Band: Matchbook romance 
Song: Promise 


SPNS = Strumming Pattern Not Shown 
|x2 repeat twice 
| / slide up 
| h hammer-on 
| x Mute note 

[Intro] 
e|-----------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------| 
G|---8-88-88---8-88-88--8-88-88---8-88-88--| 
D|-----------------------------------------| x2 
A|-6---------6---------4--------0----------| 
E|-----------------------------------------| 

e|------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------| 
G|---8-88-88---88-10-88---8-10-13-12-12-----------| 
D|------------------------------------------------| 
A|-6---------6---------------------------0-4h-/6--| 
E|------------------------------------------------| 

[Verse 1] 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----8-88-88-----------8-88-88--------------------88-10-88-------| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--6-----------------6--------------------------6----------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
"What would you say, if I asked you not to go.."(keep repeating) 

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|------6--4----6--5--5------6-6--6-6--4-4--4-4--2-2--2-2--6-6--6-6-------| 
A|------6--6----8--7--7------6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6--4-4--4-4--6-6--6-6-------| 
E|------4--6----8--7--7------4-4--4-4--6-6--6-6--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-------| 
"I'll never let me go..." "And the stars..." x2 for this part 

e|-------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------8-88-88--| 
D|---6----4-----6------------------------6---------------| 
A|---6----6-----8------------------------8----6----------| 
E|---4----6-----8------------------------8---------------| 
"Take this broken heart and make it right" 

[Chorus] (SPNS) 
e|---------x---------------x---------------------x-----x---------------------| 
B|---------x---------------x---------------------x-----x---------------------| 
G|---------6---------------8---------------------8-----4---------------------| 
D|---------6---------------8---------------------8-----4---------------------| 
A|---------4---------------6---------------------6-----2---------------------| 
E|---------4---------------6---------------------6-----2---------------------| 
"I feel like I've lost everything when you're gone, left remembering what.. 

e|--------x-------x-----------------x-------x-----------------x------x-------| 
B|--------x-------x-----------------x-------x-----------------x------x-------| 
G|--------6-------8-----------------4-------6-----------------4------6-------| 
D|--------6-------8-----------------4-------6-----------------4------6-------| 
A|--------4-------6-----------------2-------4-----------------2------4-------| 
E|--------4-------6-----------------2-------4-----------------2------4-------| 
..it's like to have you here with me, I thought you should know, you're not 

e|-----------------------| 
B|-----------------------| 
G|---------------8-88-88-| 
D|-----------------------| 
A|-----------------------| 
E|-----------------------| 
..making this easy..." 

[Verse 2] 
e|---------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------| 
G|--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--| 
D|--x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x--| 
A|--6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--| 
E|---------------------------------------------| 
"I never thought I'd be the one to say... 

e|---------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------| 
G|--8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--| 
D|--x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x--| 
A|--4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4--| 
E|---------------------------------------------| 
Please don't...please don't leave me..." 

[Chorus] 

[Break/Verse 3] 
e|--x--x--x-----------------------------------| 
B|--x--x--x-----------------------------------| 
G|--4--6--8-----------------------------------| 
D|--6--8--10----------------------------------| 
A|--6--8--10----------------------------------| 
E|--4--6--8-----------------------------------| 
"you're not making this easy" 


e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
SPNS G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---8--6--4-----10---8--6--4-------------------10---4----6----8-----| 
E|---8--6--4-----10---8--6--4-------------------10---4----6----8-----| 
"take my hand & never let me go...take my hand..." 

**The 8-6-4 parts are muted except 10s. 8-6-4s and the 4-6-8s are 4 counts each note 

e|--------------------------------x---x---x---x--------------| 
B|--------------------------------x---x---x---x--------------| 
SPNS G|--------------------------------6---4---6---4--6-6-6-------| 
D|--------------------------------8---6---8---6--8-8-8-------| 
A|--10--4-------6------------8----8---6---8---6--8-8-8-------| 
E|--10--4-------6------------8----6---4---6---4--6-6-6-------| 
"Promise me...you'll never let goooooooooo (scream).." x4 

e|------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------| 
G|--8---8---888-----------------| 
D|----6---6---------------------| 
A|------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------| 
"make this last forever..." 

[Chorus] 

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