This Promise Chords
by Sam Tsui
This Promise by Sam Tsui is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1
G
Breathe in the moment, we are sending out a message, this love
Em C
Here for a second, just a sentence in the story of us
G
A sentence in the story of us
G
Your hand in mine, we are burning like two flickering lights
Em C
I'll pass this moment, we are flying through the days and the nights
G
Flying through the days and the nights
Pre-Chorus
D Em C
I'm trying to keep this image I see I know we can't stay there yeah
D Em C
But still I believe, that this you and me, will always be somewhere
'Cause I swear
G
That we'll forever fade into a memory
C
Nothing will ever take, take you away from me
Em D
This promise of mine
C
Is a promise in time
G
And as we're looking back on who we used to be
C
With everything I am, I swear you'll always see
Em D
This promise of mine
C
Is a promise in time
Instrumental BREAK
G
verse 2
G
Dance 'till it's over, 'till the morning brings the first ray of sun
Em C
Just hold me close, you know the road we're on has only begun
G
The road we're on has only begun
G
All the people we've become and those we've yet to be
C Em C
Somehow I want to show them just how beautiful you're looking through my eyes right now
G
If they could look through my eyes somehow
Pre-Chorus
D Em C
I'm trying to keep this image I see I know we can't stay there
D Em C
But still I believe, that this you and me, will always be somewhere (somewhere)
'Cause I swear
G
That we'll forever fade into a memory
C
Nothing will ever take, take you away from me
Em D
This promise of mine
C
Is a promise in time
G
And as we're looking back on who we used to be
C
With everything I am, I swear you'll always see
Em D
This promise of mine
C
Is a promise in time
Bridge
G G G G
Woah Woah Woah Woah
Em Em G G
Woah Woah Woah Woah
G G G G
Woah Woah Woah Woah
Em Em C C C
Woah Woah Woah Woah
(This promise of mine this promise of mine this promiseeeeeeee....)
'Cause I swear
G
That we'll forever fade into a memory
C
Nothing will ever take, take you away from me
Em D
This promise of mine (this promise of mine)
C
Is a promise in time (woahhhhhhh)
G
And as we're looking back on who we used to be
C
With everything I am, I swear you'll always see
Em D
This promise of mine
C
Is a promise in time
Outro
G G G G
Woah Woah Woah Woah
Em Em C C
Woah Woah Woah Woah