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