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"MY PROMISE"
by Gary Lenaire
as recorded on Tourniquet's EP _Carry the Wounded_
Transcription by Mike Pilato [cmpilato@uncc.edu]
(c)1994 Broken Songs / Biomedical Music (ASCAP)
TUNING = [EADGBe]
Gtr 1 (12 String)
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| Gtr 2 (6 string)
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Gtr 1
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| Gtr 2
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|-------------1----+-----------1------+-------------3----+-----------3------|
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Just a boy You will not remember
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Half the things You're going through right now.
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How can I explain to you Things don't always go the way we
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want them to I know you feel confused.
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Your mother never wanted this for you.
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She did her best but that he wouldn't do.
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You and I are brought together now by wedding vows.
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Vows which I have also made to you.
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Flesh and blood though we are not I will love you as my own.
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Now God's love is all we've got Together we can build a home.
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Flesh and blood though we are not I will love you as my own.
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Now God's love is all we've got Together we can build a home.
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Gtr 2 (playing part of solo violin in recording)
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|-1213121312131213-| <-- some fast hammer-on action here!
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Gtr1
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All I want for you is to remember this
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Never will I turn my back on you.
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This world will lie to you and take you for a ride
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How can I protect you from this path?
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Only God can show you that the lights in life burn fast
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Never forsake your precious days of youth.
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I promise I will do my best for you.
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Listen to me, and I will listen to you.
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