Rotten Black Root

D G5 G D


[Verse 1]
     D                        F Dsus2 C       D
It's harder than I thought to walk away from you
     D                     F           D
It's easier to know you're tryin' hard
       C                        D
Black bottle never eventually musing


[Refrain 1]
    F          D
You dead, dumb tree
               D5
Don't fall on me


[Verse 2]
      D5
Skinnier and tired
  F
I see you walk
  Csus2                   C            Dsus2
Although that book's all read in Revelation
D5                               F
How did I black out a crucial thought that
  C                         Dsus2
Mostly on my death be resolutions?
               G    D5
And it was all gone on
         F              D Dsus2
From the house to the yard
     D5
It's not my fault

No it's not my fault


[Verse 3]
D5                                 G        C
Strength it never comes to me like it once did
                          D5
And neediness eventually tames me

I wait through the wait
           F
A final embrace
    C                                  D
Anyway I couldn't leave you here together


[Refrain 2]
    D      G     D
You rotten black root
  F    G    D  Dsus2
I feed from you
D5
So soothe my wounds
    F   G   D5
And let me move


[Verse 4]
Dsus2
Skinnier and tired
                D
You're not alone
    C                               Dsus2
You remind me of all my brother's faults
            D
Livin' in a morgue
  Gsus2
A hopin' ward
      C                         Dsus2
Your skin is nothin' more than a reaction


[Refrain 2]
       F      G     Dsus2
To the rotten black root
 Gsus2 Dsus2  D5
Always choose
   G5  Dsus2
Please move
       Gsus2  Dsus2
And let me through


[Refrain 1]
    Dm    G    Dsus2
You dead, dumb tree
      Dm      D5
Don't fall on me
Dsus2
Let me see
D5
Let me breathe