The Rock Chords
The Rock by Lee Roy Parnell is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, G7, C, Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tabbed by Bob O'Neill 2015
verse 1
G G7 C
When you wake up in the morning, and you wonder,
G Em D
Why no one's beside you, where I usually lay,
G G7 C
And you think you hear the sound of distant thunder,
G D G
That's just your old rock, thats rolling away,
C C
I was a rock, standing strong for you,
G
there was nothing I wouldn't do,
Em D G
No matter the cost, I was ready to pay,
G7 C G
Now you say I was only holding you down,
G C
Like some old rock, You've been dragging around,
G D G
Yes I'm your rock, But I'm rolling away
verse 2
G G7 C
I'm rolling away, on a downhill grade,
G Em D
I'm gonna come to rest beside a mountain of love some day,
G G7 C
Cause I finally understand, if your resting on shifting sands,
G D G
even a rock goes rolling away,
C C
I was a rock, standing strong for you,
G
there was nothing I wouldn't do,
Em D G
No matter the cost, I was ready to pay,
G7 C G
Now you say I was only holding you down,
G C
Like some old rock, You've been dragging around,
G D G
Yes I'm your rock, But I'm rolling away
G D G
Yes I'm your rock, But I'm rolling away