Matchbook Romance
Promise
Stories And Alibies
2003
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Key: Eb

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Eb -   x68886
Bb -   x13331
G# -   466544
Fm -   133111
Gm -   355333
Cm -   x35543
Bb/D - x587xx


Intro: Eb--Bb--G#--Fm-Gm-G#-Bb x2, Eb--Bb--G#--Fm-Gm-G#-


Verse 1:
Eb (x43121@3)             Bb (x1333x@1) What would you say, if I
                  G#asked (xx1114@1)you not, to go?
Would you forget every-one
forget everyhting
        Bb (x1333x@1)       Ebstart (x43121@3)o-ver, with, me?
Would you take my
Bb (x1333x@1)                    G#hand, (xx1114@1)and never let me, go?
Well promise me you'll
Fm Gm  G#  Bb
ne-ver let me go


Verse 2:
Eb (x43121@3) And now the stars
              Bbaren't (x1333x@1)out to-night
But, neither are we
        G#to (xx1114@1)look up, at, them
Why does hello,
               Bbfeel (x1333x@1)like, goodbye?
Eb (x43121@3) And these, memories
         Bbcan't (x1333x@1)re-place
These, wishes I, wish
    G#and (xx1114@1)dreams, I chase
     Fm (133111@1)      GmWell (355333@1)take this broken
G# (xx1114@1)      Bb (x1333x@1)    Eb(hold)
heart and make it right


Chorus:
       EbI (x43121@3)feel like, I've lost
Cm (x3101x@1)                     G#eve-ry-thing (xx1114@1)when you're gone,
       Bb (x1333x@1)                   EbLeft (x43121@3)remem-be-ring what it's like
   CmTo (x3101x@1)have you here, with me
  G#I (xx1114@1)thought, you, should know
       BbYou're (x1333x@1)not, ma-king this, ea-sy


Verse 3:
Cm(hold)
        I ne-ver, thought I'd
       Bbbe (x1333x@1)the one, to, say
G#Please, (xx1114@1)dont,-- well
            Bbplease (x1333x@1)dont leave, me--


(Repeat Chorus)


Interlude: Eb(hold), Bb-Eb(hold)


Post Chorus:
Your not making
     Cm  Bb  G#(palm mute), Cm--Bb/D--G#
this easy

Guitar 2: while doing Post Chorus
e|---------23-|
B|-----23-----|
G|-20---------|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|------------|


Bridge:
Cm (x3101x@1)       Bb/D (x1033x@1)                  Eb (x43121@3) Take, my hand, and never let me, go
                                CmTake, (x3101x@1)my hand, and never let me go
        Bb (x1333x@1)                  G#Promise (xx1114@1)me, you'll never let, go(growl)
           Bb (x1333x@1)          G#(growl until here)
Never let, go never let, go
                  BbYou'll (x1333x@1)never let, go
Make, this, last, forever


(Repeat Chorus except last line)


Outro:
                         EbYou're (x43121@3)not making this easy
       Cm (x3101x@1)              G#You're (xx1114@1)not making this easy
       Bb (x1333x@1)              EbYou're (x43121@3)not making this easy
       Cm (x3101x@1)              G#You're (xx1114@1)not making this easy
       Bb (x1333x@1)              CmYou're (x3101x@1)not making this easy


Lower voice:
                     BbI'll (x1333x@1)fall, asleep, to-night,
Cause that brings
                Eb(hold)
me clo-ser, to, you