She made herself a promise chords by Jerry Jeff Walker
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Verse 1
(G major) As a teenage girl in Texas,
(B minor) raised on (C major) dust and weeds and cactus
She (A minor) first saw pictures (D major) of (B minor)
(C major) (D major) the river Seine (G major)
From her window late at night,
she'd pre (C major) tend the stars (D major) were light (C major) s (A minor)
Of the cafes in the St. (B minor) Ger
(D major) main des Pres (G major)
Verse 2
(G major)
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And she (E minor) longed to see the world,
and con (B minor) verse with other girls
As they (A minor) laughed and talked and walked
(D major) along the boulevard (G major)
To float to Paris (C major) and the lights
in a (B minor) taxi late at night
Seems like a leap (A minor) of faith to make
(D major) from this old farm (G major)
But she (C major) made herself a promise
that someday (B minor) she'd celebrate (G major)
Her (A minor) birthday in the St. (D major)
Germain des Pres
(G major)
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Verse 3
After college she got married,
she worked in (C major) theatre and had some babies (G major)
Her (A minor) life took on dir (D major) ections of its own (G major)
She became a working mother,
she lived (C major) her life (G major) for other (C major) s (G major)
For her (A minor) husband,
for the chil (D major) dren and her home
(G major)
Verse 4
Then (E minor) one day her grown daughter said,
she (B minor) was off to Europe and
(A minor) Have you ever thought (D major)
about it Mom? (G major)
She said of (C major) course I used to (G major) honey,
(C major) a (B minor) lot when I (G major) was your (D major) age (B minor)
But I (D major) hadn't (A minor) thought about
it (D major) much until right now (G major)
She re (C major) membered the promise,
that (B minor) someday she's celebrate (D major)
(A minor) Her birthday in the St. (D major) Germain des Pres
(G major)
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(A minor) (D major) (G major) (A minor) (D major)
(G major)
Verse 5
She sees how (G major) quickly life can pass by,
how (C major) easily a dream dies
You (A minor) can't just live your life
(D major) for someone else (G major)
So (D major) she boards (G major) the plane for Paris,
she thinks (C major) she'll need (G major) a new (C major) dress
As she keeps (A minor) that birthday
prom (D major) ise to herself
(G major)
Verse 6
Oh she (E minor) thought she'd do it sooner,
seems (B minor) so important to her
But (A minor) life moves on when
you're (D major) off making plans (G major)
(A minor) But every (C major) now and then it happens,
a chance ap (B minor) pears for you to grab it
That's (A minor) why this time she just
(D major) couldn't let it pass (G major)
Cause she (C major) made herself a promise that someday (B minor)
(G major) she'd celeb (B minor) rate
Her birthday (A minor) in the St. (D major) Germain des (G major) Pres
Verse 7
(G major)
And (A minor) later take a walk (D major) beside
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the Seine
(G major) (A minor) (D major) (G major) (A minor) (D major)
(G major)
She made herself a promise
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