The Rock chords by
Harry Chapin
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Key: G minor
Intro 1
Em
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Verse 1
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Em

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The rock is gonna fall on us,
D
D

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he woke with a start
B
B

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And he ran to his mother,
C
C

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the fear dark in his heart
Em
Em

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And he told her of the vision
D
D

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that he was sure he'd seen
B
B

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She said: "Go back to sleep son,
C
C

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B
B

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Em
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you're having a bad dream!"
Verse 2
Em
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G
G

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Silly child
Everybody knows the rock
leans over the town
D
D

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Everybody knows that it won't
tumble to the ground
C
C

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Remember Chicken Little said
the sky was falling down
B
B

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Well nothing ever came of that,
the world still whirls around
C
C

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Em
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Verse 3
"The rock is gonna fall on us,"
D
D

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he stood and told the class
B
B

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The professor put his chalk down
C
C

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and peered out through his glasses
Em
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But he went on and said; "I've seen it,
D
D

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high up on the hill
B
B

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If it doesn't fall this year
C
C

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B
B

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Em
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then very soon it will!"
Verse 4
Em
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Crazy boy
G
G

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Everybody knows the rock
leans over the town
D
D

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Everybody knows that it won't
tumble to the ground
C
C

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We've more important studies
than your fantasies and fears
B
B

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

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Em
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for a hundred thousand years
"The rock is gonna fall on us."
D
D

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He told the magistrates
B
B

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"I believe that we can stop it but
C
C

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the time is getting late
Em
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You see I've done all the research
D
D

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my plans are all complete."
Verse 6
B
B

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He was showing them contingencies
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C

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B
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Em
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when they showed him to the street
Just a madman
G
G

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Everybody knows
Verse 7
the rock
leans over the town
D
D

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Everybody knows that it won't
tumble to the ground
C
C

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Everybody knows of those
who say the end is near
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B

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Everybody knows that life goes on as
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C

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usual round here
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G
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Am
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Verse 8
He went up on the mountain
G
G

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beside the giant stone
D
D

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They knew he was insane so
Em
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they left him alone
Am
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He'd given up enlisting help for
G
G

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there was no one else
D
D

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He spent his days devising ways
Em
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to stop the rock himself
Verse 9
Am
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One night while he was working building
G
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braces on the ledge
D
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B
B

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The ground began to rumble the rock
Em
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trembled on the edge
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B

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"The rock is gonna fall on us! Run
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D

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or you'll all be crushed!"
B
B

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And indeed the rock was moving,
C
C

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crumbling all to dust
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B

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He ran
Verse 10
Em
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under it with one last hope
D
D

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that he could add a prop
B
B

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And as he disappeared
C
C

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B
B

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Em
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the rock came to a stop
The people ran into the street
D
D

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but by then all was still
B
B

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The rock seemed where it always
C
C

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was or where it always will be
Em
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When someone asked where
Verse 11
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he had
D
D

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gone they said: "Oh he was daft.
B
B

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Who cares about that crazy fool."
C
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B
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Em
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And then they'd start to laugh
Am
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But high up on the mountain
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G
G

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When the wind is hitting it
Verse 12
D
D

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If you're watching very closely
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G
G

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Em
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The rock slips a little bit
Outro 1
Em
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