I Do Not Know It's Name chords by Carrie Newcomer

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
C  G  D  Em D C  G  D

Verse:
C                G         D           Em D C
He leaned in and whispered, "Turn the page"
          G               D       Em D C
He said, "Make yourself in-to a flame"
            G   D                  Em  D  C
A crazy old lion with his hair all backlit
                G             D      Em D  C  G  D
Grinning like a little boy who has a secret

Chorus:
         G            C
And I do not know its name
            D      Em
Though it's ever entwining
                      G            D       Em  D  C  G  D
But I believe it must look like an old man shining

Verse:
        C             G         D           Em
We were eating summer peaches by a roadside stand
D     C                 G               D                Em   D
Juice running down like laughter, on our chin and on our hands
     C               G                 D              Em D C
When we were done we looked around and smiled at each other
               G              D            Em D  C  G  D
And you said, “Come on Carrie, let's have another"

Chorus:
         G            C
And I do not know its name
   D          Em
No matter how I try
                    G                 D             Em  D   C  G  D
But I think it must taste like peaches eaten by the roadside

Verse:
           C          G              D          Em D   C
He drove a rental car shuttle to the airport on Sundays
                     G                 D                  Em    D   C
We chatted that grey morning about the choir he sang with Wednesdays
                   G           D              Em   D
He sang a haunting gospel hymn, shameless and clearly
     C          G                  D                 Em  D C  G  D
With only me, a wandering stranger, sitting there to hear

Chorus:
         G            C
And I do not know its name
 D          Em
Elusive and subtle
                      G                   D               Em  D  C  G  D
But I believe it must sound like that man, singing in the shuttle

Instrumental:
G  C  D  Em
G  C  D  Em
G  C  D  G    C  D

Verse:
C               G      D               Em D   C
Standing in the river, barefoot in the current
                    G             D         Em    D C
I hear the sound of a birdcall and I try to learn it
               G            D                 Em   D
The water is a wonder, it's cold and fast and deep
  C           G                 D             Em D C  G  D
I saw fish go swimming out, too far for me to reach

Chorus:
         G            C
And I do not know its name
D          Em
Swimmer or watcher
                       G                D                  Em D C  G  D
But I believe there is always something moving beneath the water

Chorus:
   G         C
If holy is a sphere
     D         Em
That cannot be rendered
                   G             D             Em D  C  G  D
There is no middle place, because all of it is centre

Outro:
     G            C     D
I do not know its name
     G            C     D
I do not know its name
     G            C     D    C
I do not know its name