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PROMISES, PROMISES
As recorded by The Cooper Temple Clause
(From the 2003 Album KICK UP A FIRE AND LET THE FLAMES BREAK LOOSE)
Words and Music by The Cooper Temple Clause
Arranged by James Stewart
Transcribed by James Stewart
Gtr I (B A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (B A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=150
F#m/B B B C5
4/4
Gtr I
PM----| PM----| PM----| ~~~
H h E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E Q 4x
|-------------||--------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------||o-------------------------|----------------------o||
|-------------||--------------------------|------------------5----||
|------!16----||--------------------------|-----5-5-5-5-----(5)---||
|------!-0----||o-----2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-|------------------3---o||
|------!-0----||--0-0---------0-0---------|-0-0---------0-0-------||
Pre-Verse
E G/B Asus2/B C
PM PM
E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E Q
||----------------------|-------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------|
||------9--------12-----|-----14---------5--|
||------x---------x-----|------x---------x--|
||o-----7--7-----10--10-|-----12--12-----3--|
||--0-0------0-0--0-----|-0-0--0-----0-0-0--|
E G/B Asus2/B C
PM PM
E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E Q
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|-----9--------12-----|-----14---------5----||
|-----x---------x-----|------x---------x----||
|-----7--7-----10--10-|-----12--12-----3---o||
|-0-0------0-0--0-----|-0-0--0-----0-0-0----||
Verse
B B C5
PM----| PM----| PM----| ~~~
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E Q
||--------------------------|----------------------|
||o-------------------------|----------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------5---|
||--------------------------|-----5-5-5-5-----(5)--|
||o-----2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-|------------------3---|
||--0-0---------0-0---------|-0-0---------0-0------|
B B C5
PM----| PM----| PM----| ~~~
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------5------||
|-------------------------|-----5-5-5-5-----(5)-----||
|-----2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-|------------------3-----o||
|-0-0---------0-0---------|-0-0---------0-0---------||
Pre-Chorus
E G/B Asus2/B C
PM PM
E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E Q
||----------------------|-------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------|
||------9--------12-----|-----14---------5--|
||------x---------x-----|------x---------x--|
||o-----7--7-----10--10-|-----12--12-----3--|
||--0-0------0-0--0-----|-0-0--0-----0-0-0--|
E G/B Asus2/B C
PM PM
E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E Q
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|-----9--------12-----|-----14---------5----||
|-----x---------x-----|------x---------x----||
|-----7--7-----10--10-|-----12--12-----3---o||
|-0-0------0-0--0-----|-0-0--0-----0-0-0----||
Chorus
E5 D#5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---||
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---||
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-|-5-7-7-8-8-7-7-5--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
E5/B
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B5 G/B Asus2/B
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
E5/B Bsus4 Bm B
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-16-16-16-----------|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x--x--x-----------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-14-14-14-----------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0--0-0-3-5-3-0-|
Verse
B B C5
PM----| PM----| PM----| ~~~
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E Q
||--------------------------|----------------------|
||o-------------------------|----------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------5---|
||--------------------------|-----5-5-5-5-----(5)--|
||o-----2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-|------------------3---|
||--0-0---------0-0---------|-0-0---------0-0------|
B B C5
PM----| PM----| PM----| ~~~
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------5------||
|-------------------------|-----5-5-5-5-----(5)-----||
|-----2-2-2-2-----5-5-5-5-|------------------3-----o||
|-0-0---------0-0---------|-0-0---------0-0---------||
Pre-Chorus
E G/B Asus2/B C
PM PM
E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E Q
||----------------------|-------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------|
||------9--------12-----|-----14---------5--|
||------x---------x-----|------x---------x--|
||o-----7--7-----10--10-|-----12--12-----3--|
||--0-0------0-0--0-----|-0-0--0-----0-0-0--|
E G/B Asus2/B C
PM PM
E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E Q
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|-----9--------12-----|-----14---------5----||
|-----x---------x-----|------x---------x----||
|-----7--7-----10--10-|-----12--12-----3---o||
|-0-0------0-0--0-----|-0-0--0-----0-0-0----||
Chorus
E5 D#5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---||
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---||
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-5-|-5-7-7-8-8-7-7-5--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
E5/B
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B5 G/B Asus2/B
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
E5/B Bsus4 Bm B
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-16-16-16-----------|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|--x--x--x-----------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-14-14-14-----------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0--0-0-3-5-3-0-|
Interlude
Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
D5/A G5/D
W W W H Q E E
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------7b8r=7-(0)-|
|----------|----------|----------|------7----7-(0)-|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
F
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D# F D#
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8s10-10s8-8-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-xs=x--xsx-x-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6s=8--8s6-6-|
|-----------------|-------------------|
D# D# F D# D# F D#
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8S10-10S8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8S10-10S8-8-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6S=8--8S6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6S=8--8S6-6-|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D# F D# D# D# D5/A G5/D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8s10-10s8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-7b8r=7-(0)-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-xs=x--xsx-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-7----7-(0)-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6s=8--8s6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
E5/B Bsus4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0-|
N.C.(F/B) B
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-16-16-16-----------|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|--x--x--x-----------|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-14-14-14-----------|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0-0-3-5-3-0-|
Outro
E G/B Asus2/B C
PM PM
E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E Q
||----------------------|-------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------|
||------9--------12-----|-----14---------5--|
||------x---------x-----|------x---------x--|
||o-----7--7-----10--10-|-----12--12-----3--|
||--0-0------0-0--0-----|-0-0--0-----0-0-0--|
E G/B Asus2/B C
PM PM
E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E Q 6x
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------o||
|-----9--------12-----|-----14---------5----||
|-----x---------x-----|------x---------x----||
|-----7--7-----10--10-|-----12--12-----3---o||
|-0-0------0-0--0-----|-0-0--0-----0-0-0----||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
