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Getting Started - by InstrumentInsight
To learn Simon & Garfunkel - I Am a Rock chords with lyrics, anchor your practice on these foundational chords: G, C, F, G, C, Am, C, G, F, C, Dm. Start with a comfortable 56 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 114. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: C.
C _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ A _ _ _ winter's day _ in _ _
F a deep and dark
C December _ I _ _ _ _
Dm _ .
_
G _ am
F C alone.
_ _
Dm Gazing
Em from my
Dm window to the
Em streets below
Dm On a freshly fallen
F silent
G shroud of snow.
C I am a rock,
F I
G have it all _ _
C _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _
Am _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
C I've built _ walls, _ _ _
F built fortresses deep
C and mighty _ _ .
That _ _
Dm _
G none
Dm may
C penetrate I _
Dm have no
Em need of friendship,
Dm.
friendship
Em causes pain.
Dm It's laughter
F and it's loving
G I disdain
C I am a rock,
F _ _
G _ _ _ .
C _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _
Am _ _ _ .
_ _ _ don't
C talk of love.
Well _ _ .
_
F I've heard the word
C.
before _ It's _ _ .
_
Dm _
G sleeping
F in my _
C memory.
I
Dm.
won't
Em disturb the slumber
Dm of feelings
Em that have died
Dm If I never
F loved I never
G would have cried.
I
C _ _
F _ .
_
G _ _ _
C _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ .
_
Am _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _
C have my books _ _ _ _ and
F my poetry to
C protect me _ I _ _
Dm am _
Gm shielded
F in my _
C.
armor.
_ _
Dm Hiding in
Em my room,
Dm safe within
Em my womb
Dm I touch no one
F and no one
G touches me.
C I am a rock, I
F have
G it all _ _ _
C _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _
Dm And a
G rock feels
C no pain.
And
Dm an island
G _
C never cries.
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