I Am A Rock Chords

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I Am A Rock by Simon & Garfunkel is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Dm, G7, Em and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			           C    
A winter's day 

      F               C           
 In a deep and dark December; 

Dm G7  F  C 
I  am alone, 

Dm             Em     Dm               Em 
Gazing from my window to the streets below 

     Dm             F                G7 
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow. 

       C 
I am a rock, 

        G  C 
I am an is-land. 


           C 
I've built walls, 

  F                 C 
A fortress deep and mighty, 

     Dm   G7  F     C 
That none may penetrate. 

  Dm              Em          Dm                Em 
I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain. 

     Dm                F           G7 
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain. 


       C 
I am a rock, 

        G  C 
I am an is-land. 


              C 
Don't talk of love, 

     F                 C 
I've heard the words before; 

     Dm  G7         F   C 
It's sleeping in my memory. 

      Dm                Em         Dm                 Em 
And I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. 

     Dm            F                G7 
If I never loved I never would have cried. 


       C 
I am a rock, 

        G  C 
I am an is-land. 



          C 
I have my books 

       F            C 
And my poetry to protect me; 

     Dm   G7        F   C 
I am shielded in my armor, 

Dm           Em    Dm             Em 
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. 

  Dm               F              G7 
I touch no one and no one touches me. 


       C 
I am a rock, 

        G  C 
I am an is-land. 


      Dm   Em       C 
And a rock feels no pain; 

       Dm     Em    C 
And an island never cries. 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante