I Am A Rock

A 
a winter's day
     D               A      
In a deep and dark December;


Bm E  D A
I  am alone,
Bm             E      Bm                E
Gazing from my window to the streets below
     Bm             D                E
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.


       A 
I am a rock,
        E  A    
I am an is-land.


           A    
I've built walls,
  D                 A      
a fortress deep and mighty,
     Bm   E   D   A  
That none may penetrate.
  Bm              E           Bm                E
I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
      Bm               D           E
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.


       A 
I am a rock,
        E  A    
I am an is-land.


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


       A 
I am a rock,
        E  A    
I am an is-land.


          A    
I have my books


       D            A      
And my poetry to protect me;
     Bm   E         D   A  
I am shielded in my armor,


Bm           E     Bm             E 
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.


  Bm               D              E
I touch no one and no one touches me.


       A 
I am a rock,
        E  A    
I am an is-land.


      D     Dbm      A
And a rock  feels no pain;
       D      Dbm   A
And an island never cries.