Not Tab uke di Big Thief

[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

         C             Em
Nor the clouds in the space


C                    Em
It's not the phone on the table

       G          Em
Nor the bed in the earth

      C           Em
Nor the bed in the stable

           C     Em
Nor your stable words


C                Em
It's not the formless being

       G           Em
Nor the cry in the air

        C        Em
Nor the boy I'm seeing

          C         Em
With her long black hair


C                 Em
It’s not the open weaving

          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

C
Not beginning

Em
Not the crowd

Em
Not winning

G
Not the planet not 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 meat of your thigh

           G      Em
Nor your spine tattoo

           C       Em
Nor your shimmery eye

         C         Em
Nor the wet of the dew


C                    Em
It's not the warm illusion

          G          Em
Nor the crack in the plate

          C           Em
Nor the breath of confusion

          C           Em
Nor the starkness of slate
 

[Chorus]

C
It's not the room

C
Not beginning

Em
Not the crowd

Em
Not winning

G
Not the planet not 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

          C           Em
With the blanket of thirst

C                     Em
It's not the hunger revealing

         G              Em
Nor the ricochet in the cave

         C            Em
Nor the hand that is healing

         C        Em
Nor the nameless grave
 

[Chorus]

C
It's not the room

C
Not beginning

Em
Not the crowd

Em
Not winning

G
Not the planet not 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

C
Not dying

Em
Not to laugh

Em
Not lying

G
Not the vacant wilderness vying
 

C
Not the room

C
Not beginning

Em
Not the crowd

Em
Not winning

G
Not the planet not spinning