Promise

Matchbook Romance

Promise

Stories And Alibies

2003

Submitted by: [email protected]



Key: Eb



Tuning: Standard EADGBe



Chords used:

Eb -   x68886

Bb -   x13331

G# -   466544

Fm -   133111

Gm -   355333

Cm -   x35543

Bb/D - x587xx





Intro: Eb--Bb--G#--Fm-Gm-G#-Bb x2, Eb--Bb--G#--Fm-Gm-G#-





Verse 1:

Eb               Bb

  What would you say, if I

                  G#

asked you not, to go?

Would you forget every-one

forget everyhting

        Bb         Eb

start o-ver, with, me?

Would you take my

Bb                      G#

hand, and never let me, go?

Well promise me you'll

Fm Gm  G#  Bb

ne-ver let me go





Verse 2:

Eb

  And now the stars

              Bb

aren't out to-night

But, neither are we

        G#

to look up, at, them

Why does hello,

               Bb

feel like, goodbye?

Eb

  And these, memories

         Bb

can't re-place

These, wishes I, wish

    G#

and dreams, I chase

     Fm        Gm

Well take this broken

G#        Bb      Eb(hold)

heart and make it right





Chorus:

       Eb

I feel like, I've lost

Cm                       G#

eve-ry-thing when you're gone,

       Bb                     Eb

Left remem-be-ring what it's like

   Cm

To have you here, with me

  G#

I thought, you, should know

       Bb

You're not, ma-king this, ea-sy





Verse 3:

Cm(hold)

        I ne-ver, thought I'd

       Bb

be the one, to, say

G#

Please, dont,-- well

            Bb

please dont leave, me--





(Repeat Chorus)





Interlude: Eb(hold), Bb-Eb(hold)





Post Chorus:

Your not making

     Cm  Bb  G#(palm mute), Cm--Bb/D--G#

this easy



Guitar 2: while doing Post Chorus

e|---------23-|

B|-----23-----|

G|-20---------|

D|------------|

A|------------|

E|------------|





Bridge:

Cm         Bb/D                    Eb

  Take, my hand, and never let me, go

                                Cm

Take, my hand, and never let me go

        Bb                    G#

Promise me, you'll never let, go(growl)

           Bb            G#(growl until here)

Never let, go never let, go

                  Bb

You'll never let, go

Make, this, last, forever





(Repeat Chorus except last line)





Outro:

                         Eb

You're not making this easy

       Cm                G#

You're not making this easy

       Bb                Eb

You're not making this easy

       Cm                G#

You're not making this easy

       Bb                Cm

You're not making this easy





Lower voice:

                     Bb

I'll fall, asleep, to-night,

Cause that brings

                Eb(hold)

me clo-ser, to, you