Chords for Ellis Paul/God's Promise-with interview

Do you find that there are moments that you have looked back and cherished, maybe two
or three that really stand out in your career as career highs? _
_ Wow, two or three.
_ I have a lot of career lows that I could come up with.
The highs, let me see.
_ _ _ The highest of the highs was sitting in the Woody Guthrie archive going through old Woody
lyrics and _ _ deciding _ what song to choose to put my own music to.
That was a big thrill.
That's amazing.
Maybe we should talk about that a bit because Woody Guthrie's daughter, Nora, has been a
big fan of yours.
_ Were you asked by her to go through her father's archives?
Woody wrote over 2,000 songs in his lifetime, but about 1,000 of the songs have no music
and no chords and no melodies because they were lost over the years.
The family's trying to get contemporary musicians.
_ Up and coming family members, the granddaughters, _ _ are putting music to some of the songs as well.
I was invited in to do that.
That was a big thrill.
I'm just a big fan of his _ philosophy of songwriting, what it means to be a folk musician. _
_ _ His biography reads like Van Gogh's.
It's just wrought with tragedy and _ passion and focus and lack of focus. _
[Ab] He just had a very tumultuous life that really fed his art in an [Abm] interesting way.
It was hard not to be hooked in by all that.
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_ [G] _ _ _ [C] I _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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didn't [E] promise [Em] you _ [D] _
[C] skies painted blue [G] _
[Em] Or all colored [D] flowers all your [C] days through
I [Em] didn't promise you [D] _ _
[C] sun with no rain [Em] _ Joys [D] without _ [C] sorrows, peace without pain
_ [D] _ _ _ All [Em] that I promised [C] is strength [D] for this day Rest [Em] for my worker, [C] light on [D] your way
I _ [Em] give you truth when [C] you need [D] it My help from above
[Em] _ _ [C] Undying friendship, [D] my unfailing _ love _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] _ Should never have promised [Em] you
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[C] Crowns without [G] trials Your food [Em] with no hard sweat
[D] Your tears [C] without smiles No hot sunny [Em] _ days
[D] Without cold [C] winter snows No victories [Em] without fighting
_ [D] No laughs [C] without _ _ woe
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All [Em] that I _ promised [C] is strength [G] for this [D] day _ Rest [Em] for my worker, _ [C]
light on [D] your way
_ I [Em] give you truth when [C] you need it [D] My help from [Em] above
_ Undying [C] _
friendship, [D] my _ unfailing _ love _ _ _
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_ _ [C] _ [G] Should never have [Em] promised you
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Heaven [C] on _ earth [G] A life with [Em] no labor
[D] No [C] struggles, no dirt No earthquakes, [G] no [Em] dry spells
[D] No fire [C] flames, no droughts No [Em] slaving, no hunger
[D] No _ [C] blizzards, no _ blight
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All that [Em] I [C] promised is strength [D] for this day Rest for [Em] my worker, [C] _
light [D] on your way
I give [Em] you truth when [C] you need [D] it My help from above
[Em] _ _ [C] Undying friendship, [D] my unfailing _ love _ _ _ _ _
[C] I give you my power _ [Em] This minute, [D] this hour
The [C] power you need [G] _
[Em] When you fall down and [D] bleed
[C] I give you my faith [G] My [Em] will to [D] pull home
My [C] love for my [G] races My [Em] colors all [D] kind
[C] My love for my races _ [Em] My creams [D] of all kinds
[C] My dancers, my [G] prancers [Em] My colors all [D] kind _
[C] My saviors, my flavors [Em] My creams [D] of all kinds
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