TOURNIQUET - "my promise" Tablature
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"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]
<INTRO>
Gtr 1 (12 String)
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| Gtr 2 (6 string)
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Gtr 1
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| Gtr 2
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<VERSE 1>
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Just a boy You ....
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Half the things You're ....
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How can I explain to you Things don't ....
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want them to I .....
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Your mother never wanted ...
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She did her best but ....
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<CHORUS>
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You and I are brought ....
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Vows which I have ....
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Flesh and blood though we are ....
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Now God's love is all we've .....
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Flesh and blood though we are not ....
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Now God's love is all we've got ....
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<SOLO> Gtr 1 Plays above 4 measures 4 times (with slight variations)
Gtr 2 (playing part of solo violin in recording)
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*
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|-1213121312131213-| <-- some fast hammer-on action here!
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<BRIDGE>
Gtr1
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All I want for you ....
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Never will I turn my ....
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This world will lie to ....
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How can I protect ...
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Only God can show you that the ....
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Never forsake your ....
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I promise I will do my ....
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Listen to me, and I will ....
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