Empty Promises Chords by Michael Burks

[C] _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ [Bb] I found the right [C]
woman [Dm] to [C] _ [Bb] ease my worried [C]
mind.
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ Thought you [Bb] would be there [C] for me, babe, [Dm] _ _ [C] _ till [Bb] the end of [C] time.
_ _ [Gm] _ Thought I had a [Dm] chance to start all over.
[Gm] _ You said you'd be [Dm] there every step of the way.
[Bb] But all I ever [C] get, all I ever [Dm] get, [C] if they promise it, babe.
[Bb] _ [C] _
_ [Dm] If they [C] promise it.
_ [Bb] _ [C] _
_ _ [Dm] _ [C] But as time went on, [Bb] we stayed [C] together.
_ _ [Dm] _ [C] I knew [Bb] you would never [C] change.
_ [Dm] _ [C] _ You said you [Bb] wouldn't break my [C] heart, nothing of us.
[Dm] _ [C] If we were [Bb] making some [C] way.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ Thought I had a [Dm] chance to start all over.
[Gm] _ _ You said you'd [Dm] be there every step of the way.
[Bb] But all I ever [C] get, all I ever [Dm] get, if they promise [C] it,
_ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ [Dm] if they promise [C] it, babe.
[Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Cm] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [C] _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ [Cm] _ [C] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ [C] _
_ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] If they [C] promise it.
[Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ [Dm] If they [C] promise it.
If they promise it.
If they promise it, [Bb] yeah.
[C] _
_ [G] _ [Dm] _ [C] _ [G] _ [Gm] _ _ _
[C] _ [Dm] All I [C] get from you [Bb] is _
[C] _ [Dm] if they promise [C] it, yeah.
[Bb] _ _
[C] _ [Dm] Say I [C] need you.
_ [Bb] Say I love you, [C] babe.
[Dm] Got to [E] have you.
_ [Gm] Love, love, love you, [C] babe.
_ [Dm] [C] If they promise it, babe.
[Bb] [C] If _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _
_ _ [Dm] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] they [C] _
_ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _
[Gm] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] promise [F] _
[Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _
[C] _ [Dm] [C] it, babe.
_ [Bb] _ [C] _
[Dm] If they promise [C] it, babe.
[F] If they _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ [E] _ [C] _ [Bb] promise _ [C] _ [F] _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
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_ it.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _