Promises As The Years Go By

Intro:
Em  C   D   Am


Em        C       D        Am
Say awhile, when I'm not alone

Em        C       D        Am
I forget all the anger in me

Em        C       D        Am
Kiss a tear when the hammer falls

Em        C       D        Am
They're holding me here in never 
ending circles


C#m            A       E     F#
I can still remember summer madness

C#m     A           E       
I can taste the perfume on your 
     B
cheek

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C#m            A     
The heat is overcome by 
     E       F#
coldness--How

C#m            A       E     B
Consoling words are insignificant


Say you'll pray


Justify the actions
These are days of the mob-rule, 
sharp tongue, curfew
When the mind is in solitary 
confinement--
Makes the mood that breaks you


There's a spirit seeking liberation
Here's a fire with a hungry heart
If I listen maybe, time will tell me
The reasons why we're torn apart

       C#m       A   B  F#
As the years go by
C#m        A         B     F#
Don't make any false promises
       C#m      A   B  F#
As the years go by


(idem)
Say you'll pray
Here the silence is too loud
In a steel barred jail on the other 
side
We invented the differences
That weaved the web with which we 
lied
Caught in the middle of a cold war 
zone
I left my lover in a far-off place
She'll kiss a tear when the hammer's
 falling
And wipe the darkness from my face


As the years go by
Don't make any false promises
As the years go by
Just say you'll pray