Band: Matchbook romance
Song: Promise
SPNS = Strumming Pattern Not Shown
|x2 repeat twice
| / slide up
| h hammer-on
| x Mute note
[Intro]
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|---8-88-88---8-88-88--8-88-88---8-88-88--|
D|-----------------------------------------| x2
A|-6---------6---------4--------0----------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|---8-88-88---88-10-88---8-10-13-12-12-----------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-6---------6---------------------------0-4h-/6--|
E|------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----8-88-88-----------8-88-88--------------------88-10-88-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--6-----------------6--------------------------6----------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
"What would you say, if I asked you not to go.."(keep repeating)
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------6--4----6--5--5------6-6--6-6--4-4--4-4--2-2--2-2--6-6--6-6-------|
A|------6--6----8--7--7------6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--4-4--4-4--6-6--6-6-------|
E|------4--6----8--7--7------4-4--4-4--6-6--6-6--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-------|
"I'll never let me go..." "And the stars..." x2 for this part
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------8-88-88--|
D|---6----4-----6------------------------6---------------|
A|---6----6-----8------------------------8----6----------|
E|---4----6-----8------------------------8---------------|
"Take this broken heart and make it right"
[Chorus] (SPNS)
e|---------x---------------x---------------------x-----x---------------------|
B|---------x---------------x---------------------x-----x---------------------|
G|---------6---------------8---------------------8-----4---------------------|
D|---------6---------------8---------------------8-----4---------------------|
A|---------4---------------6---------------------6-----2---------------------|
E|---------4---------------6---------------------6-----2---------------------|
"I feel like I've lost everything when you're gone, left remembering what..
e|--------x-------x-----------------x-------x-----------------x------x-------|
B|--------x-------x-----------------x-------x-----------------x------x-------|
G|--------6-------8-----------------4-------6-----------------4------6-------|
D|--------6-------8-----------------4-------6-----------------4------6-------|
A|--------4-------6-----------------2-------4-----------------2------4-------|
E|--------4-------6-----------------2-------4-----------------2------4-------|
..it's like to have you here with me, I thought you should know, you're not
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|---------------8-88-88-|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
..making this easy..."
[Verse 2]
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--|
D|--x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x--|
A|--6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|
E|---------------------------------------------|
"I never thought I'd be the one to say...
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--|
D|--x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x--|
A|--4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--|
E|---------------------------------------------|
Please don't...please don't leave me..."
[Chorus]
[Break/Verse 3]
e|--x--x--x-----------------------------------|
B|--x--x--x-----------------------------------|
G|--4--6--8-----------------------------------|
D|--6--8--10----------------------------------|
A|--6--8--10----------------------------------|
E|--4--6--8-----------------------------------|
"you're not making this easy"
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
SPNS G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---8--6--4-----10---8--6--4-------------------10---4----6----8-----|
E|---8--6--4-----10---8--6--4-------------------10---4----6----8-----|
"take my hand & never let me go...take my hand..."
**The 8-6-4 parts are muted except 10s. 8-6-4s and the 4-6-8s are 4 counts each note
e|--------------------------------x---x---x---x--------------|
B|--------------------------------x---x---x---x--------------|
SPNS G|--------------------------------6---4---6---4--6-6-6-------|
D|--------------------------------8---6---8---6--8-8-8-------|
A|--10--4-------6------------8----8---6---8---6--8-8-8-------|
E|--10--4-------6------------8----6---4---6---4--6-6-6-------|
"Promise me...you'll never let goooooooooo (scream).." x4
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|--8---8---888-----------------|
D|----6---6---------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
"make this last forever..."
[Chorus]
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