Roll Away Your Stone Chords
Roll Away Your Stone by Mumford & Sons is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, B, C#m and G#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro 2x:
E|-----0h2h4-----4--4/5--4/2--0---0h2h4-----0-2--2--------|
B|------------0--------------------------0----------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----0---------4--4/5--4--------0-----------------------|
E|-----0h2h4-----4--4/5--4/2--0---0h2h4-----0-2--0-0------|
B|------------0--------------------------0----------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----0---------4--4/5--4--------0---------0----0-0------|
Verso 1:
E A E
Roll away your stone I will roll away mine
E A E
Together we can see what we will find
E A E
Don't leave me alone at this time
B A E
For I am afraid of what I will discover inside
( E )
Verso 2:
E A E
You told me that I would find a hole
E A E
Beneath the fragile substance of my soul
E A E
And I have filled this void with things unreal
B A E
And all the while my character it steals
C#m A E
Darkness is a harsh term don't you think
C#m A E
Yet it dominates the things I see
(E)
Verso 3:
E A E
It seems that all my bridges have been burned
E A E
But you say 'That's exactly how this grace thing works
E A E
It's not the long walk home that will change this heart
B A E
But the welcome I receive with every start
C#m A E
Darkness is a harsh term don't you think
C#m A E
Yet it dominates the things I see
(E A E) (2x)
E G#m A E
Stars hide your fires
E G#m A E
For these here are my desires
G#m A B
And I won't give them up to you this time around
E G#m A E
And so I'll be found
E G#m A E
With my stake stuck in this ground
G#m A B E
Marking the territory of this newly impassioned soul
G#m A E
Hide your fires
G#m A E
For these here are my desires
G#m A B
And I won't give them up to you this time around
E G#m A E
And so I'll be found
E G#m A E
With my stake stuck in this ground
G#m A B E
Marking the territory of this newly impassioned soul
E G#m A E
Hey!
(G#m A E)
(G#m A B)
E G#m A E
And you, you've gone too far this time
G#m A E
You have neither reason nor rhyme
G#m A B E
With which to take this soul that is so rightfully mine