G
C
G
A winter's day, in a deep and dark december;
Am
D7
C
G
Am
Bm
Am
Bm
I am alone, gazing from my window to the streets below
Am
C
D
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
C
G
C
D7
G
I Am A Rock, I am an island.
G
C
G
I've built walls, a fortress steep and mighty,
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D7
C
G
Am
Bm
That none may penetrate. I have no need of friendship;
Am
Bm
Am
C
D
Friendship causes pain. It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.
C
G
C
D7
G
I Am A Rock, I am an island.
G
C
G
Don't talk of love, but I've heard the words before;
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D7
C
G
Am
Bm
Am
It's sleeping in my memory. I won't disturb the slumber of feelings
Bm
Am
C
D
That have died. If I never loved I never would have cried.
C
G
C
D7
G
I Am A Rock, I am an island.
G
C
G
I have my books, and my poetry to protect me;
Am
D7
C
G
Am
Bm
Am
Bm
I am shielded in my armor, hiding in my room, save within my womb.
Am
C
D
I touched no one and no one touches me.
C
G
C
D7
G
I Am A Rock, I am an island.
Am
D7
G
And a rock feels no pain;
Am
D7
G
And an island never cries!
by Franz Felix - Austria/Vienna