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