This I Promise You (acoustic) Chords
by Richard Marx
This I Promise You (acoustic) by Richard Marx is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C F (2x)
G Am
When the visions around you
F G
Bring tears to your eyes
G Am
And all that surround you
F Am
Are secrets and lies
F
I'll be your strength
G
I'll give you hope
C G Am
Keeping your faith when it's gone
F
The one you should call,
F G
Was standing here all along
C
And I will take
G
You in my arms
Am F
And hold you right where you belong
C G
Till the day my life is through
F
This I promise you
F C F
This I promise you
G Am
I've loved you forever
F G
In lifetimes before
G Am
And I promise you never
F G
Will you hurt anymore
F
I give you my word
G
I give you my heart
C G Am
This is a battle we've won
F
And with this vow
F G
Forever has now begun
C
Just close your eyes
G
Each loving day
Am F
I know this feeling won't go away
C G
Every word I say is true
F
This I promise you
F C
This I promise you
F G
Over and over I fall
F G
When I hear you call
C Am
Without you in my life baby
F G
I just wouldn't be living at all
Interlude: C F G G
C G
And I will take (I will take)
You in my arms
Am
(You in my arms)
F
And hold you right where you belong
(Right where you belong)
C G
Till the day my life is through
F
This I promise you, baby
C G
Every word I say is true
F
This I promise you
G C
This I promise you
Outro: F C (2x) (single strum on the last C)