The Promise Ring
Stop Playing Guitar
Wood/Water
2002
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com

Key: A

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
A -   x02220
F#m - 244222
E -   022100
D -   xx0232

Intro: A-F#m-E-D-A-F#m-E-D(hold)

Verse 1:
A (x02220@1)             F#m (244222@1) So if I had a dime for
           EEvery (022100@1)time I should've
                   DStopped (xx0232@1)playing guitar
And put my nose in a book
A (x02220@1) Well then my head 
             F#mwould (244222@1)be healthy
                          EAnd (022100@1)my guitar would be dusty
                         DAnd (xx0232@1)that just might save me
From a bunch of bad songs
A (x02220@1)                  F#m (244222@1) So maybe I'm too polite
                 EJust (022100@1)like good Moses
                      D(Hold)
But just like good manners
We've had enough of them

Chorus 1:
AYeah (x02220@1)yeah oh
F#m (244222@1)        Eyeah (022100@1)yeah oh yeah
D (xx0232@1) And now we're moving
              Aa (x02220@1)little bit slow
        F#mYeah (244222@1)oh yeah
        Eyeah (022100@1)oh yeah
D(Hold)
Yeah yeah yeah
               A (x02220@1) F#mE D(hold)
yeah yeah yeah yeah

Verse 2:
A (x02220@1)                     F#m (244222@1)  Another round for my friends
                     EI'll (022100@1)get paid back later
                      DWhen (xx0232@1)evening turns midnight
I'll be just getting warm
A (x02220@1) I know you're hot 
             F#mand (244222@1)you're bothered
                         ENow (022100@1)your skin's going crazy
                    DIt's (xx0232@1)one hundred degrees
And you've got a sweater on
A (x02220@1) So I'd like to come off
F#m (244222@1)                 E (022100@1)  The side of the kitchen
                       D(hold)
So when this party's ending
I'll be taking your number home

Chorus 2:
AYeah (x02220@1)yeah oh
F#m (244222@1)        Eyeah (022100@1)yeah oh yeah
D (xx0232@1) And now we're moving
              Aa (x02220@1)little bit slow
        F#mYeah (244222@1)oh yeah
        E(hold)
yeah oh yeah
D(Hold)
Yeah yeah yeah
               A (x02220@1) F#mE DA-F#m-E-D- (xx0232@1)