[E]Promise me no [E7]promises
So[A] will I not [Am]promise you
[E]Keep we both our [E7]liberties
[A] Never false and [Am]never true
[G#]Let us hold the die uncast
[C#m]Free to come as [A]free to go
For [E]I cannot kn[B]ow your past
E B E (E7, A, Am)
And of mine what can you know?
[E]You, so warm, may [E7]once have been
[A]Warmer towards an[Am]other one
[E]I, so cold, may [E7]once have seen
[A]Sunlight, once have [Am]felt the sun
[G#]Who shall show us if it was
[C#m]Thus indeed in [A]time of old?
[E]Fades the image [B]from the glass
E B E (E7, A, Am)
And the fortune is not told
[G#]If you promised, you [C#m]might grieve
For [B]lost liberty [E]again
[G#]If I promised, [C#m]I believe
I should f[B]ret to break the [E]chain
[G#]Let us be the friends we were
[C#m]Nothing more but [A]nothing less
[E]Many thrive on [B]frugal [E]fare
E B E (E7, A, Am)
Who would perish of excess
[E]Promise me no p[A]romises
[E]Promise me no [E7]promises
So[A] will I not [Am]promise you
[E]Keep we both our [E7]liberties
[A] Never false and [Am]never true
[G#]Let us hold the die uncast
[C#m]Free to come as [A]free to go
For [E]I cannot kn[B]ow your past
E B E (E7, A, Am)
And of mine what can you know?
[G#]If you promised, you [C#m]might grieve
For [B]lost liberty [E]again
[G#]If I promised, [C#m]I believe
I should f[B]ret to break the [E]chain
[G#]Let us be the friends we [C#m]were
[B]Nothing more but [E]nothing less
[G#]Many thrive on frugal [C#m]fare
Who would [B]perish of [E]excess
E, E7, A, Am
Promises like pie-crust
E, E7, A, Am
Promises like pie-crust
E, E7, A, Am... E
So[A] will I not [Am]promise you
[E]Keep we both our [E7]liberties
[A] Never false and [Am]never true
[G#]Let us hold the die uncast
[C#m]Free to come as [A]free to go
For [E]I cannot kn[B]ow your past
E B E (E7, A, Am)
And of mine what can you know?
[E]You, so warm, may [E7]once have been
[A]Warmer towards an[Am]other one
[E]I, so cold, may [E7]once have seen
[A]Sunlight, once have [Am]felt the sun
[G#]Who shall show us if it was
[C#m]Thus indeed in [A]time of old?
[E]Fades the image [B]from the glass
E B E (E7, A, Am)
And the fortune is not told
[G#]If you promised, you [C#m]might grieve
For [B]lost liberty [E]again
[G#]If I promised, [C#m]I believe
I should f[B]ret to break the [E]chain
[G#]Let us be the friends we were
[C#m]Nothing more but [A]nothing less
[E]Many thrive on [B]frugal [E]fare
E B E (E7, A, Am)
Who would perish of excess
[E]Promise me no p[A]romises
[E]Promise me no [E7]promises
So[A] will I not [Am]promise you
[E]Keep we both our [E7]liberties
[A] Never false and [Am]never true
[G#]Let us hold the die uncast
[C#m]Free to come as [A]free to go
For [E]I cannot kn[B]ow your past
E B E (E7, A, Am)
And of mine what can you know?
[G#]If you promised, you [C#m]might grieve
For [B]lost liberty [E]again
[G#]If I promised, [C#m]I believe
I should f[B]ret to break the [E]chain
[G#]Let us be the friends we [C#m]were
[B]Nothing more but [E]nothing less
[G#]Many thrive on frugal [C#m]fare
Who would [B]perish of [E]excess
E, E7, A, Am
Promises like pie-crust
E, E7, A, Am
Promises like pie-crust
E, E7, A, Am... E
