Paul Simon, Loves me like a Rock (1973)
Key: :[F] (w: Paul Simon)
INTRO:
[F] [A#] :
[x3] //
[F open]
VERSE 1:
When I was a little
[F] boy
[A#] [F]
And the Devil would
[A#] call my
[F] name
[A#] [F]
I'd say "now
[A#7] who do, who do
You think you're
[F] fooling?"
[A#] [F]
PRE-CHORUS 1:
I'm a conse-
[A#]-crated
[F] boy
I'm a
[F7] singer in a
[A#] Sunday choir
Oh, my mama
[F] loves, she
[C] loves me
She
[F] get down on her knees and
[Dm] hug me
CHORUS:
Like she
[A#] loves me like a
[F] rock
[A#] She rocks me like the
[D#] rock of
[A#] ages
And
[F] loves me; she love me, love me, love me, love me
VERSE 2:
When I was grown to be a
[F] man
[A#] [F]
And the Devil would
[A#] call my
[F] name
[A#] [F]
I'd say "now
[A#7] who do, who do
You think you're
[F] fooling?"
[A#] [F]
PRE-CHORUS 2:
I'm a consum-
[A#]-mated
[F] man
[A#] [F]
I can
[F7] snatch a little
[A#] purity
My mama
[F] loves me, she
[C] loves me
She
[F] get down on her knees and
[Dm] hug me
CHORUS:
Like she
[A#] loves me like a
[F] rock
[A#] She rocks me like the
[D#] rock of
[A#] ages
And
[F] loves me; she love me, love me, love me, love me
VERSE 3:
And if I was
[A#] Presi-
[F]-dent
[A#] [F]
The minute Congress
[A#] call my
[F] name
[A#] [F]
I'd say "now
[A#7] who do, who do
You think you're
[F] fooling?"
[A#] [F]
PRE-CHORUS 3:
I've got the Presi-
[A#]-dential
[F] Seal
[A#] [F]
I'm up on the Presidential
[A#] Podium
My mama
[F] loves me, she
[C] loves me
She
[F] get down on her knees and
[Dm] hug me
CHORUS:
Like she
[A#] loves me like a
[F] rock
[A#] She rocks me like the
[D#] rock of
[A#] ages
And
[F] loves me; she love me, love me, love me, love me
OUTRO:
[F] She love me, love me, love me, love me
[A#] [F]
[F] She love me, love me, love me, love me
[A#] [F]
[F] She love me, love me, love me, love me
[A#] [F]