{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1022055,"song":"Belated Promise Ring","artist":"Iron & Wine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1022055-belated-promise-ring-chords-by-iron-wine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1022055?type=chord","rating":4.97795,"votes":91,"content":"Standard tuning\r\nCapo 2\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSunday morning, my Rebecca sleeping in with me again[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nThere's a kid outside the church kicking a can[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen the cedar branches twist she turns her collar to the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]        \r\nThe weather can close the world within its hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd my mother says Rebecca is as stubborn as they come[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey both call to me with words I never knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a bug inside the thimble, there's a band-aid on her thumb[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a pony in the river turning blue[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey say, \"Time may give you more than your poor bones could ever take\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy Rebecca says she never wants a boy   [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo be barefoot on the driveway as they wave and ride away[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd to run inside and curse the open door[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI once gave to my Rebecca a belated promise ring[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nAnd she sold it to the waitress on a train[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI may find her by the phone book with a fashion magazine[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe may kiss me when her girlfriends leave again[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey say, \"Time may give you more than your poor bones could ever take\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI think I could never love another girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo be free atop a tree stump and to look the other way[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile she shines my mother's imitation pearls[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSunday evening my Rebecca's lost a book she never read[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the moon already fell into the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaw the statues of our fathers in the courthouse flower bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow they blend with all the lightning-tattered trees[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey say, \"Time may give you more than your poor bones could ever take\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy Rebecca said she knew I'd want a boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA dollar for my boardwalk red balloon, to float away[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe would earn a pocketful to buy me more[/tab]","plain_text":"Standard tuning\nCapo 2\n\n[Intro]\nF C G C F C G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["F","C","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}