She made herself a promise
She made herself a promise

She made herself a promise easy guitar chords by Jerry Jeff Walker

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  • Verse 1
    As 
    teenage 
    girl 
    in Texas, 

    raised 
    on 
    dust 
    and 
    weeds 
    and 
    cactus 

    She 
    first 
    saw 
    pic
    tures 
    of 

    the river 
    Seine 

    From 
    her 
    window 
    late 
    at 
    night, 

    she'd 
    pre
    tend 
    the stars 
    were 
    light

    Of the 
    cafes 
    in 
    the St. 
    Ger

    main 
    des Pres 

    Verse 2

    [Chorus 1: ] 

    And she 
    longed 
    to see 
    the world, 

    and 
    con
    verse 
    with 
    other 
    girls 

    As 
    they 
    laughed 
    and 
    talked 
    and 
    walked 

    along 
    the boulevard 

    To float 
    to Paris 
    and 
    the lights 

    in a 
    taxi 
    late 
    at 
    night 

    Seems 
    like 
    a leap 
    of faith 
    to make 

    from 
    this 
    old 
    farm 

    But 
    she 
    made 
    herself 
    a promise 

    that someday 
    she'd 
    celebrate 

    Her 
    birthday 
    in 
    the 
    St. 

    Germain 
    des Pres 

    Verse 3

    After 
    college 
    she 
    got 
    married, 

    she 
    worked 
    in 
    theatre 
    and 
    had 
    some 
    babies 

    Her 
    life 
    took 
    on 
    dir
    ections 
    of 
    its 
    own 

    She 
    became 
    a working 
    mother, 

    she 
    lived 
    her 
    life 
    for 
    other

    For 
    her 
    husband, 

    for 
    the chil
    dren 
    and 
    her 
    home 

    Verse 4

    Then 
    one 
    day 
    her 
    grown 
    daughter 
    said, 

    she 
    was 
    off 
    to Europe 
    and 

    Have 
    you 
    ever 
    thought 

    about 
    it Mom? 

    She said 
    of 
    course 
    used 
    to 
    honey, 

    lot 
    when 
    was 
    your 
    age 

    But 
    had
    n't 
    thought 
    about 

    it 
    much 
    until 
    right 
    now 

    She 
    re
    membered 
    the promise, 

    that 
    someday 
    she's 
    celebrate 

    Her 
    birthday 
    in 
    the 
    St. 
    Germain 
    des Pres 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 5
    She sees 
    how 
    quickly 
    life 
    can 
    pass 
    by, 

    how 
    easily 
    dream 
    dies 

    You 
    can't 
    just 
    live 
    your 
    life 

    for someone 
    else 

    So 
    she 
    boards 
    the plane 
    for Paris, 

    she thinks 
    she'll 
    need 
    a new 
    dress 

    As 
    she keeps 
    that 
    birthday 

    prom
    ise 
    to 
    her
    self 

    Verse 6

    Oh 
    she 
    thought 
    she'd 
    do 
    it 
    sooner, 

    seems 
    so 
    important 
    to 
    her 

    But 
    life 
    moves 
    on 
    when 

    you're 
    off 
    making 
    plans 

    But 
    every 
    now 
    and 
    then 
    it 
    happens, 

    a chance 
    ap
    pears 
    for 
    you 
    to grab 
    it 

    That's 
    why 
    this 
    time 
    she 
    just 

    couldn't 
    let 
    it 
    pass 

    Cause 
    she 
    made 
    herself 
    a promise 
    that someday 

    she'd 
    celeb
    rate 

    Her birthday 
    in 
    the 
    St. 
    Germain 
    des 
    Pres 

    Verse 7

    And 
    later 
    take 
    a walk 
    beside 

    Outro 1
    the Seine 



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