The Rock

     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                           
She said: "Go back to sleep son, 
        C      B        Em
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                             
Well nothing ever came of that, the
 C           B       Em - C - Em
 world still whirls around


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

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

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

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


[Crazy boy...]

G
Everybody knows the rock leans over 
the town

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

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

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


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

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

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

       B                         
He was showing them contingencies 
            C     B          Em
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                                 
Everybody knows that life goes on 
   C     B     Em
as usual round here

(Am 8x's)

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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


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

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