Carla Bruni - Promises like pie-crust

^EPromise me no ^E7promises So^A will I not ^Ampromise you ^EKeep we both our ^E7liberties ^A Never false and ^Amnever true

^G#Let us hold the die uncast ^C#mFree to come as ^Afree to go For ^EI cannot kn^Bow your past E B E [E7, A, Am] And of mine what can you know?

^EYou, so warm, may ^E7once have been ^AWarmer towards an^Amother one ^EI, so cold, may ^E7once have seen ^ASunlight, once have ^Amfelt the sun

^G#Who shall show us if it was ^C#mThus indeed in ^Atime of old? ^EFades the image ^Bfrom the glass E B E [E7, A, Am] And the fortune is not told

^G#If you promised, you ^C#mmight grieve For ^Blost liberty ^Eagain ^G#If I promised, ^C#mI believe I should f^Bret to break the ^Echain

^G#Let us be the friends we were ^C#mNothing more but ^Anothing less ^EMany thrive on ^Bfrugal ^Efare E B E [E7, A, Am] Who would perish of excess

^EPromise me no p^Aromises ^EPromise me no ^E7promises So^A will I not ^Ampromise you ^EKeep we both our ^E7liberties ^A Never false and ^Amnever true

^G#Let us hold the die uncast ^C#mFree to come as ^Afree to go For ^EI cannot kn^Bow your past E B E [E7, A, Am] And of mine what can you know?

^G#If you promised, you ^C#mmight grieve For ^Blost liberty ^Eagain ^G#If I promised, ^C#mI believe I should f^Bret to break the ^Echain

^G#Let us be the friends we ^C#mwere ^BNothing more but ^Enothing less ^G#Many thrive on frugal ^C#mfare Who would ^Bperish of ^Eexcess