The Soul Is the Rock chords by
Gordon Lightfoot
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Key: B major•
Intro 1
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2

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Verse 1
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The soul is the rock and
The rock will not be moved
Nothing is disputed,
Yet nothing is disproved
And the seeds of the earth
That were planted long ago
Still yield a better harvest
Than the rock was prone to grow
Verse 2
A
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Say what you like to,
do what you do
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Everyone's sleeping now two by two
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Bats in the roof, cats in the hall
Dust on the stairway,
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gnats on the wall
Verse 3
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Big rain comin'
Big rain comin' this way
Rain on the rock
Rain on the rock
Verse 4
Rain on the rock
F#
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The sea is the space which
The rock has displaced
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The mind is some stranger
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That some soul has embraced
And somewhere between,
In a no-man's land land of dreams
The heart becomes the soldier
Verse 5
Yet the rock is not redeemed
A
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Say what you like to, do what you can
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Live like a sheep, die like a lamb
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Bats in the roof, cats in the hall
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Dust on the stairway,
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gnats on the wall
Verse 6
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Big rain comin'
Big rain comin' this way
Rain on the rock
Rain on the rock
Verse 7
Rain on the rock
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The soul is the rock and
The rock will always roll
In circles 'round the sun
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Doing rings around the pole
When the mind is not sure
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What the heart will do next
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The rock becomes the master
Verse 8
And the road becomes what's left
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Late one night when the moon shone down
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We went to the mill on the
edge of the town
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She wore white, I wore black
Verse 9
The town was sleeping when we got back
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Big rain comin'
Big rain comin' this way
Rain on the rock
Rain on the rock
Verse 10
Rain on the rock
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The soul is the rock and
The rock will not be harmed
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Though man must be cheated
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Just as women must be charmed
And the mind is the light
For the heart which cannot see
The soul becomes the stranger
But the rock will always be
Verse 11
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Say what you like to,
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do what you do
Everyone's sleeping now two by two
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Bats in the roof, cats in the hall
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F#
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Dust on the stairway, gnats on the wall
Verse 12
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Oh.. Big rain comin'
Big rain comin' this way
Rain on the rock
Rain on the rock
Verse 13
Rain on the rock
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The soul is the rock and
The rock will not be moved
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Nothing is disputed
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Yet nothing is disproved
And the seeds of the earth
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That were planted long ago
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Still yield a better harvest
Than the rock was prone to grow
Verse 14
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And the seeds of the earth
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That were planted long ago
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Still yield a better harvest
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Than the rock was prone to grow
Outro 1
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