Promises To Keep

Intro 
C Am7 F 

 
C 
Well, you promised me that I was worth more than all the time 
  Am7                                    F 
I feel I threw away and wasted, all the while 
                                   C 
I was waiting for you, waiting for you 
C 
From an early age, I knew I was meant for better things 
Am7                                                      F 
A life to live, a life to give, and all the love I can spare 
                              C 
For you and him, for you and him 
C 
As a young man, I knew that the time would come someday 
Am7                                                  F                              C 
I meet the woman of my dreams, fall in love and get away from this town, from this town 
C                                               Am7 
Whats a year when the days feel like seconds, time forever 

Slipping through  our our fingers, never seems 
        F             C 
To be enough, never enough 
C 
Whats a decade when the years feel like hours 
               Am7                                                     F 
And the time it takes for us to figure out our plans and follow them through 
               C 
Follow them through 
C                                                  Am7 
In the late hours of night, I toss and turn and I wonder 
                                               F 
What your voice might sound like in a year or two 
           C 
A year or two 
C 
Its true, I havent lived a very long time 
Am7                                                    F 
But in the years between my life alone than with your mom 
                      C 
I was struggling, struggling 
C 
And while we may tend to disagree on the little things 

Am7 
Just know that when it comes to you 
                       F 
We feel very much the same 
C 
I had to take a step back and see the forest through the trees 
Am7                                          F 
And when I found out you were on your way to me 
                                                   C 
I knew Id have to make a choice, have to make a choice 
C                                        Am7 
I could choose to let the darkness in my past 
                                       F 
Devour me and everything good that we have 
                                     C 
Until Im all alone, until Im all alone 
C                                         Am7 
I could learn from myself and what I did then 
                                        F 
I found solace in the presence of my friends 
And family 
C                                                          Am7 
Though my life was far from  perfect, I wouldnt change a frame 
                                       F 
When I take a look back at my worst mistakes 
                              C 
I know I learned, I know I learned 
C                                                        Am7 
There were times throughout my life, Id wonder what was next 
                                     F 
But by that time I realized that consequences arent all bad 
C                                                       Am7 
I want to raise you in a way that would make my father proud 
                                                        F 
I hope that you can say the same thing many years from now 
               C 
And I hope you do 
C 
This world can be an ugly place 
             Am7 
Many people take that to mean 
You have to sink another level 
F                                C 
Just to get ahead, just to get ahead 

Standing on someone elses shoulders 
Am7 
Doesn't make you taller 
It just defeats the purpose of 
F 
Your character 
C                                           Am7 
Who you are inside is what those closest to you are gonna see 
                                           F 
Dont lose sight, be strong, and always believe 
         C 
Always believe 
C 
All in all, what this comes down to 
                Am7 
Is promises to keep 

I promise you, I promise him 
               F                   C 
Everything we need, everything we need