{"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":1458418,"song":"Poems Prayers And Promises","artist":"John Denver","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1458418-poems-prayers-and-promises-chords-by-john-denver/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1458418?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":523,"content":"Chords Used\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A7[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Asus4[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\ne|-2----3----0-----2-----0-----0----0--------2------2-----------------------|\r\nB|-3----0----2-----3-----0-----2----3--------2------2-----------------------|\r\nG|-2----0----0-----4-----0-----2----2--------2------2-----------------------|\r\nD|-0----0----2-----4-----2-----2----2--------4------x<(this note is muted---|\r\nA|-x----2----0-----2-----2-----0----0--------4------4--with your forefinger)|\r\nE|-x----3----x-----x-----0-----x----x--------2------x-----------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nalternatively you can play Dmaj7 as (xx0222)\r\n\r\n* = Single strum. (when playing G* play only the last four strings (xx0003))\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]G[/ch]* [ch]D[/ch]*\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI've been lately thinking about my life's time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll the things I've done and how it's been[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't help believing in my own mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI know I'm gonna hate to see it end[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI've seen a lot of sunshine, slept out in the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSpent a night or two all on my own[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI've known my lady's pleasures, had myself some friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd spent a time or two in my own home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I have to say it now it's been a good life all in all[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's really fine to have a chance to hang around[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd lie there by the fire and watch the evening tire[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Asus4[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhile all my friends and my old lady sit and pass the pipe around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd talk of poems and prayers and promises and things that we believe in[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHow sweet it is to love someone, how right it is to care[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow long it's been since yesterday and what about tomorrow[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Asus4[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nAnd what about our dreams and all the memories we share[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]G[/ch]* [ch]D[/ch]*\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe days they pass so quickly now, nights are seldom long[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd time around me whispers when it's cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe changes somehow frighten me, still I have to smile[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt turns me on to think of growing old[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                        [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor though my life's been good to me there's still so much to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo many things my mind has never known[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'd like to raise a family, I'd like to sail away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd dance across the mountains on the moon[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I have to say it now it's been a good life all in all[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's really fine to have a chance to hang around[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd lie there by the fire and watch the evening tire[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Asus4[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhile all my friends and my old lady sit and pass the pipe around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd talk of poems and prayers and promises and things that we believe in[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHow sweet it is to love someone, how right it is to care[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow long it's been since yesterday and what about tomorrow[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Asus4[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nAnd what about our dreams and all the memories we share[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]* [ch]G[/ch]* [ch]D[/ch]*","plain_text":"Chords Used\n\n\n\nalternatively you can play Dmaj7 as (xx0222)\n\n* = Single strum. (when playing G* play only the last four strings (xx0003))\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nD        G    D* G* D*\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\n\nD        G    D* G* D*\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\nD        G    D* G* D*","chords":["D","G","A7","Bm","Em","A","Asus4","F#m","Dmaj7","B","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Asus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,3,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,2,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}