| G | G7 | C | |
| When you wake | up in the morning, and you w | onder |
| G | Em | D | |
| Why no one's beside you, | where I usually lay |
| G | G7 | C | |
| And you thi | nk you hear the sound of di | stance thunder |
| G | D | G | |
| That's just your old rock, | rollin | g away |
| Chorus: C |
| I was your rock, standing strong for you |
| G | |
| there was nothi | ng I wouldn't do |
| Em | |
| No matter the cost |
| D | G | G7 | |
| I was ready to pay |
| C | |
| Now you say I'm only hol | ding you down |
| G | |
| Like some old rock |
| C | |
| You've been dragging around |
| G | |
| Yes I'm your rock |
| D | G | |
| But I'm rolling away |
| G | G7 | C | |
| I'm rolling aw | ay | on a downhill grade |
| G | Em | D | |
| I'm gonna come | to rest side a mountain of love some day |
| G | G7 | C | |
| "cause I fi | nally understand, i | f your resting on | shifting sands, |
| G | D | G | |
| even a roc | k goes | rolling away |
| Chorus |
| G | D | G | |
| Yes I'm your rock | , b | ut I'm rolling away |