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Chris Cornell - The Promise Chords

[intro]
Fm  C#  G#  D#  Fm  C#  G#

[verse 1]
     Fm  C7/G         G#
If I had nothing to my name
    A#dim           G#
But photographs of you
A#dim             Fm     C#
Rescued from the flames
        Fm  C7/G        G#
That is all I would ever need
   A#dim          Fm
As long as I can read
       G#/C             Ddim
What’s written on your face

[pre-chorus 1]
C#maj7     C11           Fm       G#
 The strength that shines behind your eyes
C#maj7     C11      Fm              C11
 The hope and light that will never die

[chorus 1]
Fm         C#           G#    D#
 And one promise you made
Fm     C#            G#        D#
 One promise that always remains
Fm    Fm7       Ddim
 No matter the price
G#             C#     C#m            G#
Promise to survive, persevere and thrive
         D#sus4  D#
As we’ve always done

[verse 2]
        Fm        C7/G       G#
And you said, the poison in a kiss
       A#dim         G#
Is the lie upon the lips
A#dim                  Fm      C#
Truer words were never shared
       Fm        C7/G          G#
When I feel like lies are all I hear
  A#dim            Fm
I pull my mem'ries near
    G#/C                  Ddim  C11
The one thing they can’t take

[chorus 2]
Fm         C#           G#    D#
 And one promise you made
Fm     C#            G#        D#
 One promise that always remains
Fm    Fm7       Ddim
 No matter the price
G#             C#     C#m            G#
Promise to survive, persevere and thrive
         D#sus4  D#
As we’ve always done

[bridge]
E                         G#
 The books still open on the table
B                 B7        E
 The bells still ringing in the air
B                  B7             Em   C
 The dreams still clinging to the pillow
Am                            C     C7
 The songs still singing in a prayer

[verse 3]
       Fm      C7/G                  G#
Now my soul is stretching through the roots
   A#dim        G#
To memories of you
A#dim                  Fm    C#
Back through time and space
        Fm       C7/G         G#
To carry home the faces and the names
    A#dim          Ddim
And photographs of you
C11                C7
Rescued from the flames

[chorus 3]
Fm         C#           G#    D#
 And one promise you made
Fm     C#            G#        D#
 One promise that always remains
Fm    Fm7       Ddim
 No matter the price
  G#             C#     C#m            G#
a promise to survive, persevere and thrive
    C11               Fm
And dare to rise once more
  G#             C#     C#m            A#dim
a promise to survive, persevere and thrive
                    G#
Fill the world with life
         D#sus4  D#
As we’ve always done

[outro]
Fm  E6  G#  C#dim  G#

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