Chris Cornell

The Promise

Chris Cornell


Tom: Em

Verse              Pre-Chorus        Chorus            Bridge
E|--------------| -------------     -------------     -----------
Em      022000     Cmaj7  x32000     Em     022000     Eb   x688xx
B7/F#   2x120x     B11    x21200     C      x32010     G    32003x
G       32000x     Em     x22000     G      32000x     Bb   6887xx
Adim    x0121x     G      32000x     D      xx0232     Bb7  6867xx
C       x32010                       Em7    x20000     Ebm  x6887x
G/B     x2000x                       C#dim  x42000     B    7998xx
C#dim   x42000                       Cm     x3554x     Abm  4664xx
B11     x21200                       Dsus4  xx0233     B7   7978xx     
B       x2444x                       B11    x21200


Capo 1st fret


[Intro]
     Em          C           G           D                 Em          C           G          
E|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|---0-----0-----1-----1-----3-----3--------------------|--0-----0-----1-----1-----3---|
G|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----2-0------|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0---|
D|------2-----2-----2-----2-----0-----0--0--0------4-0--|-----2-----2-----2-----2--0---|
A|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|


[Verse 1]
     Em  B7/F#         G
If I had nothing to my name
    Adim           G
But photographs of you
Adim             Em     C
Rescued from the flames

        Em  B7/F#        G
That is all I would ever need
   Adim          Em
As long as I can read
       G/B             C#dim
What’s written on your face


[Pre-Chorus 1]
Cmaj7     B11           Em       G 
      The strength that shines behind your eyes
Cmaj7     B11      Em              B11
      The hope and light that will never die


[Chorus 1]
Em         C           G    D
   And one promise you made
Em     C            G        D
   One promise that always remains
Em    Em7       C#dim
   No matter the price
G             C     Cm            G
Promise to survive, persevere and thrive
         Dsus4  D
As we’ve always done


[Verse 2]
        Em        B7/F#       G
And you said, the poison in a kiss
       Adim         G
Is the lie upon the lips
Adim                  Em      C
Truer words were never shared

       Em        B7/F#          G
When I feel like lies are all I hear
  Adim            Em
I pull my mem'ries near
    G/B                  C#dim  B11
The one thing they can’t take


[Chorus 2]
Em         C           G    D
   And one promise you made
Em     C            G        D
   One promise that always remains
Em    Em7       C#dim
   No matter the price
G             C     Cm            G
Promise to survive, persevere and thrive
         Dsus4  D
As we’ve always done


[Bridge]
Eb                         G
   The books still open on the table
Bb                 Bb7        Eb
   The bells still ringing in the air
Bb                  Bb7             Ebm   B
   The dreams still clinging to the pillow
Abm                            B     B7
    The songs still singing in a prayer


[Verse 3]
       Em      B7/F#                  G
Now my soul is stretching through the roots
   Adim        G
To memories of you
Adim                  Em    C
Back through time and space

         Em       B7/F#         G
To carry home the faces and the names
    Adim          C#dim
And photographs of you
B11                B7
Rescued from the flames


[Chorus 3]
Em         C           G    D
   And one promise you made
Em     C            G        D
   One promise that always remains
Em    Em7       C#dim
   No matter the price
  G             C     Cm            G
A promise to survive, persevere and thrive
    B11               Em
And dare to rise once more
  G             C     Cm            Adim
A promise to survive, persevere and thrive
                    G
Fill the world with life
         Dsus4  D
As we’ve always done


[Outro]
                 Em          D#6         G           Cdim        G
E|------------|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------|--0-----0-----1-----1-----3-----3-----4-----4-----0---|
G|---2-0------|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----5-----5-----0---|
D|---0---4-0--|--2--2-----2--1--1-----1--0--0-----0--4--4-----4--0---|
A|------------|--------------------------------------------------2---|
E|------------|--------------------------------------------------3---|