Tourniquet - My Promise guitar tab

"MY PROMISE"

by Gary Lenaire

as recorded on Tourniquet's EP _Carry the Wounded_

Transcription by Mike Pilato [cmpilato@uncc.edu]

(c)1994 Broken Songs / Biomedical Music (ASCAP)

TUNING = [EADGBe]

Gtr 1 (12 String)

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Gtr 1

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Just a boy You will not remember

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Half the things You're going through right now.

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How can I explain to you Things don't always go the way we

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want them to I know you feel confused.

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Your mother never wanted this for you.

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She did her best but that he wouldn't do.

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You and I are brought together now by wedding vows.

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Vows which I have also made to you.

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Flesh and blood though we are not I will love you as my own.

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Now God's love is all we've got Together we can build a home.

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Flesh and blood though we are not I will love you as my own.

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Now God's love is all we've got Together we can build a home.

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Gtr 1 Plays above 4 measures 4 times (with slight variations)

Gtr 2 (playing part of solo violin in recording)

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