Apple Fiona - Never Is A Promise guitar tab

e: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 17:41:08 -0400

Song: Never Is A Promise

By: Fiona Apple

From The Album: Tidal

Chorded By: Adam Klein

E-Mail: Adam_Klein@compuserve.com

Web Page: The Ultimate Amanda Marshall Homepage

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Intro: Am G F C Gm F C Am G F C Gm F C

Gm F Gm F

You'll never see the courage I know

Gm F Gm F

Its colors' richness won't appear within your view

E Dm E Dm

I'll never glow - the way that you glow

Gm F E

Dm

Your presence dominates the judgments made on you

Am G F C

But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights

Am G F C

The shades and shadows undulate in my perception

Am G F C

My feelings swell and stretch; I see from greater heights

F Dm Am C

I understand what I am still too proud to mention - to you

C F Am G

You'll say you understand, but you don't understand

C F Am G

You'll say you'd never give up seeing eye to eye

F Am G Am

But never is a promise, and you can't afford to lie

Em G F C Gm F C Am G F C F C

Gm F Gm F

You'll never touch - these things that I hold

Gm F Gm F

The skin of my emotions lies beneath my own

E Dm E Dm

You'll never feel the heat of this soul

F Dm C

My fever burns me deeper than I've ever shown - to you

C F Am G

You'll say, Don't fear your dreams, it's easier than it seems

C F Am G

You'll say you'd never let me fall from hopes so high

F Am G Am

But never is a promise, and you can't afford to lie

G F C Gm F C Am G F C Gm F C

Gm F Gm F

You'll never live the life that I live

Gm F Gm F

I'll never live the life that wakes me in the night

E Dm E Dm

You'll never hear the message I give

F Dm C

You'll say it looks as though I might give up this fight

Am G F C

But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights

Am G F C

The shades and shadows undulate in my perception

Am G F C

My feelings swell and stretch; I see from greater heights

F Dm C

I realize what I am now too smart to mention - to you

C F Am G

You'll say you understand, you'll never understand

C F Am G

I'll say I'll never wake up knowing how or why

C F Am G

I don't know what to believe in, you don't know who I am

C F Am G

You'll say I need appeasing when I start to cry

F Am G F G Am G F

C Am

But never is a pro - mise and I'll never need a lie