Brandi Carlile – The Promise (Guitar)

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Brandi Carlile performs "The Promise" (original song by Tracy Chapman) Live at the Peace Center in Greenville (South Carolina) with Catherine Shepherd on October 8, 2022 [Intro] | D D/C# | Gadd9 A4 | D D/C# | Gadd9 A4 | [Verse 1]
   D  D/C#      Gadd9  A4
If you wait for me

     D  D/C#           Gadd9  Asus2
Then I   will come for you

  F#m         Bm       A4  A
Although I've traveled far

  F#m    Bm     G         A         D    D/C#    Gadd9
I always hold a place for you in my heart
[Verse 2]
   D  D/C#      Gadd9  A4
If you think of me

       D      D/C#      Gadd9  Asus2
If you miss me once in awhile

     F#m    Bm      A4  A
Then I'll return to you

F#m    Bm       G          A            D    D/C#    Gadd9    A4
I'll return and fill that space in your heart
[Chorus]
           Bm     G
Remembering, your touch

     A          D    D/C#  Bm
Your kiss, your warm embrace

     G       A   D    D/C#  Bm
I'll find my way back to    you

   G         A  D   D/C#   Bm   G   A4   A
If you'll be waiting
[Verse 2]
   D  D/C#      Gadd9  A4
If you dream of me

     D  D/C#      Gadd9  Asus2
Like I   dream of you

     F#m          Bm       A4  A
In a place that's warm and dark

     F#m         Bm    G        A               D    D/C#    Gadd9    A4
In a place where I can feel the beating of your heart
[Chorus]
           Bm     G
Remembering, your touch

     A          D    D/C#  Bm
Your kiss, your warm embrace

     G       A   D    D/C#  Bm
I'll find my way back to    you

   G         A  D   D/C#   Bm   G   A4   A
If you'll be waiting
[Verse 3]
    D   D/C#        Gadd9
Oh, I've longed for you

    D  D/C#    Gadd9  Asus2
And I   have desired

   F#m      Bm          A4  A
To see your face, your smile

   F#m     Bm     G  A      D    D/C#    Gadd9    A4
To be with you wherever you are
[Chorus]
           Bm     G
Remembering, your touch

     A          D    D/C#  Bm
Your kiss, your warm embrace

     G       A   D    D/C#  Bm
I'll find my way back to    you

       G             A  D   D/C#   Bm
Please say you'll be waiting
[Bridge]
          G   A
Together again

         D               Bm         G   A
It would feel so good to be in your arms

      D               Bm                    G      A
Where all my journeys end if you can make a promise

        D                Bm     G               A
If it's one that you can keep I vow to come for you

   D            D    D/C#    Gadd9  Asus2
If you wait for me
[Outro]
    F#m        Bm     G         A4  A        D    D/C#    Gadd9
And say you'll hold a place for me   in your heart

                                  D  D/C#      Gadd9
(A place for me in your heart) If you wait for me

                                  D  D/C#      Gadd9
(A place for me in your heart) If you wait for me

   A4                             D  D/C#      Gadd9  A                         D
(A place for me in your heart) If you wait for me   a place for me in your heart