I Am A Rock

by Simon and Garfunkel · posted by fodargh

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

4 5 6 6 7 7 7 -6 -6 -5 5 6
A winter's day in a deep and dark December
-8-7 7 7-6 6 -5 6
I am alone* * * *
-5 5 -4 4 -4 6 -5 5 -4 4 -4
Gazing from my window to the streets below
5 5 -5 5 -4 4 -5 5 -4 4 -4
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow
-6 7 -6 7 -6 7 7 -8 8 -8 7
I am a rock,I am an island * *
4 5 6 7 7 -6 -6 -5 5 6
I've built walls,a fortress deep and mighty
-8 -8 -7 7 -6 6
That none may penetrate
6 -5 5 -4 4 -4 6
I have no need for friendship
-5 5 -4 4 -4
Friendship causes pain
6 -5 5 -4 5 -5 5 -4 4 -4
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.
-6 7 -6 7 -6 7 7 -8 8 -8 7
I am a rock,I am an island * *
4 5 6 6 7 7 7 -6 -6 -5 5 6
Don't talk of love,well, I've heard the word before
-8 -8 -7 7 -6 -6 6-5 6
It's sleeping in my memory *
6 -5 5 -4 4 -4 6 6 -5 5 -4 4 -4
I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died
6 6 -5 5 -4 4 -5 5 -4 4 -4
If I'd never loved,I never would have cried
-6 7 -6 7 -6 7 7 -8 8 -8 7
I am a rock,I am an island * *
4 5 6 6 7 7 7-6-6 -5 -5 5 6
I have my books and my poetry to protect me
7 7 -8 -7 7 -6 -6 6 -5 6 -5 5 -4 4 -4
I am shielded in my armor * *,hiding in my room
6 -5 5 -4 -4 6 -5 5 -4
Safe within my womb, I touch no one
4 -5 5 -4 4 -4
and no one touches me
-6 7 -6 7 -6 7 7 -8 8 -7 6
I am a rock,I am an island * *
-4 5 -5 5 -4 4
And the rock feels no pain
-4 5 -5 -5 5 -4 4
And an island never cries

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound