I Am A Rock (alternate version), Paul Simon Songbook 1965 Chords

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
A winter's day _ _ _ _ _ _ in [E] a deep and dark [B]
December _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] I am _ [B] _
alone
_ Gazing [C#] from [D#m] my window [C#m] to the streets [D#m] below
[C#m] On a freshly [B]
fallen silent [F#] shroud of [B] snow
I am a rock, [C#] _ I am [F#] an _ _ [B] island
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I've built walls, _ _ _ _ _ [E] a fortress deep [B] and mighty _ _ _
_ _ _ That [C#] none may _ [B] penetrate
_ _ [C#m] I have no need of friendship, friendship causes [D#m] pain
[C#m] It's laughter [F#] and it's loving I disdain
[C#] I [B] am a rock, [C#] I am [F#] an _ _ [B] island _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Talk of love, _ _ _ _ will [E] I have heard the word [B] for word? _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] It's [C#] sleeping in [E] my _ [B]
memory
_ And I [C#m] won't disturb the [C#] slumber of feelings that have died
[C#m] If I never loved, [B] I never would have cried
[G#m] I am a rock, I am an [F#] _ _ _ [B] island _ _
_ I _ _ _ _ _ have my books _ _ _ and [E] my _ poetry [B] to protect me
_ I _ _ am [C#]
shielded in my _ [B] armor _ _ _
[C#m] Hiding in my [D#m] room, safe within [D#m] my womb
I [C#m] touch no one and no one [F#] touches me
[C#] I am a [B] rock, _ [G#m] I am [F#] an _ _ [B] island _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] And a rock can [B] feel no pain
And [C#] an island [C#] _
[B] never cries _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _