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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5[Verse 1] C F C A winters day in a deep and dark december Dm G7 F C Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7 I am alone gazing from my window to the streets below on a Dm F G freshly fallen silent shroud of snow [Chorus] F C F G7 Am I am a rock I am an island [Verse 2] C F C Dm G7 F C Ive built walls a fortress deep and mighty that none may penetrate Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7 I have no need of friendship friendship causes pain Dm F G Its laughter and its loving I disdain [Chorus] F C F G7 Am I am a rock I am an island [Verse 3] C F C Dm G7 F C Dont talk of love Ive heard the word before Its sleeping in my memory Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7 I wont disturb the slumber of feelings that have died Dm F G if I never loved I never would have cried [Chorus] F C F G7 Am I am a rock I am an island [Verse 4] C F C Dm G7 F C I have my books and my poetry to protect me I am shielded in my armor Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7 hiding in my room safe within my womb Dm F G I touch no one and no one touches me [Chorus] F C F G7 Am I am a rock I am an island [Verse 5] Dm7 G7 C And a rock feels no pain Dm7 G7 C and an island never cries