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Poems Prayers and Promises

John Denver
Chords & TabKeyDintermediate
4.8(540)

Chords in this song9

Song

Chords Used
         
e|-2----3----0-----2-----0-----0----0--------2------2-----------------------|
B|-3----0----2-----3-----0-----2----3--------2------2-----------------------|
G|-2----0----0-----4-----0-----2----2--------2------2-----------------------|
D|-0----0----2-----4-----2-----2----2--------4------x<(this note is muted---|
A|-x----2----0-----2-----2-----0----0--------4------4--with your forefinger)|
E|-x----3----x-----x-----0-----x----x--------2------x-----------------------|
alternatively you can play Dmaj7 as (xx0222)
* = Single strum. (when playing G* play only the last four strings (xx0003))

Intro

D G D* G* D*

Verse

I've been lately thinking about my life's time
All the things I've done and how it's been
And I can't help believing in my own mind
I know I'm gonna hate to see it end
I've seen a lot of sunshine, slept out in the rain
Spent a night or two all on my own
I've known my lady's pleasures, had myself some friends
And spent a time or two in my own home

Chorus

And I have to say it now it's been a good life all in all
It's really fine to have a chance to hang around 
And lie there by the fire and watch the evening tire
While all my friends and my old lady sit and pass the pipe around  
And talk of poems and prayers and promises and things that we believe in
How sweet it is to love someone, how right it is to care
How long it's been since yesterday and what about tomorrow
D Dmaj7 G A Asus4 A*
And what about our dreams and all the memories we share

Break

D G D* G* D*

Verse

The days they pass so quickly now, nights are seldom long
And time around me whispers when it's cold
The changes somehow frighten me, still I have to smile 
It turns me on to think of growing old
For though my life's been good to me there's still so much to do 
So many things my mind has never known
I'd like to raise a family, I'd like to sail away 
And dance across the mountains on the moon

Chorus

And I have to say it now it's been a good life all in all
It's really fine to have a chance to hang around 
And lie there by the fire and watch the evening tire
While all my friends and my old lady sit and pass the pipe around  
And talk of poems and prayers and promises and things that we believe in
How sweet it is to love someone, how right it is to care
How long it's been since yesterday and what about tomorrow
D Dmaj7 G A Asus4 A*
And what about our dreams and all the memories we share

Outro

D G D* G* D*

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