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Badly Drawn Boy  Promises
intro: 
Em7 Am    F
I Em7promise you wAmill get oldF  
Em7I promised you AmeverythingF  
Em7To protect you Amwherever you goF  
Em7I'll give you Amthis diamond rinFg
chorus:
Just Gpromise Amyou will remembFer
A Gpromise sAmhould last foreFver
RighGt up to tAmhe dying embersF  
Of a Gfire that Amburns so slowyF  
G Am    F
G Am    F
G Em7 Am    F
Em7It's Ama difFferent day everyday
Em7Don'Amt want Fyou to walk alone
Em7But Amhow caFn we carry on
Em7When Amall oFf these things have gone
Just Gpromise Amyou will remembFer
A Gpromise sAmhould last foreFver
StGill after Amthe last dying Fembers
Of Ga fire tAmhat burns so slFowly
G Am    F
G Am    F
G Em7 Am    F
IEm7t's a beautifuAml thing to doF  
Em7Sometimes you Amjust have to walFk away
Em7Remember I do Amlove you F  
Em7Have courage iAmn what you sayF  
Just Gpromise Amyou will remembFer
A Gpromise sAmhould last foreFver
StGill after Amthe last dying Fembers
Of Ga fire tAmhat burns so slFowly
GsusAnd sometiAmmes Fyou just have to walk away
GsusSometimes Amyou Fjust have to walk away
GsusWishing toAmday Fwas yesterday
GsusYeah, someAmtimeFs you just have to walk away
I´m not shure if the G is not Gsus all the time. I play guitar and sometimes it´s 
hard for me to hear out a song based on piano

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Promises

by Badly Drawn Boy

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Em7

Gsus

Badly Drawn Boy Promises

intro:

Em7 Am F

I promise you will get old

Em7 Am F

I promised you everything

Em7 Am F

To protect you wherever you go

Em7 Am F

I'll give you this diamond ring

chorus:

G Am F

Just promise you will remember

G Am F

A promise should last forever

G Am F

Right up to the dying embers

G Am F

Of a fire that burns so slowy

G Am F

G Em7 Am F

Em7 Am F

It's a different day everyday

Em7 Am F

Don't want you to walk alone

Em7 Am F

But how can we carry on

Em7 Am F

When all of these things have gone

G Am F

Just promise you will remember

G Am F

A promise should last forever

G Am F

Still after the last dying embers

G Am F

Of a fire that burns so slowly

G Am F

G Em7 Am F

Em7 Am F

It's a beautiful thing to do

Em7 Am F

Sometimes you just have to walk away

Em7 Am F

Remember I do love you

Em7 Am F

Have courage in what you say

G Am F

Just promise you will remember

G Am F

A promise should last forever

G Am F

Still after the last dying embers

G Am F

Of a fire that burns so slowly

Gsus Am F

And sometimes you just have to walk away

Gsus Am F

Sometimes you just have to walk away

Gsus Am F

Wishing today was yesterday

Gsus Am F

Yeah, sometimes you just have to walk away

I´m not shure if the G is not Gsus all the time. I play guitar and sometimes it´s

hard for me to hear out a song based on piano

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