The Soul Is the Rock

The Soul Is the Rock easy guitar chords by Gordon Lightfoot

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 4

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • G

  • C

  • F

  • D

  • G

  • C

  • F

  • D

  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    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 
    better harvest 

    Than 
    the rock 
    was 
    prone 
    to 
    grow 

    Verse 2
    Say 
    what you 
    like 
    to, 

    do 
    what you 
    do 

    Everyone's 
    sleeping 
    now 
    two by 
    two 

    Bats 
    in the 
    roof, 
    cats 
    in the 
    hall 

    Dust 
    on the 
    stairway, 

    gnats 
    on the 
    wall 

    Verse 3
    Big rain 
    comin' 

    Big rain 
    comin' 
    this 
    way 

    Rain 
    on the 
    rock 

    Rain 
    on 
    the rock 

    Verse 4
    Rain 
    on the 
    rock 


    The sea 
    is 
    the space 
    which 

    The rock 
    has 
    displaced 

    The mind 
    is some 
    stranger 

    That 
    some soul 
    has 
    em
    braced 

    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 

    Say 
    what you 
    like 
    to, 
    do 
    what 
    you can 

    Live 
    like 
    a sheep, 
    die 
    like 
    a lamb 

    Bats 
    in the 
    roof, 
    cats 
    in the 
    hall 

    Dust 
    on the 
    stairway, 

    gnats 
    on the 
    wall 

    Verse 6
    Big rain 
    comin' 

    Big 
    rain 
    comin' 
    this 
    way 

    Rain 
    on 
    the rock 

    Rain 
    on 
    the rock 

    Verse 7
    Rain 
    on the 
    rock 


    The soul 
    is 
    the rock 
    and 

    The rock 
    will always 
    roll 

    In 
    circles 
    'round 
    the 
    sun 

    Doing 
    rings 
    around 
    the 
    pole 

    When the 
    mind 
    is not 
    sure 

    What the 
    heart 
    will 
    do next 

    The 
    rock 
    becomes 
    the master 

    Verse 8
    And 
    the road 
    becomes 
    what's 
    left 

    Late 
    one 
    night 
    when the 
    moon 
    shone 
    down 

    We 
    went 
    to the 
    mill 
    on the 

    edge 
    of the 
    town 

    She wore 
    white, 
    I wore 
    black 

    Verse 9
    The town 
    was 
    sleeping 
    when 
    we got 
    back 

    Big rain 
    comin' 

    Big 
    rain 
    comin' 
    this 
    way 

    Rain 
    on 
    the rock 

    Rain 
    on the 
    rock 

    Verse 10
    Rain 
    on the 
    rock 


    The soul 
    is 
    the rock 
    and 

    The rock 
    will not 
    be harmed 

    Though 
    man 
    must 
    be cheated 

    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
    Say 
    what you 
    like 
    to, 

    do 
    what 
    you 
    do 

    Everyone's 
    sleeping 
    now 
    two by 
    two 

    Bats 
    in the 
    roof, 
    cats 
    in the 
    hall 

    Dust 
    on the 
    stairway, 
    gnats 
    on the 
    wall 

    Verse 12
    Oh.. 
    Big rain 
    comin' 

    Big 
    rain 
    comin' 
    this 
    way 

    Rain 
    on the 
    rock 

    Rain 
    on 
    the rock 

    Verse 13
    Rain 
    on the 
    rock 

    The 
    soul 
    is 
    the rock 
    and 

    The rock 
    will not 
    be moved 

    Nothing 
    is 
    disputed 

    Yet 
    nothing 
    is 
    dis
    proved 

    And the 
    seeds 
    of 
    the 
    earth 

    That were 
    planted 
    long 
    ago 

    Still 
    yield 
    a better 
    harvest 

    Than 
    the rock 
    was 
    prone 
    to 
    grow 

    Verse 14
    And 
    the seeds 
    of 
    the 
    earth 

    That were 
    planted 
    long 
    ago 

    Still 
    yield 
    a better 
    harvest 

    Than 
    the rock 
    was 
    prone 
    to 
    grow 
    Outro 1





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