Tabbed by Warrick Holfeld 
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Belated Promise Ring
Standard tuning Capo 2nd Fret

Intro:
FCGC FCG

F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)         CSunday (x32010@1)morning, my Rebecca sleeping in with me again
          F (133211@1)               C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)   
There's a kid outside the church kicking a can
           F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)           CWhen (x32010@1)the cedar branches twist she turns her collar to the wind
       F (133211@1)                C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)      
The weather can close the world within its hand

F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)               CAnd (x32010@1)my mother says Rebecca is as stubborn as they come
           F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)           GThey (320003@1)both call to me with words I never knew
           F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)             CThere's (x32010@1)a bug inside the thimble, there's a band-aid on her thumb
       F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)           GAnd (320003@1)a pony in the river turning blue
             F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)               CThey (x32010@1)say, "Time may give you more than your poor bones could ever take"
     F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)           GMy (320003@1)Rebecca says she never wants a boy   
        F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)           CTo (x32010@1)be barefoot on the driveway as they wave and ride away
         F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)           GThen (320003@1)to run inside and curse the open door

F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)            CI (x32010@1)once gave to my Rebecca a belated promise ring
        F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)   
And she sold it to the waitress on a train
       F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)           CI (x32010@1)may find her by the phone but with a fashion magazine
        F (133211@1)               C (x32010@1)              GShe (320003@1)may kiss me when her girlfriends leave again
           F (133211@1)                C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)            CThey (x32010@1)say, "Time may give you more than your poor bones could ever take"
        F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)          GI (320003@1)think I could never love another girl
      F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)            CTo (x32010@1)be free atop a tree stump and to look the other way
          F (133211@1)                C (x32010@1)       GWhile (320003@1)she shines my mother's imitation pearls

Solo

F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)            CSunday (x32010@1)evening my Rebecca's lost a book she never read
        F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)           GAnd (320003@1)the moon already fell into the sea
         F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)               CSaw (x32010@1)the statues of our fathers in the courthouse flower bed
         F (133211@1)                C (x32010@1)                GNow (320003@1)they blend with all the lightning-tattered trees
          F (133211@1)                C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)              CThey (x32010@1)say, "Time may give you more than your poor bones could ever take"
   F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)             GMy (320003@1)Rebecca said she knew I'd want a boy
  F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)               CA (x32010@1)dollar for my boardwalk red balloon, to float away
          F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)           GShe (320003@1)would earn a pocketful to buy me more