Promises chords by Erasure

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Intro 1

Verse 1

It's a quarter- to- twelve

And ain't nobody answering

Fell under your spell

But ooh, that feeling was fleeting

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Verse 2

I've had my fill

And I just don't wan

na fight any more

I know the stories well

And I just can't take any more

Verse 3
C 
 (C major) Keep your promises
G 
I  (G major) just need somebody
C 
to be  (C major) there
D 
(The will inside me is  (D major) breaking)
Em 
And if we can't  (E minor) be honest
G 
Baby  (G major) don't you see we won't
A 
get  (A major) nowhere
(We won't get anywhere on our own)

Verse 4
C 
So won't you keep  (C major) those promises
G 
 (G major) I just need someone to rely on
C 
D 
 (C major) (The will inside me  (D major) is breaking)
Em 
'Cause if  (E minor) we're not solid
G 
Everything  (G major) will change
A 
Noth (A major) ing will remain of the both
Em 
of us  (E minor) 
G 
Em 
C 
Em 
(Nothing remaining  (G major)  (E minor)  (C major) of us)  (E minor) 

Verse 5

Promises, promises,

only promises

Verse 6
Em 
Whatever happened to  (E minor) 
G 
C 
That tender  (G major) side I saw  (C major) in you?
Em 
What you made me do  (E minor) 
G 
Those thing (G major) s, woah
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 7
Em 
And I wonder how  (E minor) those
G 
vows we made  (G major) 
C 
Ooh they'd  (C major) evaporate
Em 
And like the rain  (E minor) at night it came
C 
Then it  (C major) was gone

Verse 8
C 
 (C major) Keep your promises
G 
I  (G major) just need somebody to
C 
be  (C major) there
D 
(The will inside me is  (D major) breaking)
Em 
And if we can't  (E minor) be honest
G 
Baby  (G major) don't you see we won't
A 
get  (A major) nowhere
(We won't get anywhere on our own)

Verse 9
C 
So won't you keep  (C major) those promises
G 
I  (G major) just need someone to
C 
rely  (C major) on
D 
(The will inside me  (D major) is breaking)
Em 
'Cause if  (E minor) we're not solid
G 
Everything  (G major) will change
A 
Noth (A major) ing will remain of the both of
Em 
G 
us  (E minor)  (G major) 
Bm 
Em 
G 
(Nothing remaining of  (B minor)  (E minor)  (G major) 
Em 
B 
A 
D 
C 
 (E minor)  (B major)  (A major)  (D major)  (C major) 
D 
Em 
C 
 (D major)  (E minor) us)  (C major) 

Verse 10

Promises, promises,

only promises

Promises, promises, only promises

Verse 11
G 
C 
G 
 (G major) Keep  (C major) your promises  (G major) 
I just need somebody to
be there
Em 
C 
D 
 (E minor) (The will inside  (C major) me is  (D major) breaking)
Em 
And if we can't  (E minor) be honest
G 
Baby  (G major) don't you see we won't
A 
get  (A major) nowhere
(We won't get anywhere on our own)

Verse 12
A 
G 
Em 
So won't you  (A major) keep  (G major) those  (E minor) promises
G 
C 
I just  (G major) need someone to rely  (C major) on
G 
Em 
'Cause if  (G major) we're  (E minor) not solid
G 
Everything  (G major) will change
C 
Noth (C major) ing will remain of the both
of us
(Nothing remaining of us)