Not chords by Big Thief

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Em


Verse 1:
C          Em
It's not the energy reeling
     G       Em
Nor the lines in your face
     C       Em
Nor the clouds on the ceiling
     G       Em
Nor the clouds in the space

C          Em
It's not to fall on the table
    G     Em
Not a bed in the earth
   C      Em
Not a bed in the stable
      G   Em
Nor your stable words

C       Em
Not the open writhing
    G     Em
Not a cry in the air
   C     Em
Not a girl I'm seeing
     G     Em
With her long black hair

C        Em
Not the formless being
     G   Em
Nor the furnace glow
     C       Em
Nor the blood of your bleeding
     G    Em
As you try to let go


Chorus:
C
It's not the room

Not beginning
Em
Not the crowd

Not winning
G
Not the planet that's spinning
C
Not a ruse, not heat
Em
Not the fire lapping up the creek
G
Not food, not to eat


Verse 2:
C          Em
Not the need of your sigh
      G   Em
Nor your spine tattoo
      C    Em
Nor your shimmery eye
     G     Em
Nor the wet of the dew

C          Em
It's not the warm illusion
     G     Em
Or the crack in the plate
     C      Em
Nor the breadth of confusion
     G      Em
Nor the starkness of slate


Chorus:
C
It's not the room

Not beginning
Em
Not the crowd

Not winning
G
Not the planet that's spinning
C
Not a ruse, not heat
Em
Not the fire lapping up the creek
G
Not food, not to eat


Verse 3:
C           Em
Not what you really wanted
     G     Em
Nor the mess in your purse
    C      Em
Nor the bed that is haunted
     G      Em
With the blanket of thirst
C         Em
Not the hunger revealing
     G     Em
Nor the ricochet in the cave
     C      Em
Nor the hand that is healing
     G    Em
Nor the nameless grave


Chorus:
C
It's not the room

Not beginning
Em
Not the crowd

Not winning
G
Not the planet that's spinning
C
Not a ruse, not heat
Em
Not the fire lapping up the creek
G
Not food, not to eat
C
Not to die

Not dying
Em
Not to laugh

Not lying
G
(?)Not to vacate wilderness fighting
C
It's not the room

Not beginning
Em
Not the crowd

Not winning
G
Not the planet that's spinning