E D
Promises you made to me
E D
You said the rivers and the trees
Bm D
Would fill our pockets and our plates
Bm D
Promises you made
E D
You said the birds would blanket us
E D
You said the world was generous
Bm D
And wouldn’t turn its back on us
[Interlude]
Bm D
Bm
The river froze
A
The trees were bare
Bm A
And all the birds they disappeared
Bm C
So me too I flew away
C D
From promises you made
[ORPHEUS]
E D
Promises you made to me
E D
You said that you would stay with me
Bm D
Whatever weather came our way
Bm D
Promises you made
Bm A
That we would walk, side by side
Bm A
Through all the seasons of our lives
Bm C
'Neath any sky, down any road
C D
Any way the wind blows
[Interlude]
D A D A Bm G C D
D A
I have no ring for your finger
D A
I have no banquet table laid
Bm G
I have no bed of feathers
Bm A
Whatever promises I’ve made
D A
Can’t promise you fair sky above
D A
Can’t promise you kind road below
Bm C
But I’ll walk with you, my love
C D
Any way the wind blows
[EURYDICE]
D A
I don’t need gold, don’t need silver
D A
Just bread when I’m hungry, fire when I’m cold
Bm G
Don’t need a ring for my finger
Bm A
Just need a steady hand to hold
D A
Don’t promise me fair sky above
D A
Don’t promise me kind road below
Bm C
Just walk with me, my love
C E
Any way the wind blows
[ORPHEUS]
E G
I don’t know where this road will end
E G
But I’ll walk with you into the wind
[BOTH]
D A
I can’t promise you fair sky above
D A
Can’t promise you kind road below
Bm C
But I’ll walk with you, my love
C D
Any way the wind blows
[ORPHEUS]
D A
Do you let me walk with you?
[EURYDICE]
D A
I do
[ORPHEUS]
A
I do
[BOTH]
D
I do
[EURYDICE]
D A
And keep on walking, come what will?
[ORPHEUS]
D A
I will
[EURYDICE]
A
I will
[BOTH]
D*
We will
