The Rock(Chords)

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     Em                       D 
The rock is gonna fall on us, he woke with a start  

       B                       C 
And he ran to his mother, the fear dark in his heart  

    Em                         D 
He told her of the vision that he was sure he'd seen  

    B                                   C      B        Em 
She said: 'Go back to sleep son, you're having a bad dream!' 


Silly child... 

G 
Everybody knows the rock leans over the town  

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

C 
Remember Chicken Little said the sky was falling down  

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


     Em                            D 
'The rock is gonna fall on us,' he stood and told the class 

    B                                C 
The professor put his chalk down and peered out through his glasses  

    Em                                  D 
But he went on and said; 'I've seen it, high up on the hill 

      B                           C    B       Em 
If it doesn't fall this year then very soon it will!' 


Crazy boy... 

G 
Everybody knows the rock leans over the town  

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

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

    B                                            C       B           Em - C - Em 
You know that rock's been perched up there for a hundred thousand years 


     Em                            D 
'The rock is gonna fall on us.' He told the magistrates  

   B                                   C 
'I believe that we can stop it but the time is getting late  

    Em                                D 
You see I've done all the research my plans are all complete.' 

       B                                     C     B          Em 
He was showing them contingencies when they showed him to the street 



Just a madman... 

G 
Everybody knows the rock leans over the town  

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

C 
Everybody knows of those who say the end is near  

B                                    C     B     Em 
Everybody knows that life goes on as usual round here 

(Am 8x's) 

   Am                      G 
He went up on the mountain beside the giant stone  

     D                           Em 
They knew he was insane so they left him all alone  

     Am                          G 
He'd given up enlisting help for there was no one else  

    D                              Em 
He spent his days devising ways to stop the rock himself  

    Am                                   G 
One night while he was working building braces on the ledge  

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


     Em                           D 
'The rock is going to fall on us! Run or you'll be crushed!'  

     B                            C 
And indeed the rock was moving, crumbling all to dust. 

        Em                              D 
He ran under it with one last hope that he could add a prop  

    B                     C    B          Em 
And as he disappeared the rock came to a stop 


    Em                             D 
The people ran into the street but by then all was still 

     B                                 C 
The rock seemed where it always was or where it always will be  

      Em                                   D 
When someone asked where he had gone they said: 'Oh he was daft.  

    B                                 C          B          Em 
Who cares about that crazy fool.' And then they'd start to laugh 


    Am                               G 
But high up on the mountain when the wind is hitting it 

           D                         B                  Em 
If you're watching very closely the rock slips a little bit
	        

Written by Harry Chapin