I Could Never Promise You
Words and Music by Don Francisco

Capo 1st Fret

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 G6                                     A                   D          To Coda
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                                                             I could never pro-





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 -ise you      on just my strength alone                  that all my life I'd


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 care for you     and love you as my own               I've never known the fu-


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 -ture                 I only see today                   and words that last a


 Em7               A                    D
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 lifetime   would be more than I could say


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                                 but the love inside my heart today         is


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 more than mine alone                   it never changes     it never fails
 D                 A                    D
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 and never seeks its own                and by the God who gives it     and who


 A                                      C                   Em7
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 lives in me and you                    I know the words I speak today    are


 A                 D                    Coda                Bm
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 words I'm going to do                                    and so I stand before


 Em                G                    A                   G
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   you now   for all to hear      and   see                  and promise you in


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 Jesus' name    the love   He's  given  me             and through the years on


 Em                G                    A                   G
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 earth      and as eternity     goes    by               the life and love He's
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 | 1.  Em                               A          hold            D.S. al Coda
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 given us            are never going to  die


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 | 2.  Em          A                    D
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 given us            are never going to  die


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 G                 Em                   A                 D   hold
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 the life and love He's given us        are never going to die