It Isnt Me

	  		
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Intro Riff 
      Bm                      A           E    
e|-----------p------------------------------------------| 
B|----------3^2-----2-3---3---------2-----------0-------| 
G|--------4-----4---2-4---4-------2---2-------1---1-----| (Play 4 times) 
D|-------4--------4-------------2------2----2------2----| 
A|----2-----------------------0-------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------0-------------| 

Pre-verse - four beats of Bm 
      Bm 
e|------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------3----3---3----3---3----3---3----3---------------| 
G|------4----4---4----4---4----4---4----4---------------|Maintain this strumming pattern in verse 
D|------------------------------------------------------| 
A|----2--------2--------2--------2----------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------|
 

Verse 
Bm                     A 
No, don't you say you love me 
               E 
When you don't love me 
         F#           A                 Bm 
You only wanted me to be there when you fall 
                  A 
Now everything is changing 
               E 
But you're not changing   
                F#       A              Bm 
Then say you'll blame me if i change at all 

But i'm the same 
       A 
I'm the same 
                E 
It's just circumstances 
            F#             A          Bm 
They always spin around as far as i recall 
                      A              E 
And then if we're not taking all our chances 
          F#                 A              Bm (Intro riff) 
One day regret will come and surely kill us all 


(Intro riff x4 with Chorus) 
           A      E       Bm 
And when i try to work it out 
               A          E         Bm 
Just what this whole damn thing's about 
              A       E     Bm  
You say we're running to be free 
             A 
But it isn't me 
         E 
It isn't me 

It isn't 
Bm (pre-verse for 4-count again) 
Me 

Bm                     A 
We all have hearts for someone 
            E 
We all have no one 
            F#             A           Bm 
We all have everything conceivable between 
              A 
Bold ideas of sorrow 
            E 
Pain and redemption 
             F#             A              Bm 
Where is the love i need to keep me off my knees? 

Where is escape? 
      A 
Where is escape? 
             E               F#           A             Bm    
Where is the final    battle fought upon for my soul to see? 
                      A 
Where all the ways to break me 
             E 
They give up on me 
            F#                A              Bm 
And all the ways to live they come to rescue me 

(Repeat Chorus from above, but end on G into bridge rather than going back to Bm) 

And when i try to work it out 
Just what this whole damn thing's about 
You say we're running to be free 
But it isn't me 
It isn't me 
It isn't 
Me 
G                  F# 
And after all this time i thought 
        Bm               A              E 
'well i can't go on just keeping saying nothing' 
G                       F#          
I'll scream until these lungs are raw 
      Bm              A                  E 
If it means that i at least stood up for something 
G                            F# 
You won't kill me with those words you say 
    Bm           A               E 
And I will never change in my direction 
G                       F# 
Because maybe it's just all a game 
    Bm            A              E 
And I will never fall at your suggestion 
         G 
Until it all 
         F# 
Until it all 
      Bm (Intro riff into Chorus) 
Falls away 

And when i try to work it out 
Just what this whole damn thing's about 
You say we're running to be free 
But it isn't me \ 
It isn't me      \ 
It isn't         /  Repeat last line x4 
Me              / 

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