G - C - G
- C - G - C - G - C
G
1. Stood
there boldly sweatin' in the sun,
C
felt
like a million, felt like number one,
F C G
the height of summer,
I'd never felt that strong, like a rock.
G
2. I was eighteen, didn't
have a care,
C
workin' for peanuts, not a dime to spare,
F
C G
but I
was lean and solid everywhere, like a rock.
G
3. My hands were steady, my eyes were clear and bright,
C
my
walk had purpose, my steps were quick and light,
F C G
and I
held firm to what I felt was right, like a rock.
G
Like a rock, I was strong as I could be,
C
like a rock, nothin'
ever got to me,
F
C G
like a rock, I was something to
see, like a rock.
Em
And I stood arrow straight,
unencumbered by the weight
G
of
all these hustlers and their schemes,
C
I stood proud,
I stood tall, high above it all,
Am D
I still believed in my dreams.
+ G - C - F
- C - G
(2x) + G ~
G
4. Twenty years now, where'd
they go ?
C
Twenty years, I don't know.
F - C G
I sit and I wonder sometimes where they've gone.
G
5. And sometimes late at
night,
C
oh,
when I'm bathed in the firelight,
F C G
the moon
comes callin' a ghostly white, and I recall, I
recall.
G
Like a rock, standin' arrow straight,
C
like a rock, chargin'
from the gate,
F
C
G
like a rock, carryin'
the weight, like a rock.
G
Oh, like a rock, the sun upon my skin,
C
like a rock, hard against the wind,
F
C G
like a rock, I see myself again,
like a rock, oh, like a rock.
+ G - C - F -
C - G
(3x)
(orig. = capo 1st) (Bob Seger)