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Poems, Prayers and Promises

John Denver
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
e----2--------5----|
b----3--------3----|
g----2--------x----|
D----x--------x----|
A----x--------5----| play twice for intro then repeats several times in the verse
D----0--------5----|
e----2--------3--------2--------2--------x--------1----|
b----2--------2--------3--------3--------x--------2----|
g----x--------2--------2--------4--------x--------3----|
D----x--------2--------x--------4--------2--------3----|
A----5--------0--------x--------2--------2--------1----|
D----5--------x--------0--------x--------2--------1----|
 repeats twice, chorus ends with G,A7,D,G,D Then back to verse.
 I've been lately thinking
 About my life's time
 All the things I've done
 And how it's been
 And I can't help believing
 In my own mind
 I know I'm gonna hate to see it end
 I've seen a lot of sunshine
 Slept out in the rain
 Spent a night or two all on my own
 I've known my lady's pleasures
 Had myself some friends
 And spent a night or two in my own home
 And I have to say it now
It's  been a good  life all in all
 x2
 It's really fine
 To have a chance to hang around
 And lie there by the fire
 And watch the evening tire
 While all my friends and my old lady
 Sit and pass the pipe around
And  talk of poems and prayers and promises
 And things that we believe in
 How sweet it is to love someone
 How right it is to care
 How long it's been since yesterday
 And what about tomorrow
 And what about our dreams
And  all the memories  we share
 The days they pass so quickly now
 Nights are seldom long
 And time around me whispers when it's cold
 The changes somehow frighten me
 Still I have to smile
 It turns me on to think of growing old
 For though my life's been good to me
 There's still so much to do
 So many things my mind has never known
 I'd like to raise a family
 I'd like to sail away
 And dance across the mountains on the moon
 I have to say it now
 It's been a good life all in all
 It's really fine
 To have the chance to hang around
 And lie there by the fire
 And watch the evening tire
 While all my friends and my old lady
 Sit and watch the sun go down
 And talk of poems and prayers and promises
 And things that we believe in
 How sweet it is to love someone
 How right it is to care
 How long it's been since yesterday
 What about tomorrow
 What about our dreams
 And all the memories we share

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Readable chord sheet for Poems, Prayers and Promises by John Denver

e----2--------5----|
b----3--------3----|
g----2--------x----|
D----x--------x----|
A----x--------5----|    play twice for intro then repeats several times in the verse
D----0--------5----|

e----2--------3--------2--------2--------x--------1----|
b----2--------2--------3--------3--------x--------2----|
g----x--------2--------2--------4--------x--------3----|
D----x--------2--------x--------4--------2--------3----|
A----5--------0--------x--------2--------2--------1----|
D----5--------x--------0--------x--------2--------1----|
repeats twice, chorus ends with G,A7,D,G,D Then back to verse.

[D]                       [G]

I've been lately thinking
About my life's time
All the things I've done
And how it's been
And I can't help believing
In my own mind
I know I'm gonna hate to see it end

I've seen a lot of sunshine
Slept out in the rain
Spent a night or two all on my own
I've known my lady's pleasures
Had myself some friends
And spent a night or two in my own home

[G]                       [A7]

And I have to say it now
[D]It's been a good[G] life all in all[Em]
[D]               [Bm]              [A7]              [G]               x2
It's really fine
To have a chance to hang around
And lie there by the fire
And watch the evening tire
While all my friends and my old lady
Sit and pass the pipe around

[G]And talk of poems and prayers and promis[Fm]es                      [G]                                      [D]
And things that we believe in
How sweet it is to love someone
How right it is to care
How long it's been since yesterday
And what about tomorrow
And what about our dreams
[G]And all the memo[A7]ries we share   [D]           [G]                   [D]

The days they pass so quickly now
Nights are seldom long
And time around me whispers when it's cold
The changes somehow frighten me
Still I have to smile
It turns me on to think of growing old
For though my life's been good to me
There's still so much to do
So many things my mind has never known
I'd like to raise a family
I'd like to sail away
And dance across the mountains on the moon

I have to say it now
It's been a good life all in all
It's really fine
To have the chance to hang around
And lie there by the fire
And watch the evening tire
While all my friends and my old lady
Sit and watch the sun go down

And talk of poems and prayers and promises
And things that we believe in
How sweet it is to love someone
How right it is to care
How long it's been since yesterday
What about tomorrow
What about our dreams
And all the memories we share

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