The Rock

The Rock easy guitar chords by Harry Chapin

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • Em

  • D

  • B

    2
  • C

  • G

  • Am

  • Em

  • D

  • B

    2
  • C

  • G

  • Am

  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    The 
    rock 
    is gonna 
    fall 
    on us, 

    he woke 
    with 
    a start 

    And he 
    ran 
    to 
    his mother, 

    the fear 
    dark 
    in his 
    heart 

    And 
    he told 
    her 
    of 
    the vision 

    that he 
    was 
    sure 
    he'd seen 

    She 
    said: 
    "Go back 
    to 
    sleep 
    son, 

    you're 
    having 
    bad 
    dream!" 

    Verse 2
    Silly 
    child 

    Everybody 
    knows 
    the 
    rock 

    leans 
    over 
    the town 

    Everybody 
    knows 
    that 
    it won't 

    tumble 
    to the 
    ground 

    Re
    member 
    Chicken 
    Little 
    said 

    the sky 
    was falling 
    down 

    Well 
    nothing 
    ever 
    came 
    of 
    that, 

    the world 
    still 
    whirls 
    around 

    Verse 3

    "The 
    rock 
    is gonna 
    fall 
    on us," 

    he stood 
    and 
    told 
    the class 

    The pro
    fessor 
    put 
    his chalk 
    down 

    and peered 
    out through 
    his 
    glasses 

    But 
    he went 
    on 
    and 
    said; "I've 
    seen 
    it, 

    high 
    up on 
    the 
    hill 

    If it 
    does
    n't 
    fall 
    this year 

    then 
    very 
    soon 
    it 
    will!" 

    Verse 4

    Crazy 
    boy 

    Everybody 
    knows 
    the 
    rock 

    leans 
    over 
    the 
    town 

    Everybody 
    knows 
    that 
    it 
    won't 

    tumble 
    to the 
    ground 

    We've 
    more 
    important 
    studies 

    than 
    your fantasies 
    and fears 

    You 
    know 
    that 
    rock's 
    been 
    Verse 5
    perched 
    up 
    there 

    for 
    a hundred 
    thousand 
    years 

    "The 
    rock 
    is 
    gonna 
    fall 
    on us." 

    He told 
    the magistrates 

    "I be
    lieve 
    that 
    we can 
    stop 
    it 
    but 

    the 
    time 
    is 
    getting 
    late 

    You see 
    I've 
    done 
    all the 
    research 

    my plans 
    are all 
    complete." 

    Verse 6
    He 
    was show
    ing 
    them 
    contingencies 

    when they 
    showed 
    him 
    to 
    the street 

    Just 
    a madman 

    Everybody 
    knows 
    Verse 7
    the 
    rock 

    leans 
    over 
    the 
    town 

    Everybody 
    knows 
    that 
    it won't 

    tumble 
    to 
    the ground 

    Everybody 
    knows 
    of those 

    who say 
    the 
    end 
    is near 

    Every
    body 
    knows 
    that life 
    goes 
    on 
    as 

    usual 
    round 
    here 

    Verse 8

    He went 
    up 
    on 
    the mountain 

    be
    side 
    the giant 
    stone 

    They 
    knew 
    he was 
    insane 
    so 

    they left 
    him 
    alone 

    He'd 
    given 
    up 
    enlisting 
    help 
    for 

    there 
    was 
    no 
    one else 

    He spent 
    his days 
    devising 
    ways 

    to stop 
    the 
    rock 
    himself 

    Verse 9
    One 
    night 
    while 
    he 
    was working 
    building 

    braces 
    on the 
    ledge 

    The ground 
    began 
    to rumble 
    the 
    rock 

    trembled 
    on 
    the 
    edge 

    "The 
    rock 
    is 
    gonna 
    fall 
    on 
    us! 
    Run 

    or you'll 
    all be 
    crushed!" 

    And in
    deed 
    the rock 
    was 
    moving, 

    crum
    bling 
    all 
    to dust 

    He ran 
    Verse 10
    under 
    it 
    with 
    one 
    last 
    hope 

    that 
    he could 
    add 
    prop 

    And 
    as 
    he disappeared 

    the rock 
    came 
    to 
    a stop 

    The 
    people 
    ran 
    into 
    the street 

    but 
    by 
    then 
    all 
    was 
    still 

    The 
    rock 
    seemed 
    where 
    it always 

    was 
    or 
    where 
    it always 
    will 
    be 

    When 
    someone 
    asked 
    where 
    Verse 11
    he had 

    gone 
    they said: 
    "Oh 
    he 
    was 
    daft. 

    Who 
    cares 
    about 
    that crazy 
    fool." 

    And 
    then 
    they'd 
    start 
    to 
    laugh 

    But 
    high 
    up 
    on 
    the mountain 

    When the 
    wind 
    is 
    hitting 
    it 

    Verse 12
    If you're 
    watching 
    very 
    closely 

    The 
    rock 
    slips 
    little 
    bit 

    Outro 1



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