Loves me like a Rock

Words & music by Paul Simon 1973



                   |G                C     |G
When I was a little boy, (when I was just a boy)

                           |                 C     |G
And the Devil would call my name (when I was just a boy)

            |C7     |
I'd say "now who do,

                       |G                     C     |G
Who do you think you're fooling?" (when I was just a boy)

                 |                C     |G
I'm a consecrated boy (when I was just a boy)

      G7         |C           |
I'm a singer in a Sunday choir

             |G         |D 
 Oh , my mama loves, she loves me

   |G                        |Em
She get down on her knees and hug me

        |C              |G   |
Like she loves me like a rock

C                      |F       C
  She rocks me like the rock of ages

   |G       |
And loves me

                               |       |
 She love me, love me, love me, love me


                         |G             C   |G
 When I was grown to be a man (grown to be a man)

                           |               C   |G
And the Devil would call my name (grown to be a man)

            |C7     |
I'd say "now who do,

                       |G                   C   |G
Who do you think you're fooling?" (grown to be a man)

                 |              C   |G
I'm a consummated man (grown to be a man)

      G7             |C  |
I can snatch a little purity

       |G            |D
My mama loves me, she loves me

   |G                        |Em
She get down on her knees and hug me

        |C              |G   |
Like she loves me like a rock

C                  |F           C 
  She rocks me like the rock of ages

   |G       |
And loves me

                              |       |
She love me, love me, love me, love me


                  |              C   |G
 And if I was President (was the President)

                            |              C   |G
 The minute Congress call my name (was the President)

       |C7      |
I'd say "who do,

                       |G                          C     |G
Who do you think you're fooling? (Who do you think you're fooling)


                         |              C   |G
I've got the Presidential Seal (was the president)

                          |C  |
I'm up on the Presidential Podium

       |G
My mama loves me

   |D
She loves me

   |G                        |Em
She get down on her knees and hug me

        |C              |G   |
Like she loves me like a rock

C                      |F       C
  She rocks me like the rock of ages

   |G       |
And loves me


Fade out:
                               |
 She love me, love me, love me, love me

                |
(loves me like a rock)