and no one touches me.

[Repeat Chorus]

[Outro]
      Am (x02210@1)       D (xx0232@1)GAnd (320003@1)a rock feels no pain;
        Am (x02210@1)  D (xx0232@1)   GAnd (320003@1)an island never cries.