Chords for Guitar tutorial: I Am A Rock
Tempo:
101.25 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Dm
G
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Hi, this is a tutorial on I am a rock by Simon and Garfunkel.
I have a capo on the fifth fret
This is standard tuning when I talk about chords or notes
They're going to be in relationship to the capo the intro and the end of the song are the same
sounds like [C] this
[F] [C] [F] [C]
[Eb] and all that is is a six string third [C] fret G note and
a hammer and a pull-off on the second string and fourth string [D] second string first fret that's a C and
The [E]
fourth string [A] second fret [C] that's an E [F] [C]
[F] [C] a winter's day
[F] [C] in [F] a
That [B] right there is you're [N] playing four strings the second third fourth and sixth string and you have a G on the top string and
Really basically a C chord on the second third [F] four strings
In dark [C] December
[F] [C] Then we go into the chord [A] you strum you strum a G just before going into the [C] chords a
[Dm] [G] minor [F] D C [C] G
[Dm]
[G] [C] Then a minor and B [Dm] minor
Gazing [Em] from my window [Dm] to the [Em] streets below [Dm] on a freshly fallen sea
[F] Silent shroud of [G] deep snow.
I am [C] a rock G
[F]
[G] [C] So you you do I am a rock with G chord and then when you go to I am an island you add [F] the C notes
[G] To a D.
[C] Hi G
[Am]
I've [C] Lost
You [F] see fortress deep [C] at my
[Dm] [G]
[F] [C] Trait [Dm] I
Have no [Em] need of friendship
[Dm] Friendship [Em] causes pain.
[Dm] It's laughter [F] and it's loving I [D] disdain I
am [C] a rock [F] I
am
[G] I
[C]
[F] The third and fourth the [N] verses are the same you in the song with three chords a minor D and [Dm] G
And a rock [C] feels no pain
[Dm] and
[G]
[C]
[F] [C] That's how you play I am a rock by Simon our Garfunkel hope that helped
[N]
I have a capo on the fifth fret
This is standard tuning when I talk about chords or notes
They're going to be in relationship to the capo the intro and the end of the song are the same
sounds like [C] this
[F] [C] [F] [C]
[Eb] and all that is is a six string third [C] fret G note and
a hammer and a pull-off on the second string and fourth string [D] second string first fret that's a C and
The [E]
fourth string [A] second fret [C] that's an E [F] [C]
[F] [C] a winter's day
[F] [C] in [F] a
That [B] right there is you're [N] playing four strings the second third fourth and sixth string and you have a G on the top string and
Really basically a C chord on the second third [F] four strings
In dark [C] December
[F] [C] Then we go into the chord [A] you strum you strum a G just before going into the [C] chords a
[Dm] [G] minor [F] D C [C] G
[Dm]
[G] [C] Then a minor and B [Dm] minor
Gazing [Em] from my window [Dm] to the [Em] streets below [Dm] on a freshly fallen sea
[F] Silent shroud of [G] deep snow.
I am [C] a rock G
[F]
[G] [C] So you you do I am a rock with G chord and then when you go to I am an island you add [F] the C notes
[G] To a D.
[C] Hi G
[Am]
I've [C] Lost
You [F] see fortress deep [C] at my
[Dm] [G]
[F] [C] Trait [Dm] I
Have no [Em] need of friendship
[Dm] Friendship [Em] causes pain.
[Dm] It's laughter [F] and it's loving I [D] disdain I
am [C] a rock [F] I
am
[G] I
[C]
[F] The third and fourth the [N] verses are the same you in the song with three chords a minor D and [Dm] G
And a rock [C] feels no pain
[Dm] and
[G]
[C]
[F] [C] That's how you play I am a rock by Simon our Garfunkel hope that helped
[N]
Key:
C
F
Dm
G
Em
C
F
Dm
_ Hi, this is a tutorial on I am a rock by Simon and Garfunkel.
I have a capo on the fifth fret
This is standard tuning when I talk about chords or notes
They're going to be in relationship to the capo the intro and the end of the song are the same
_ sounds like [C] this _
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Eb] and all that is is a six string third [C] fret G note and
a hammer and a pull-off on the second string and fourth string [D] second string first fret that's a C and
The [E]
fourth string [A] second fret [C] that's an E _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ a winter's day
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ in [F] a
That [B] right there is you're [N] playing four strings the second third fourth and sixth string and you have a G on the top string and
Really basically a C chord on the second third [F] four strings
_ In dark [C] December _
[F] _ _ [C] Then we go into the chord [A] you strum you strum a G just before going into the [C] chords a
[Dm] _ [G] minor [F] D C [C] _ G
[Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ Then a minor and B [Dm] minor
Gazing [Em] from my window [Dm] to the [Em] streets below [Dm] on a freshly fallen sea
[F] Silent shroud of [G] deep snow.
I am [C] a rock G
_ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] So you you do I am a rock with G chord and then when you go to I am an island you add [F] the C notes
_ _ [G] To a D. _
[C] Hi G _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I've [C] Lost _ _ _
You [F] see fortress deep [C] at my _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ Trait [Dm] I
Have no [Em] need of friendship
[Dm] Friendship [Em] causes pain.
[Dm] It's laughter [F] and it's loving I [D] disdain I
am [C] a rock [F] I
am
[G] I
_ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] The third and fourth the [N] verses are the same you in the song with three chords a minor D and [Dm] G
And a rock [C] feels no pain
[Dm] and
_ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ That's how you play I am a rock by Simon our Garfunkel hope that helped
_ _ [N] _
I have a capo on the fifth fret
This is standard tuning when I talk about chords or notes
They're going to be in relationship to the capo the intro and the end of the song are the same
_ sounds like [C] this _
_ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Eb] and all that is is a six string third [C] fret G note and
a hammer and a pull-off on the second string and fourth string [D] second string first fret that's a C and
The [E]
fourth string [A] second fret [C] that's an E _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ a winter's day
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ in [F] a
That [B] right there is you're [N] playing four strings the second third fourth and sixth string and you have a G on the top string and
Really basically a C chord on the second third [F] four strings
_ In dark [C] December _
[F] _ _ [C] Then we go into the chord [A] you strum you strum a G just before going into the [C] chords a
[Dm] _ [G] minor [F] D C [C] _ G
[Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ Then a minor and B [Dm] minor
Gazing [Em] from my window [Dm] to the [Em] streets below [Dm] on a freshly fallen sea
[F] Silent shroud of [G] deep snow.
I am [C] a rock G
_ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] So you you do I am a rock with G chord and then when you go to I am an island you add [F] the C notes
_ _ [G] To a D. _
[C] Hi G _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I've [C] Lost _ _ _
You [F] see fortress deep [C] at my _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ Trait [Dm] I
Have no [Em] need of friendship
[Dm] Friendship [Em] causes pain.
[Dm] It's laughter [F] and it's loving I [D] disdain I
am [C] a rock [F] I
am
[G] I
_ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] The third and fourth the [N] verses are the same you in the song with three chords a minor D and [Dm] G
And a rock [C] feels no pain
[Dm] and
_ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ That's how you play I am a rock by Simon our Garfunkel hope that helped
_ _ [N] _