Ab 
a winter's day
     Db               Ab      
In a deep and dark December;


Bbm Eb  Db Ab
I  am alone,
Bbm             Eb      Bbm                Eb
Gazing from my window to the streets below
     Bbm             Db                Eb
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.


       Ab 
I am a rock,
        Eb  Ab    
I am an is-land.


           Ab    
I've built walls,
  Db                 Ab      
a fortress deep and mighty,
     Bbm   Eb   Db   Ab  
That none may penetrate.
  Bbm              Eb           Bbm                Eb
I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
      Bbm               Db           Eb
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.


       Ab 
I am a rock,
        Eb  Ab    
I am an is-land.


              Ab    
Don't talk of love,
     Db                 Ab      
I've heard the words before;
     Bbm   Eb         Db   Ab  
It's sleeping in my memory.
      Bbm                Eb          Bbm                 Eb
And I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died.
     Bbm            Db                Eb
If I never loved I never would have cried.


       Ab 
I am a rock,
        Eb  Ab    
I am an is-land.


          Ab    
I have my books


       Db            Ab      
And my poetry to protect me;
     Bbm   Eb         Db   Ab  
I am shielded in my armor,


Bbm           Eb     Bbm             Eb 
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.


  Bbm               Db              Eb
I touch no one and no one touches me.


       Ab 
I am a rock,
        Eb  Ab    
I am an is-land.


      Db     Cm      Ab
And a rock  feels no pain;
       Db      Cm   Ab
And an island never cries.