Anais Mitchell - Promises

^EPromises you ^Dmade to me ^EYou said the rivers^D and the trees ^BmWould fill our pockets and our ^Dplates ^BmPromises you m^Dade ^EYou said the birds would ^Dblanket us ^EYou said the world was ^Dgenerous ^BmAnd wouldn’t turn its back on us^D

^BmThe river froze ^AThe trees were bare ^BmAnd all the birds they ^Adisappeared So me ^Bmtoo I flew ^Caway ^CFrom promises you ^Dmade

^EPromises you ^Dmade to me ^EYou said that you would ^Dstay with me ^BmWhatever weather came our way^{D Bm}Promises you made^D

^BmThat we would walk, ^Aside by side ^BmThrough all the seasons ^Aof our lives 'Neath any ^Bmsky, down any ^Croad ^CAny way the wind ^Dblows

^DI have no ^Aring for your finger ^DI have no ^Abanquet table laid ^BmI have no bed of ^Gfeathers ^BmWhatever ^Apromises I’ve made

^DCan’t promise you ^Afair sky above ^DCan’t promise you ^Akind road below ^BmBut I’ll walk with ^Cyou, my love ^CAny way the wind ^Dblows

^DI don’t need ^Agold, don’t need silver ^DJust bread when I’m hungry, ^Afire when I’m cold ^BmDon’t need a ring^G for my finger ^BmJust need a ^Asteady hand to hold

^DDon’t promise me ^Afair sky above ^DDon’t promise me ^Akind road below ^BmJust walk with ^Cme, my love ^CAny way the wind ^Eblows

^EI don’t know ^Gwhere this road will end ^EBut I’ll walk with ^Gyou into the wind

^DI can’t promise you ^Afair sky above ^DCan’t promise you ^Akind road below ^BmBut I’ll walk with ^Cyou, my love ^CAny way the wind ^Dblows

^DDo you let me ^Awalk with you? [EURYDICE]

^DI ^Ado [ORPHEUS]

^AI do [BOTH]

I ^Ddo [EURYDICE]

^DAnd keep on ^Awalking, come what will? [ORPHEUS]

^DI ^Awill [EURYDICE]

^AI will [BOTH]