E E7 Promise me no promises A Am So will I not promise you E E7 Keep we both our liberties A Am Never false and never true Ab Let us hold the die uncast C#m A Free to come as free to go E B For I cannot know your past E B E [E7, A, Am] And of mine what can you know? E E7 You, so warm, may once have been A Am Warmer towards another one E E7 I, so cold, may once have seen A Am Sunlight, once have felt the sun Ab Who shall show us if it was C#m A Thus indeed in time of old? E B Fades the image from the glass E B E [E7, A, Am] And the fortune is not told Ab C#m If you promised, you might grieve B E For lost liberty again Ab C#m If I promised, I believe B E I should fret to break the chain Ab Let us be the friends we were C#m A Nothing more but nothing less E B E Many thrive on frugal fare E B E [E7, A, Am] Who would perish of excess E A Promise me no promises E E7 Promise me no promises A Am So will I not promise you E E7 Keep we both our liberties A Am Never false and never true Ab Let us hold the die uncast C#m A Free to come as free to go E B For I cannot know your past E B E [E7, A, Am] And of mine what can you know? Ab C#m If you promised, you might grieve B E For lost liberty again Ab C#m If I promised, I believe B E I should fret to break the chain Ab C#m Let us be the friends we were B E Nothing more but nothing less Ab C#m Many thrive on frugal fare B E Who would perish of excess E, E7, A, Am Promises like pie-crust E, E7, A, Am Promises like pie-crust E, E7, A, Am... E
