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
G#
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
G#
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
G# C#m
If you promised, you might grieve
B E
For lost liberty again
G# C#m
If I promised, I believe
B E
I should fret to break the chain
G#
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
G#
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?
G# C#m
If you promised, you might grieve
B E
For lost liberty again
G# C#m
If I promised, I believe
B E
I should fret to break the chain
G# C#m
Let us be the friends we were
B E
Nothing more but nothing less
G# 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
