Chords for I Do Not Know Its Name

_ _ _ _ [G] He _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
leaned [Bm] in and _ [D] whispered as he turned the _ [C] page.
And he [G] said, make yourself [D] into a flame.
_ [C] A crazy [G] old lion with [D] his hair all _ [C] backlit,
grinning [G] like a little boy [D] who has a [C] secret.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ And I [G] do not know [C] its name, [Em] though [D] it's ever [Em] _ entwining, _
but I believe that it [G] must look like an [D]
old [E] man shining.
[C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [D] And [D] we were eating [G] summer peaches [D] by roadside stand,
[C] and we were drinking juice, running down [G] like laughter [D] on our, chinning [Em] on our hands.
[C] When we were done, we [G] looked around [D] and smiled at each [G] other.
And you said, come on, Carrie, [D] _ let's have [E]
another.
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [D] _ And I [G] do not know its [C]
name, no [D] matter [Em] how I try, _
but I believe that it must taste like [D] peaches eaten by [E] the _ [C] roadside.
_ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ He drove a rental car [G] shuttle to [D] the airports [E] on Sundays.
[C] We chatted that gray morning [D] about the choir he sang with Wednesdays.
[C] He sang [G] a halting gospel [D] hymn, shameless [Em] and [D] clear,
with [G] only me, a wandering stranger, [D] sitting there to hear.
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ And I do [G] not know [C] its name, [D] elusive [Em] and subtle, _
but I believe that it must [G] sound like that [D] man singing in [E] the [D] shuttle.
[C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
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_ [E] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ Standing in [G] the river, _ [D]
barefoot in the current,
[C] I hear the [G] sound of a bird [D] calling, I try [A] to learn [C] it.
The [G] water is a wonder, [D] it's cold and fast and deep.
[C] I saw a fish [G] go swimming out [D] too far for me to reach.
[C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ And I do [G] not [C] know its name, [Bm] the swimmer [Em] or _ watcher,
but I believe that there [G] is always something [D] moving [E] beneath the water.
[C] _
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And [G] if holiest [C] is fear [D] that cannot be rendered,
_ _ there is no middle [G] place because [D] _ all of it [E] is centered.
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ And I [G] do not know [C] its name.
[D] _ _ _ I [G] do not know its [C] _ [D] name.
_ _ [G] _
I do not know its _ name.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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