I Am A Rock

B 
a winter's day
     E               B      
In a deep and dark December;


Dbm Gb  E B
I  am alone,
Dbm             Gb      Dbm                Gb
Gazing from my window to the streets below
     Dbm             E                Gb
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.


       B 
I am a rock,
        Gb  B    
I am an is-land.


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


       B 
I am a rock,
        Gb  B    
I am an is-land.


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


       B 
I am a rock,
        Gb  B    
I am an is-land.


          B    
I have my books


       E            B      
And my poetry to protect me;
     Dbm   Gb         E   B  
I am shielded in my armor,


Dbm           Gb     Dbm             Gb 
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.


  Dbm               E              Gb
I touch no one and no one touches me.


       B 
I am a rock,
        Gb  B    
I am an is-land.


      E     Ebm      B
And a rock  feels no pain;
       E      Ebm   B
And an island never cries.