The Rock - Harry Chapin 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!"
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!"
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
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