********************* *****I Am A Rock***** ********************* **Simon & Garfunkel** ********************* 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. [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.
