Belated Promise Ring
Iron And WineVersion1
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Chords in this song
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Sunday morning, my Rebecca sleeping in with me again
There's a kid outside the church kicking a can
When the cedar branches twist she turns her collar to the wind
The weather can close the world within its hand
And my mother says Rebecca is as stubborn as they come
They both call to me with words I never knew
There's a bug inside the thimble, there's a band-aid on her thumb
And a pony in the river turning blue
They say, "Time may give you more than your poor bones could ever take"
My Rebecca says she never wants a boy
To be barefoot on the driveway as they wave and ride away
Then to run inside and curse the open door
I once gave to my Rebecca a belated promise ring
And she sold it to the waitress on a train
I may find her by the phone but with a fashion magazine
She may kiss me when her girlfriends leave again
They say, "Time may give you more than your poor bones could ever take"
I think I could never love another girl
To be free atop a tree stump and to look the other way
While she shines my mother's imitation pearls
Sunday evening my Rebecca's lost a book she never read
And the moon already fell into the sea
Saw the statues of our fathers in the courthouse flower bed
Now they blend with all the lightning-tattered trees
They say, "Time may give you more than your poor bones could ever take"
My Rebecca said she knew I'd want a boy
A dollar for my boardwalk red balloon, to float away
She would earn a pocketful to buy me more
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Readable chord sheet for Belated Promise Ring by Iron And Wine
[F][C][G][C] [F][C][G] Sunday mor[F]ning, my Reb[C]ecca sleeping [G]in with me a[C]gain There's a [F]kid outside the ch[C]urch kicking a c[G]an When the ce[F]dar branches t[C]wist she turns her co[G]llar to the wi[C]nd The wea[F]ther can close the [C]world within its h[G]and And my mo[F]ther says Rebe[C]cca is as [G]stubborn as they c[C]ome They both c[F]all to me with w[C]ords I never k[G]new There's a b[F]ug inside the t[C]himble, there's a b[G]and-aid on her t[C]humb And a p[F]ony in the r[C]iver turning b[G]lue They say, "Ti[F]me may give you m[C]ore than your poor [G]bones could ever t[C]ake" My Re[F]becca says she n[C]ever wants a b[G]oy To be ba[F]refoot on the d[C]riveway as they w[G]ave and ride a[C]way Then to r[F]un inside and c[C]urse the open [G]door I once ga[F]ve to my R[C]ebecca a b[G]elated promise [C]ring And she [F]sold it to the w[C]aitress on a[G] train I may f[F]ind her by the p[C]hone but with a [G]fashion magazi[C]ne She may [F]kiss me when her g[C]irlfriends leave [G]again They say, "[F]Time may give you m[C]ore than your poor bo[G]nes could ever [C]take" I think [F]I could never lo[C]ve another gi[G]rl To be [F]free atop a [C]tree stump and to [G]look the other [C]way While she [F]shines my mother's [C]imitation [G]pearls Sunday e[F]vening my [C]Rebecca's lost a [G]book she never [C]read And the [F]moon already [C]fell into the [G]sea Saw the s[F]tatues of our [C]fathers in the [G]courthouse flower [C]bed Now they [F]blend with all the [C]lightning-tattered [G]trees They say, [F]"Time may give you [C]more than your poor [G]bones could ever [C]take" My [F]Rebecca said she [C]knew I'd want a [G]boy A [F]dollar for my [C]boardwalk red [G]balloon, to float [C]away She would [F]earn a pocketf[C]ul to buy me m[G]ore