I Am a Rock
Simon & Garfunkel

Capo 5th fret

[4/4]
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[Intro]
      ;G               ,                ,                : {1}

[Verse 1]
      ;G               ,                ,C/G             ,G               ,
       G               ,Am      D       ,C       G       ,        , {2}
       Am      Bm      ,Am      Bm      ,Am      C       ,D       G       : {3,4,5}

[Chorus]
      ;G         @     ,D               ,G           @ G ,G           @ G ,
       Em              ,                : {6}

[Verse 2]

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]

[Chorus]

[Verse 4]

[Chorus]

[Outro]
      ;Am  D   G       ,Am  D    G       ,G       L1      ,G       L1      ,G...:

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Notes
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  1. See L1
  2. Play L2 over 'C' and 'G' chords
  3. Play L3 over last bar
  4. Play L1 over bars 1 and 4 of [Verse 1] only
  5. Play L4 of bars 1,2, and 4 of [Verse 2] to [Verse 4]
  6. Play L4 over bars 3 and 4 of [Chorus]

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Chords
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          EADGBe
          654321
          ------
G         320003
C/G       3x201x (@)
C         x32010
Am        x02210
D         xx0232
Am        x02210
Bm        x24432
Em        022000

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Licks
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L1
  ;1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   4   ,   :1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   4   ,   :
e-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B-|---------------0h1p0-0h1p0-0h1p0|--------------------------------|
G-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D-|---------------0h2p0-0h2p0-0h2p0|--------------------------------|
A-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E-|3-------3---3-------------------|--------------------------------|

L2
  ;1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   4   ,   :1   ,   2   ,   :
e-|0---------------3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
B-|1---------------0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
G-|0---------------0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
D-|2-------------------------------|----------------|
A-|3-------3---2-------------------|----------------|
E-|----------------3-------3-------|3-------3-------|

L3
  ;1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   4   ,   :1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   4   ,   :
e-|2-------2-------3-------3-------|--------------------------------|
B-|3-------3-------0---1---0---1---|--------------------------------|
G-|2-------2-------0---0---0---0---|--------------------------------|
D-|0-------0-------0---2---0---2---|--------------------------------|
A-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E-|----------------3-------3-------|--------------------------------|

L4
  ;1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   4   ,   :1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   4   ,   :
e-|3---3---3---3---3---------------|--------------------------------|
B-|0---0---0---0---0---0---1---0---|--------------------------------|
G-|0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|--------------------------------|
D-|0---0---0---0---0---0---2---0---|--------------------------------|
A-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E-|3-------3-------3---------------|--------------------------------|
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  ;1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   4   ,   :1   ,   2   ,   3   ,   4   ,   :
e-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E-|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

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Lyrics
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A winter's day, in a deep and dark December;
I am alone,
Gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.

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

I am a rock, I am an island.

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

I am a rock, I am an island.

I have my books and my poetry to protect me;
I am shielded in my armor,
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.
I touch no one and no one touches me.

I am a rock, I am an island.

And a rock feels no pain;
And an island never cries.
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Transcription:
  .=lead-in begin
  ;=section begin
  :=section end
  ,=measure separator (bar line)
  {=comment/note begin
  }=comment/note end
  [=section name begin
  ]=section name end
  ?=Fermata

Chords:
  A-G=chord name
  2,3,4,5,6,7,9,11,13=note number
  add=add
  aug=augmented
  dim=diminished
  b=flat
  #=sharp
  m=minor
  maj=major
  M=major
  @$%^&*=token for a chord name
  a-z=more tokens for chord name
  a-z=more note symbols
  '=2nd voicing
  ''=3rd voicing

Licks:
  Ln=lick definition (n=1-9)
  h=hammer on
  p=pull off
  q=rasqueado
  r=bend and release
  s=slide
  t=trill
  v=bend
  x=rake

Usage:
  o '.' lead-in to a section
  o ';' or ':' can substitue for ','
  o only chord name, token, lick, or '{}' can lie between ',' or ';' or ':'
  o anything between '{}' is either a note reference or is user defined
  o '    '=one beat in [4/4] or [3/4] time; (four spaces)
  o 'actual' transcription
  o 'footnote' transcription
  o 'combination' transcription
  o 'implied' transcription
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