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"MY PROMISE"
by Gary Lenaire
as recorded on Tourniquet's EP _Carry the Wounded_
Transcription by Mike Pilato [cmpilato@uncc.edu]

(c)1994 Broken Songs / Biomedical Music (ASCAP)

TUNING = [EADGBe]

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Gtr 1
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Just a boy You will not remember

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Half the things You're going through right now.

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How can I explain to you Things don't always go the way we

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want them to I know you feel confused.

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Your mother never wanted this for you.

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She did her best but that he wouldn't do.

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You and I are brought together now by wedding vows.

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Vows which I have also made to you.

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Flesh and blood though we are not I will love you as my own.

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Now God's love is all we've got Together we can build a home.

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Flesh and blood though we are not I will love you as my own.

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Now God's love is all we've got Together we can build a home.

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Gtr 1 Plays above 4 measures 4 times (with slight variations)
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All I want for you is to remember this

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Never will I turn my back on you.

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This world will lie to you and take you for a ride

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How can I protect you from this path?

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Only God can show you that the lights in life burn fast

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Never forsake your precious days of youth.

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I promise I will do my best for you.

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Listen to me, and I will listen to you.

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