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Anthem I Promise

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Dbmixolydian

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1/8

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Position

Step 1 / 8Position: 4

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Chorus:
e|---C#---D#m-----B----C#----|
B|---6---7---4---6---|
G|---6---8---4---6---|
D|---6---8---4---6---|
A|---4---6---2---4---|
E|-------------------|
Verse:
e|---F#2---B----G#m4---C#----|
B|---2---4---4---6---|
G|---3---4---4---6---|
D|---4---4---6---6---|
A|---4---2---6---4---|
E|---2-------4-------|
Chorus:
C#/D#m     C#/D#m       B                      C#
I promise, I promise my green and blue eyes to you
C#/D#m     C#/D#m       B                      C#
I promise, I promise my green and blue eyes to you
Verse:
F#For you I cool the streets with the wind at Bnight
in the day I beat with the sun the G#mcobblestones
and cool tC#he wind of the Nile at night
F#The earth I fill with diamonds plus Blight
to say they G#mnever ever C#bite
I promise...
Verse:
F#With you God chose me his Bwife
Lucifer and the mother of G#mwitches
in marriage they C#unite
F#My gremlins color purple left and Blight
to say they G#mnever, ever C#bite
I promise...
Just play some random F# major scale notes and it
I promise...
Verse:
F#May 9th, 1976 Satan's cBame to earth view May 9th
gremlins have G#mpictures
of the anniversary of C#Christ
F#The square root of zero, something smaller than Bzero
which keeps getting G#msmaller
keep you out of sight and C#soul.
I promise...
I promise...

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Anthem I Promise

by Roky Erickson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D#m

G#m

Chorus:

C# D#m B C#

e|-------------------|

B|---6---7---4---6---|

G|---6---8---4---6---|

D|---6---8---4---6---|

A|---4---6---2---4---|

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

Verse:

F# B G#m C#

e|---2-------4-------|

B|---2---4---4---6---|

G|---3---4---4---6---|

D|---4---4---6---6---|

A|---4---2---6---4---|

E|---2-------4-------|

Chorus:

C#/D#m C#/D#m B C#

I promise, I promise my green and blue eyes to you

C#/D#m C#/D#m B C#

I promise, I promise my green and blue eyes to you

Verse:

F# B

For you I cool the streets with the wind at night

G#m

in the day I beat with the sun the cobblestones

and cool the wind of the Nile at night

F# B

The earth I fill with diamonds plus light

G#m C#

to say they never ever bite

I promise...

Verse:

F# B

With you God chose me his wife

G#m

Lucifer and the mother of witches

in marriage they unite

F# B

My gremlins color purple left and light

G#m C#

to say they never, ever bite

I promise...

Just play some random F# major scale notes and it

I promise...

Verse:

F# B

May 9th, 1976 Satan's came to earth view May 9th

G#m

gremlins have pictures

of the anniversary of Christ

F# B

The square root of zero, something smaller than zero

G#m

which keeps getting smaller

keep you out of sight and soul.

I promise...

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