Promises (1978)
G ~
G
1. I don‘t care if you never
come home,
C
I don‘t mind if you just
G
keep on rolling
away on distant sea,
D
G
‘cause I don‘t
love you and you don‘t love me.
G
2. You cause a commotion when
you come to town,
C
give them a smile
and they melt,
G
and the lovers and
friends are all good and fine,
D G
but I don‘t like
yours and you don‘t like mine.
C Bm D C
Bm D -
G
La la, la la la la
la, la la, la la la la
la.
G
3. I don‘t care what you do
with your nights,
C
oh, I don‘t care
how you get your delights.
G
I‘ll leave you alone, I‘ll just let it be,
D
G
I don‘t love you and you don‘t love me.
C G
+ I got a problem, can you relate
?
Am G
I
got a woman, calling love hate.
C G
We made a wow, we‘d always be friends,
Am
G
how could we know
that promises end?
C Bm D C Bm D
- G
La la,
la la la la la, la la,
la la la la la.
G
4. I tried to love you for years upon years,
C
you refused to
take me for real.
G
It‘s time you saw what I want you to see
D G
that I‘d still
love you if you‘d just love me.
C G
+ I got a problem, can you relate
?
Am G
I got a woman, calling love hate.
C G
We made a wow, we‘d always be friends,
Am
G
how could we know
that promises end?
C Bm D
C Bm
D
La la,
la la la la la, la la,
la la la la la. (3x)
…
(Eric
Clapton)