The Promise Chords by Mike Purkey

[Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [D] _
Well, a hand of fear gripped the [G] crowd that day at [D] Jerry's home.
The doctor [A] sadly said, your [D] daughter's gone. _
You could hear the parents' heartbreak.
[G] You could hear them [D] crying more.
The little [A] girl was only [D] twelve years old. _
Somewhere in the distance, [G] outlined [D] against the sun,
came a man [A] on a mission [Am] from the throne.
[C] _ [D]
Well, they said somebody's coming, [G] but what they [D] did not know
was the promise [A] coming down that [D] dusty road.
There's a promise coming down your dusty road.
From this holy house, healing [A] virtue flows.
He [D] holds the key to what you need.
[G] Death and hell he [D] will defeat.
There's a promise [A] coming down your dusty road.
[Am] There's a [D] promise.
[Dm] There's a promise.
[Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ Well, their crying turned to laughter [Ab] when Jesus [Eb] began to speak.
He said, the little [Bb] girl's not dead, [Eb] she's just asleep.
[Db] _ [Eb] Then he turned to that multitude [Ab] and he told them to [Eb] go home.
Just close the door, [Bb] leave me and [Eb] death alone.
_ _ Then he laid [Cm] his hands upon that child, [Bb] looked death right in the eye.
Said, all power in heaven and earth is given unto [Ab] [Bb] me.
With a voice [Eb] that sounded like thunder, [Ab] he rode death [Eb] asunder.
And he said, little [Bb] girl, now let [Eb] me hear you.
There's a promise coming down your dusty road.
_ From this holy house, healing virtue [Bb] flows.
_ [D] He holds [Eb] the key to what you need.
Death [Ab] and hell he will [Eb] defeat.
There's a promise coming [Bb] down your dusty [Eb] road.
Well, there's a promise coming [Ab] down your dusty _ [B] road.
From this holy house, [Eb] healing virtue flows.
_ He holds the key to what you need.
Death [Ab] and hell he will [Eb] defeat.
There's a promise coming [Bb] down your dusty [Eb] road.
Well, there's a promise coming down your dusty road.
From this holy house, healing virtue [Bb] flows.
_ [Fm] He holds the [Eb] key to what you need.
Death [Ab] and hell he will [Eb] defeat.
There's a promise coming [Bb] down your dusty [Eb] road.
_ _ There's a promise [Bb] coming down [Eb] your dusty road.
There's a promise.
Healing virtue flows. _