The Rock Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em]

[Verse 1]
The [Em]rock is gonna fall on us,
[D]he woke with a start
And he [B]ran to his mother,
[C]the fear dark in his heart
And [Em]he told her of the vision
that he [D]was sure he'd seen
She [B]said: "Go back to sleep son,
you're [C]having a [B]bad [Em]dream!"

[Verse 2]
[Em]Silly [G]child
Everybody knows the rock
leans over the town
[D]Everybody knows that it won't
tumble to the ground
Re[C]member Chicken Little said
the sky was falling down
Well [B]nothing ever came of that,
the world still whirls around
[C][Em]

[Verse 3]
"The rock is gonna fall on us,"
he stood [D]and told the class
The pro[B]fessor put his chalk down
[C]and peered out through his glasses
But [Em]he went on and said; "I've seen it,
[D]high up on the hill
If it [B]doesn't fall this year
then [C]very [B]soon it [Em]will!"

[Verse 4]
[Em]
Crazy boy
[G]Everybody knows the rock
leans over the town
[D]Everybody knows that it won't
tumble to the ground
We've [C]more important studies
than your fantasies and fears
You [B]know that rock's been

[Verse 5]
perched up there
for a hundred thousand [C]years[Em]
"The rock is gonna fall on us."
[D]He told the magistrates
"I be[B]lieve that we can stop it but
the [C]time is getting late
You see [Em]I've done all the research
[D]my plans are all complete."

[Verse 6]
He was show[B]ing them contingencies
when they [C]showed him [B]to [Em]the street
Just a madman
[G]Everybody knows

[Verse 7]
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
Every[B]body knows that life goes on as
usual round [C]here
[Em][G][Am]

[Verse 8]
He went up on the mountain
be[G]side the giant stone
They [D]knew he was insane so
[Em]they left him alone
He'd [Am]given up enlisting help for
[G]there was no one else
[D]He spent his days devising ways
[Em]to stop the rock himself

[Verse 9]
One [Am]night while he was working building
[G]braces on the ledge
[D]The ground began to rumble [B]the rock
trembled on the [Em]edge
"The rock is gonna fall on us! [B]Run
or you'll [D]all be crushed!"
And in[B]deed the rock was moving,
[C]crumbling all to dust
[B]He ran

[Verse 10]
[Em]under it with one last hope
that [D]he could add a prop
And [B]as he disappeared
[C]the rock came [B]to [Em]a stop
The people ran into the street
but [D]by then all was still
The [B]rock seemed where it always
was or [C]where it always will be
When [Em]someone asked where

[Verse 11]
[Em]he had
gone [D]they said: "Oh he was daft.
Who [B]cares about that crazy fool."
And [C]then they'd [B]start to [Em]laugh
But high up [Am]on the mountain
[B]When the win[G]d is hitting it

[Verse 12]
If you're [D]watching very closely
[B]The rock slips a lit[G]tle bit[Em]

[Outro 1]
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