Gordon Lightfoot – Thank You For The Promises (Guitar)

Capo 3
Key
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Chords

[INTRO:] Am7 G/A [VERSE 1:]
Am                            G
Thank you for the promises we make 

                  Dm                     Am
I know I can't complain, I think I did alright 

                   E                   F
No failures are in sight, only now and then 

                      E                     Am  D/F#  E
I'd like to reminisce, do you remember when
[VERSE 2:]
Am                             G
Even if we're angels, we can't ask 

                      Dm                      Am
To wander through the past, the future is our goal 

                      E                        F
The night is black as coal, if I could pay the price 

                          E                     Am
I'd like to love you once, I'd love to love you twice
[CHORUS:]
                       C     
Thanks, we cannot say enough

                      D
The road is sometimes rough

                Am
But we can get along 

                   C                       D
The going will get tough, but we won't be afraid 

                   E    E-Cadd9-E7
Of the promises we made
[VERSE 3:]
Am                             G
Thank you for the promises you keep 

                Dm                      Am
When I am fast asleep, to be where we belong 

                      E                    F
Is all that I can ask, we can do it in the shade 

                  E                           Am   G/A
As long as I have you and the promises we made
[VERSE 4:]
Am                            G
Thank you for the promises we break 

                    Dm                             Am
You made a clean mistake, well that's what love's about 

                     E                           F
No need to stand and shout, the truth is in your eyes 

                    E                       Am
The answer lies within, no need to criticize
[CHORUS:]
                            C     
Thanks, for the promises at hand

                       D
The abuse that we must stand 

                Am
Is often heaven sent 

                     C                      D
They may not pay the rent, you never can be sure 

                  E    E-Cadd9-E7
When promises get bent
[VERSE 5:]
Am                              G
Thank you for the promises that live 

                       Dm                  Am
That is all that I can give, forever in my mind 

                    E                       F
To leave the past behind and seal it with a kiss 

              E                          Am     G/A   Am
Forever in my soul, I will remember this