Promise Is a Pendulum chords by Big Thief
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Intro 1
(E minor) (Dsus4) (D major) (Dsus4) (D major) (E minor)
Verse 1
I could (Gsus2)
nev (Dsus4) er build the ether (D major)
Or the grass (Dsus4) overgrown (D major)
I could never (E minor) build the river
With a mouthful of foam (B minor) (E minor)
I could never build the winter
With her cold (A major) tears of glitter (Asus4)
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Verse 2
I've been (Dsus4) listening to (Gsus2) the red (D major) oak
And the (Dsus4) acorn (Gsus2)
(Dsus4) she cries (D major)
Listening (E minor) to (B minor) the white birch
And the pa (E minor) per she (B minor) dries
I've (E minor) been listening to the frog's joke
(Asus4) Listening (A major) to (Asus4) the firesmoke
Verse 3
I can (Dsus4) never tell (Gsus2) you now (Dsus4) (D major)
What I'd (Gsus2) often said (Dsus4) be (Gsus2) fore
(D major) Because (G major) promise is (E minor) a pendulum
Just swinging at the door (B minor)
And I'm not saying (E minor) I'm not jealous
Or scared anymore
I'm just (Asus4) saying
(A major) (Asus4) (A major) (Asus4)
Verse 4
I could
(Gsus2) never build a rainbow (Dsus4)
Or (Gsus2) any kind of flower
I (D major) could (G major) never (E minor) make a sparrow
(B minor) Or a meteor (E minor) shower (B minor) (E minor)
I could never build an earthworm
Could (A major) never make the earth turn (Asus4)
Verse 5
I've been (Dsus4) listening to the laughing
(D major) Of the fox down the trail
I've been (E minor) clasping to the listening of (B minor) the moss
(E minor) to the snail (B minor) (E minor)
The shimmer of the beech leaves
As the wind does (A major) a big sneeze
I (Asus4) could never
Verse 6
(Dsus4) tell (Gsus2) you now (Dsus4)
(D major) What (Dsus4) I'd of (Gsus2) ten said (Dsus4) before
(D major) Because (B minor) promise is (E minor) a pendulum
Just swinging at the door (B minor)
And I'm not (E minor) saying I'm not jealous
Or scared anymore
I'm just saying
(A major) (Asus4) (A major)
Verse 7
I could (Asus4) (Dsus4) never build (Gsus2)
the shad (D major) ow
Between (Dsus4) your cheek and your (D major) eye
I could (E minor) never make a freckle (B minor) (E minor) or
the warm breath you sigh (B minor) (E minor)
In the canopy of lashes
With the softness (A major) of ashes
Verse 8
I've (A major) (Asus4) been listening (Dsus4)
(Gsus2) to (Dsus4) the memory (D major)
The (Dsus4) way that (D major) it was
(E minor) Listening to the echo (B minor) of whys (E minor)
and because (B minor) (E minor)
Listening to the echo
(A major) Telling me to let go
(Asus4) I could
Verse 9
(Dsus4) never tell you now (D major)
(Dsus4) What I'd of (Gsus2) ten said (G major)
(Asus4) be (Dsus4) fore (D major)
Because (E minor) promise (G major) is a pen (E minor) du lum (B minor)
Just hanging at the door (E minor) (B minor)
And I'm (E minor) not saying I'm not jealous
Or scared anymore
I'm just (Asus4) say (A major) ing (Asus4) (A major)
Outro 1
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(A major) (A major) (A major) (A major)
Promise Is a Pendulum
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