Promises
By Randy Travis
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Cheap perfume and painted faces, __
fallen angles fill the places
A E
Where I go when my troubles pull me down
All the lies I know they'll tell me, __
and the time that they will sell me
F#m7 B
For a while I'll be the biggest man in town
E
Back at home in bed she's crying, __
for her love for me is dying
A E
But she'll pry I make it safely through the night
B7
When the mornin' sun starts showing, ___
A
to her bedside I'll be going
E B7 E
And she'll hold me while I face the morning light _____
E
* And I'll make promises ___
promises to change
G#
I'll make her promises swear I'll rearrange
A
And I'll start giving all the love she needs
B7 A B
if only she will stay____
E
Once again she'll reasure me and
I believe her love will cure me
A E
And I'll fall asleep with tears on my face
Lord I know she's just a woman
and her love can't last forever
F#m7
And someday soon I know she'll
B B7
leave without a trace
E
For broken' promises ___
will tear her dreams apart
G#
Just token promises will someday break her heart
A
And for the last time she'll hold me when I cry
B7
and while I'm sleeping
A B A/B C D/C E
She'll quiet--ly say “goodbye” __________
