India Arie - Promises Chords

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[Am] When I _ [Em] [F] think [E] about [Am] the turn my [E] life has [F] taken, [E] _ _
[Am] I know [E] it's [F] because [E] of you that [A] I was able
to see so [E] many [F] [E] blessings. _ _
[Am] _ [E] _ _ [F] No [E] home but no privacy, [Am] _ [Em] I didn't [F] know a [E] thing about my legacy [A] _ [E] when I _ [F] [E] realized you were there [A] for [E] me.
Call on [F] your name, [E] you came, you [Am] did [Em] it.
[F] Just what [E] you said, [Am] for [Em] that I'll love you [F] forever.
[E] _ You [Am] kept your [F] [E] word to [Am] me, for that I'll [Em] love you [F] [E] forever. _
[Am] A promise is a [Em] promise [F] [E] in my [Am] eyes, can't [Em] say it's gonna [F] just a [E] compromise. _
[Am] The [Em] very thing that [F] keeps two [E] hearts intertwined, [Am] a promise is a [Em] promise, [F] it can't be [E] denied.
There's [Am] no way, _ [Em] _ [F] _ [E] _ I [Am] _ _ _ [Em] [Am] remember [E] _ _ _
[A] when [E] there [F] was a [G] young boy, _
[Am] not [Em] even two [F] years [E] old, _
[Am] blessed
with a mother [E] who [F] loved [E] him so, [Am] she abandoned her [Em] dreams to [F] nourish [E] his [Ab] own. _
[Am] It [G] wasn't easy [F] for the [C] two of [E] _ [D]
[Am] them, but she [Em] knew she [F] had to [C] give him [E] a chance, [A] had a better
life, [Em] [C] it was only [E] [Am] right.
_ _ [Em] So [F] she worked, [C] she [E] prayed, she [A] did, [Em] _ [F] just [E] what she [Am] said, for that you'll [E] love her [Dm] forever.
_ [E] She [Am] kept [Em] her [F] [E] word to him, [Am] for that he'll love her [F] forever.
[E] A _
[Am] promise is a promise [F] [E] in my eyes, [Am] can't say it's gonna [F] just a [E] compromise. _
[Am] The very [Em] thing that [F] keeps two [E] hearts [D] intertwined, [Am] a promise is a promise, [F] it can't be [E] [Am] denied.
There's no way, _ _ [F] _ [E] _ _ _
a [D] man's [E] only still as his [G] word.
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[Am] _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ [Em] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [E] _ [F] _ [Em] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] Check this out.
[E] The wedding day and she's thinking about the way he won her affection.
_ _ _ [Am] She [Abm] was so [F] cynical [E] about [Gb] love, but she didn't [Eb] want to be [C] heartbroken again.
[G] _ [Am] _ He [Em] looked her [F] in her [C] eye [E] with sincerity, [Am] _ [Em] said he only [F] wanted [Em] to protect her, so [A] she _ [E] took
[F] a chance [E] on him and [Am] she's glad that [Em] she did, [F] because he [E] came for real and [Am] he did, [Em] _
[F] just
what [E] he said, [Am] for [Em] that she'll love him [F] forever.
_ [E] _ [Am] He kept [Em] _
[F] his [E] word to her, [Am] for that she'll love him forever.
[Em] A _ [Am] promise is a promise [F] [E] in my eyes, [Am] can't say it's [Em] gonna [F] just a [E] compromise.
_ [Am] The very thing that [F] keeps two hearts [E] [G] intertwined, [Am] a promise is a promise, [F] it can't be [E] denied.
There's [Am] no way, _ _
[F] _ _ [E] _ [Am] no way, _ _
[F] _ [E] no, there ain't [Am] no way, _
_ _ [E] _ _ a [D] man's [E] only as good as his word. _ _ _ _ _