Standard Tuning
Capo 5th



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----------- | 
  G5

[Intro]
G5 G5

[Verse]
            G5         C5             G5
  A winter's day, in a deep and dark December;
A5   D5  C5  G5
   I am alone,
A5            B5           A5     B5
Gazing from my window to the streets below
     A5             C5                D5
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.

[Chorus]
C5      G5     C5       D5  G5 - E5
I am a rock, I am an i___sland.

[Verse]
            G5        C5                 G5
 I've built walls, a fortress deep and mighty,
A5           D5    C5    G5
   That none may penetrate.
  A5             B5         A5               B5
I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
     A5                C5        D5
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.

[Repeat Chorus]

[Verse]
              G5              C5               G5
Don't talk of love, but I've heard the words before;
     A5   D5      C5     G5
It's sleeping in my memory.
  A5               B5        A5                B5
I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died.
     A5            C5                D5
If I never loved I never would have cried.

[Repeat Chorus]

[Verse]
          G5            C5         G5
I have my books and my poetry to protect me;
       A5     D5     C5  G5
I am shielded in my armor,
A5          B5   A5            B5
Hiding in my room , safe within my womb.
  A5                  C5           D5
I touch no one and no one touches me.

[Repeat Chorus]

[Outro]
      A5         D5  G5
And a rock feels no pain;
        A5    D5     G5
And an island never cries.