Roll Away the Stone

Written by John Stewart

‘Roll Away the Stone’ is on the double LP “The Phoenix Concerts”, RCA, 1974, CD re-release as “The Complete Phoenix Concerts Live”, Bear Family Records, 1990 (two bonus tracks).

“Are we cursed, are we blind?

Have we all lost our minds?

The cities made of stone,

Is that all we'll leave behind?”

Looks like it. -- Sent “my” chords to Charlie and Art. Charlie wrote: "Just one chord I'd make an (Em) instead of a (G). Otherwise, right on."

(F)Don't you think it's (Em)time ----I THINK (Em)

Reply: "No telling whether that´s an Em or a G – John plays B on A-string, G on G-string, B on B-string and again G on G-string, the way I hear it - that´s either G or Em. No notes played on high and low E-string, so there´s no way of telling which chord he fingered there." Art wrote: "I agree....difficult to figure out and either

likely works for the reasons you state."

I say: We´d need the DVD of the Phoenix Concerts!!!

In Valley (Dm)Forge long a(G)go,

A (C)nation (G/B)born in (Am)snow,

To (F)make it ours,

We (G)carved their names in (C)stone.(G/B) (Am)

And if (F)that is all we (G)own,

Old (C)memo(G/B)ries in (Am)stone,

(F)Don't you think it's (G)time

that we (D)made some of our (G)own? (hold)

Roll a(C)way, roll a(Dm)way,(G)

(F)Oh,(Em) (Dm) (C) (D)roll away the (G)stone.

Roll a(Am)way, roll a(F)way,(C)

(F)People (G)of A(C)meri(Am)ca,

(Dm)Roll a(G)way the (C)stone. (hold)

Oh, we build 'em (Dm)high and we build 'em (G)wide

'Till there's (C)no place (G/B)left to (Am)hide

For the (F)motels and the (G)coffee shops

And the (C)flashing (G/B)neon (Am)signs.

Are we (F)cursed, are we (G)blind?

Have (C)we all (Em/B)lost our (Am)minds?

The (F)cities made of (Em)stone,

Is that (D)all we'll leave be(G)hind? (hold)

Roll a(C)way, roll a(Dm)way,(G)

(F)Oh,(Em) (Dm) (C) (D)roll away the (G)stone.

Roll a(Am)way, roll a(F)way,(C)

(F)People (G)of A(C)meri(Am)ca,

(Dm)Roll a(G)way the (C)stone.

(Dm) (G) (F)(Em)(Dm)(C)(D) (G)

(Am) (F) (C) (F) (G) (C) (Am) (Dm) (G) (C)

Oh, roll away, oh, roll a(Dm)way,(G)

(F)Oh,(Em) (Dm) (C) (D)roll away the (G)stone.

Roll a(Am)way, roll a(F)way,(C)

(F)People (G)of A(C)meri(Am)ca,

(Dm)Roll a(G)way the (C)stone.

janhauenstein@gmx.de, Charlie Woodward & Art Faller

10/2003