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*****I Am A Rock*****
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**Simon & Garfunkel**
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Standard Tuning
Capo 5th
320003
x32010
x02210
xx0232
x02010
x24232
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-----------|
[Intro]
[Verse]
A winter's 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.
[Chorus]
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I am a rock, I am an i___sland.
[Verse]
I've built walls, a fortress deep and mighty,
That none may penetrate.
I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse]
Don't talk of love, but I've heard the words before;
It's sleeping in my memory.
I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died.
If I never loved I never would have cried.
[Repeat Chorus]
[Verse]
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.
[Repeat Chorus]
[Outro]
And a rock feels no pain;
And an island never cries.