Chords for Meg Christian - The Rock Will Wear Away

[Am] _ _ 16 year old virgin
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G]
Springtime [Am] takes her to [Gm] the park [A]
where the _ [Am] moon
_ [G] [Am] Shines down like the future [E] _ calling her out of [Dm] the dark
[D#] _ But [Cm] her nightmare [F] _ [Cm] finds her freedom
[F] And [Cm] leaves her [G] lying _
Wounded, [E] _ worn [G] from [F]
invasion
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _
[C#m] Bending, then covered [Bm] with [Em] soot
_ Waiting [Gm] now, watching [Am] now for _ rain
[Bm] To wash [E]
clean her _ _ _ pain _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ Can we [E] _ be [F#m] like _ drops [D] of _ _ [E]
[A] water _ falling [D] _ _ [Bm] on the _ stone?
[A] _ [D] _ Splashing, [A] _ [D] breaking, _ [E] _ _ dispersing
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ Weaker [E] than the stone [D] by far, [E] but [A] be aware
_ [F#] _ That [Bm] as _ time [E] goes _ by, [Bm] the _ rock [E] will _ wear [A] _ away
_ _ And _
_ _ _ [Em] _ the water _ comes [A] again _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ 30 _ [E] [Am] year old _ [C] mother
_ _ [Gm] _
Autumn [G] _ finds [Am] her pregnant [G] once more [Am] and _ _ leaves
[G] [Am] Light _ gold and copper
[A#] _
Reminding her that [Dm] she is poor
[D#] _ _ And [Cm] her children _ _ often [Gm] are hungry [Cm] and she hungers _ [G] too for knowledge
[E] _
_ time [G] and [F] choices _
_ _ [G] _ Can _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
we [E] _ _ be [F#m] like _ drops [D] of _ _ [A] water falling _ [D] _ _ [Bm] on the _ stone?
[F#m] _ [D] Splashing, [A] _ [D] breaking, _
[E] _ _ _ [F#m] dispersing in _ [B] air
_ Weaker [E] than the _ stone [Bm] by far, [E] but [A] be aware
As [F#] _ _ _ _ [D] _ time [E]
goes by, [Bm] the rock [E] will _ _ [A] wear away _ _
_ And _ _ _ [Em] _
the water _ comes _ again
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ 80 [E] year [Am] old poet
_ [G] _ [F] _
[C] [Gm] Winter _ _ [G] _ keeps [Am] her _ [G] home [Dm] alone [Am] where she freezes
_ _ [G] [Am] And _ darkness [Dm] [Am] keeps her [E] from writing her [Dm] final wisdom
_ [D#] _ But she [Cm] lights her _ dread candle
And as it is melting, [G] _
tilting it [E] _ _ right [F] in _ _ doubt _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ Can we [E] _ _ be [F#m] like _ drops [D] of _ [E] [A] water _ falling _ [D] _ on the _ stone?
[F#m] _ Splashing, [A] _ [D] breaking, _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] dispersing in air
[B] _ _ Weaker [E] than the _ stone [D] by far, but [A] be aware
[F#] As _ _ [Bm] _ _ time [E] goes by, [Bm] the rock [E] will _ wear [A] _ _ away
_ _ [E] Can _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ we [E] _
be [F#m] like _ [D] drops of _
[E] [C#m] water _ [A] _ falling _ [Bm] on the _ [D] stone?
_ Splashing, _ [Bm] breaking, _ [E] _ _ _
[F#m] dispersing in air
[B] _ _ Weaker [E] than the _ stone [D] by [E] far, but [A] be aware
[F#] _ _ _ _ [Bm]
As time [E] goes _ by, [Bm] the _ rock [E] will _ [A] wear _ away
_ _ _ And _
_ [Em] _ [Bm] the water _ comes again
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _