I Am A Rock chords (version 1)*
Simon and Garfunkel  1965

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_a_Rock

Capo III

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B|--------|
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|--------|
E|-5--5-5-| 2x

            
A winter's day
             
In a deep and 

             (  )
dark December;

        
 I  am a lone,
            
Gazing from my

           
 window to the

           
 streets below
            
On a freshly f

             
allen silent s

         
hroud of snow.

        
I am a rock,
            
I am an is-lan

  
d.

   

             
I've built wal

  
ls,
             
A fortress dee

            
p and mighty,
           
That none may 

     
penetrate.
            
I have no need

             
 of friendship

            
; friendship c

      
auses pain.
            
It's laughter 

             
and it's lovin

       
g I disdain.

        
I am a rock,
            
I am an is-lan

  
d.

   

              
Don't talk of 

    
love,
             
I've heard the

               
 words before;
           
It's sleeping 

           
in my memory.
            
And I won't di

             
sturb the slum

            
ber of feeling

            
s that have di

ed.
            
If I never lov

             
ed I never wou

        
ld have cried.

        
I am a rock,
            
I am an is-lan

  
d.

   

             
I have my book

 
s
             
And my poetry 

      
to protect me;
           
I am shielded 

          
in my armor,
           
Hiding in my r

            
oom, safe with

       
in my womb.
            
I touch no one

             
 and no one to

      
uches me.

        
I am a rock,
            
I am an is-lan

    
d.

          
And a rock fee

     
ls no pain;
             
And an island 

   
nev er cries.

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I Am A Rock chords (version 2, different key)
Simon and Garfunkel

Capo I

 
A winter's day
             
In a deep and 

             
dark December;

     
 I  am alone,
            
Gazing from my

           
 window to the

           
 streets below
            
On a freshly f

             
allen silent s

         
hroud of snow.

        
I am a rock,
            
I am an is-lan

  
d.

 

             
I've built wal

  
ls,
             
A fortress dee

            
p and mighty,
           
That none may 

     
penetrate.
            
I have no need

             
 of friendship

            
; friendship c

      
auses pain.
            
It's laughter 

             
and it's lovin

       
g I disdain.

        
I am a rock,
            
I am an is-lan

  
d.

 

              
Don't talk of 

    
love,
             
I've heard the

               
 words before;
           
It's sleeping 

           
in my memory.
            
And I won't di

             
sturb the slum

            
ber of feeling

            
s that have di

ed.
            
If I never lov

             
ed I never wou

        
ld have cried.

        
I am a rock,
            
I am an is-lan

  
d.

 

             
I have my book

 
s
             
And my poetry 

            
to protect me;
           
I am shielded 

           
in my armor,
           
Hiding in my r

            
oom, safe with

       
in my womb.
            
I touch no one

             
 and no one to

      
uches me.

        
I am a rock,
            
I am an is-lan

  
d.

           
And a rock  fe

      
els no pain;
             
And an island 

    
nev er cries.

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