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                               PROMISES, PROMISES
                     As recorded by The Cooper Temple Clause
       (From the 2003 Album KICK UP A FIRE AND LET THE FLAMES BREAK LOOSE)

Words and Music by The Cooper Temple Clause
Arranged by James Stewart
Transcribed by James Stewart

Gtr I (B A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (B A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

 Intro
  Q=150
       F#m/B      B                         B               C5
 4/4
  Gtr I
                      PM----|     PM----|       PM----|      ~~~
  H      h        E E S S S S E E S S S S   E E S S S S E E  Q    4x
|-------------||--------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------||o-------------------------|----------------------o||
|-------------||--------------------------|------------------5----||
|------!16----||--------------------------|-----5-5-5-5-----(5)---||
|------!-0----||o-----2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-|------------------3---o||
|------!-0----||--0-0---------0-0---------|-0-0---------0-0-------||


   Pre-Verse
        E        G/B          Asus2/B    C
           PM         PM
    E E E. S E E  E.  S   E E  E.  S E E Q
||----------------------|-------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------|
||------9--------12-----|-----14---------5--|
||------x---------x-----|------x---------x--|
||o-----7--7-----10--10-|-----12--12-----3--|
||--0-0------0-0--0-----|-0-0--0-----0-0-0--|


      E        G/B          Asus2/B    C
         PM         PM
  E E E. S E E  E.  S   E E  E.  S E E Q
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|-----9--------12-----|-----14---------5----||
|-----x---------x-----|------x---------x----||
|-----7--7-----10--10-|-----12--12-----3---o||
|-0-0------0-0--0-----|-0-0--0-----0-0-0----||


   Verse
    B                         B               C5
        PM----|     PM----|       PM----|      ~~~
    E E S S S S E E S S S S   E E S S S S E E  Q
||--------------------------|----------------------|
||o-------------------------|----------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------5---|
||--------------------------|-----5-5-5-5-----(5)--|
||o-----2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-|------------------3---|
||--0-0---------0-0---------|-0-0---------0-0------|


  B                         B               C5
      PM----|     PM----|       PM----|      ~~~
  E E S S S S E E S S S S   E E S S S S E E  Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------5------||
|-------------------------|-----5-5-5-5-----(5)-----||
|-----2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-|------------------3-----o||
|-0-0---------0-0---------|-0-0---------0-0---------||


   Pre-Chorus
        E        G/B          Asus2/B    C
           PM         PM
    E E E. S E E  E.  S   E E  E.  S E E Q
||----------------------|-------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------|
||------9--------12-----|-----14---------5--|
||------x---------x-----|------x---------x--|
||o-----7--7-----10--10-|-----12--12-----3--|
||--0-0------0-0--0-----|-0-0--0-----0-0-0--|


      E        G/B          Asus2/B    C
         PM         PM
  E E E. S E E  E.  S   E E  E.  S E E Q
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|-----9--------12-----|-----14---------5----||
|-----x---------x-----|------x---------x----||
|-----7--7-----10--10-|-----12--12-----3---o||
|-0-0------0-0--0-----|-0-0--0-----0-0-0----||


   Chorus
    E5                                  D#5
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---||
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---||
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|
|   Gtr II
|   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-|-5-7-7-8-8-7-7-5--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||


  E5/B
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  B5                        G/B         Asus2/B
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|


  E5/B                          Bsus4   Bm                B
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E  E  E   E E E E E E E E    E  E  E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-16-16-16-----------|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x--x--x-----------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-14-14-14-----------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0--0-0-3-5-3-0-|


   Verse
    B                         B               C5
        PM----|     PM----|       PM----|      ~~~
    E E S S S S E E S S S S   E E S S S S E E  Q
||--------------------------|----------------------|
||o-------------------------|----------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------5---|
||--------------------------|-----5-5-5-5-----(5)--|
||o-----2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-|------------------3---|
||--0-0---------0-0---------|-0-0---------0-0------|


  B                         B               C5
      PM----|     PM----|       PM----|      ~~~
  E E S S S S E E S S S S   E E S S S S E E  Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------5------||
|-------------------------|-----5-5-5-5-----(5)-----||
|-----2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-|------------------3-----o||
|-0-0---------0-0---------|-0-0---------0-0---------||


   Pre-Chorus
        E        G/B          Asus2/B    C
           PM         PM
    E E E. S E E  E.  S   E E  E.  S E E Q
||----------------------|-------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------|
||------9--------12-----|-----14---------5--|
||------x---------x-----|------x---------x--|
||o-----7--7-----10--10-|-----12--12-----3--|
||--0-0------0-0--0-----|-0-0--0-----0-0-0--|


      E        G/B          Asus2/B    C
         PM         PM
  E E E. S E E  E.  S   E E  E.  S E E Q
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|-----9--------12-----|-----14---------5----||
|-----x---------x-----|------x---------x----||
|-----7--7-----10--10-|-----12--12-----3---o||
|-0-0------0-0--0-----|-0-0--0-----0-0-0----||


   Chorus
    E5                                  D#5
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---||
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---||
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|
|   Gtr II
|   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-|-5-7-7-8-8-7-7-5--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||


  E5/B
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  B5                        G/B         Asus2/B
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|


  E5/B                          Bsus4   Bm                B
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E  E  E   E E E E E E E E    E  E  E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-16-16-16-----------|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x--x--x-----------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-14-14-14-----------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0--0-0-3-5-3-0-|


 Interlude
  Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


                                        D5/A   G5/D
  W          W          W          H    Q    E  E
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------7b8r=7-(0)-|
|----------|----------|----------|------7----7-(0)-|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|


  F
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  D#                        F     D#
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E  E  E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8s10-10s8-8-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-xs=x--xsx-x-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6s=8--8s6-6-|
|-----------------|-------------------|


  D#                D#      F     D#                      D#      F     D#
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E  E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E  E  E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8S10-10S8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8S10-10S8-8-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6S=8--8S6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6S=8--8S6-6-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|


  D#                        F     D#    D#                D#      D5/A   G5/D
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E  E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E Q    E  E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8s10-10s8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-7b8r=7-(0)-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-xs=x--xsx-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-7----7-(0)-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6s=8--8s6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|


  E5/B                          Bsus4
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E  E  E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-|


  N.C.(F/B)                 B
   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-16-16-16-----------|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|--x--x--x-----------|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-14-14-14-----------|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0-0-3-5-3-0-|


   Outro
        E        G/B          Asus2/B    C
           PM         PM
    E E E. S E E  E.  S   E E  E.  S E E Q
||----------------------|-------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------|
||------9--------12-----|-----14---------5--|
||------x---------x-----|------x---------x--|
||o-----7--7-----10--10-|-----12--12-----3--|
||--0-0------0-0--0-----|-0-0--0-----0-0-0--|


      E        G/B          Asus2/B    C
         PM         PM
  E E E. S E E  E.  S   E E  E.  S E E Q    6x
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|-----9--------12-----|-----14---------5----||
|-----x---------x-----|------x---------x----||
|-----7--7-----10--10-|-----12--12-----3---o||
|-0-0------0-0--0-----|-0-0--0-----0-0-0----||


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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