Song: Promise
Artist: Violent Femmes
Album:  Violent Femmes

Transcribed by Wesley Torres <wtorres@bucknell.edu>

Intro:

Guitar:
 F#5 F#5 A5 F#5 E5

Bass:
 F#5  A5F#5E5
G|-------------|
D|-----------2-|
A|-----0-------|
E|-2-2---2--0--|
       <bend>^

Verse 1:
F5             A5   F#5   E5
Y'know that I want your lovin'
But my logic tells me that it ain't never gonna happen
And then my defenses say I didn't want it anyway
But you know sometimes I'm a liar

 B5   D5B5  A5
G|-----------2-|
D|-----0-------|
A|-2-2---2--0--|
E|-------------|
       <bend>^
B5              D5  B5     A5
Could you ever want me to love you
Could you ever want me to care

F#5 A5 F#5     E5
Disregard my nervousness
please ignore my vacant stares

 C#5   E5 C#5 B5
G|--------------4-|
D|------2---------|
A|-4-4-----4---2--|
E|----------------|
      <bend>^

         C#5      E5   C#5    B5
'Cause just what I've been through
    B5                 D5  B5   A5
Is nothing like where I'm going to
F#5   A5 F#5  E5
Give me some sign to pursue
a promise
          F#5
And your unhappi-----ness is only a guess

Verse 2:

Do you know what it's like to hate when it's way down deep inside
Oh God I hate what's been done to my life
I could rule the pain, rule the night, or would I ruin my salvation
Ruin my mind, rules your pains, rules of the night ruin your salvation
Ruin your minds

repeat Chorus with vocal ad libs