Poems, Prayers and Promises

Poems, Prayers and Promises
By John Denver


INTRO
[C Cmaj7 Am7] [Cadd5 Csus4 C] [C [Csus4 G G7] [Em7 G] [C / / / ] [C / / / ]


VERSE 1
[C] I've been lately thinking about [F] my life's [C] time, [C] all the things I've done and how it's [F] been.


And [C] I can't help believing in [F] my own [C] mind, I [C] know I'm gonna hate to see it [F] end.


I've [C] seen a lot of sunshine, [F] slept out in the [C] rain, [C] spent a night or two all on my [F] own.


I've [C] known my lady's pleasures, [F] had myself some [C] friends, and [C] spent a time or two in my own [F] home.


PRE-CHORUS
And I [F] have to say it [G7] now it's been a [C] good life all in [F] all, it's really [C] fine to have a [F] chance to hang a[Dm]round. [G]


And [F] lie there by the [G7] fire and [C] watch the evening [F] tire, while all my [C] friends and my old [F] lady sit and [Dm] pass the pipe a[G]round.


CHORUS
And talk of [F] poems and prayers and [Em] promises, and [F] things that we be[C]lieve in—how [C] sweet it is to love someone, how [F] right it is to [G] care.


How [F] long it's been since [Em] yesterday and [F] what about to[C]morrow—and [C] what about our dreams and [F] all the [Dm] memories we [G] share.


INTERLUDE
[C Cmaj7 Am7] [Cadd5 Csus4 C] [C Csus4 G G7] [Em7 G] [C / / / ] [C / / / ]


VERSE 2
The [C] days they pass so quickly now, [F] nights are seldom [C] long, and [C] time around me whispers when it's [F] cold.


The [C] changes somehow frighten me, [F] still I have to [C] smile—it [C] turns me on to think of growing [F] old.


For [C] though my life's been good to me there's [F] still so much to [C] do—so [C] many things my mind has never [F] known.


I'd [C] like to raise a family, I'd [F] like to sail a[C]way, and [C] dance across the mountains on the [F] moon.


PRE-CHORUS & CHORUS