The Promise

Em C G D Em C G Em B7/F# G If I had nothing to my name Adim G But photographs of you Adim Em C Rescued from the flames Em B7/F# G That is all I would ever need Adim Em As long as I can read G/B C#dim What’s written on your face Cmaj7 B11 Em G The strength that shines behind your eyes Cmaj7 B11 Em B11 The hope and light that will never die Em C G D And one promise you made Em C G D One promise that always remains Em Em7 C#dim No matter the price G C Cm G Promise to survive, persevere and thrive Dsus4 D As we’ve always done Em B7/F# G And you said, the poison in a kiss Adim G Is the lie upon the lips Adim Em C Truer words were never shared Em B7/F# G When I feel like lies are all I hear Adim Em I pull my mem'ries near G/B C#dim B11 The one thing they can’t take Em C G D And one promise you made Em C G D One promise that always remains Em Em7 C#dim No matter the price G C Cm G Promise to survive, persevere and thrive Dsus4 D As we’ve always done Eb G The books still open on the table Bb Bb7 Eb The bells still ringing in the air Bb Bb7 Ebm B The dreams still clinging to the pillow Abm B B7 The songs still singing in a prayer Em B7/F# G Now my soul is stretching through the roots Adim G To memories of you Adim Em C Back through time and space Em B7/F# G To carry home the faces and the names Adim C#dim And photographs of you B11 B7 Rescued from the flames Em C G D And one promise you made Em C G D One promise that always remains Em Em7 C#dim No matter the price G C Cm G A promise to survive, persevere and thrive B11 Em And dare to rise once more G C Cm Adim A promise to survive, persevere and thrive G Fill the world with life Dsus4 D As we’ve always done Em D#6 G Cdim G