Poems, Prayers And Promises chords

John Denver

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  			(verse 1)  
D				 G/A  -  D  
I've been laid to thinking about my lifetime,  
                                      G/A  
All the things I've done and how it's been,  
    D			     G/A      D  
And I can't help believin' in my own mind,  
                                G/A  
I know I'm gonna hate to see it end,  
  
  
(verse 2)  
D			      G/A             D  
I've seen alot of sunshine, slept out in the rain.  
                               G/A  
Spent a night or two all on my own,  
D				G/A              D  
I've known my lady's pleasures, had myself some friends,  
                              G/A  
Spent a time or two in my own home,  

G                  A7                D               G  
And I have to say it now, it's been a good life all in all,  
             D              Bm              Em    A7 
It's really fine to have a chance to hang around,  
     G                A7	 D                G  
And lie there by the fire, and watch the evenin' tire,  
                D		 Bm           Em7            A7  
while all my friends and my old lady, sit and pass the pipe around,  
             G                     Fm      G                     D  
And talk of poems and prayers and promises, and things that we believe in,  
                   Dmaj7          G                  A	   
How sweet it is to love someone, how right it is to care,  
     G                    Fmaj7       Em           D  
How long it's been since yesterday, what about tomorrow,  
                    Dmaj7                G           A   D - G - D  
And what about our dreams, and all the memories we share,  
  
  
(verse 3)  
D				      G/A              D  
The days, they pass so quickly now, nights are seldom long,  
                                  G/A  
Time around me whispers when it's cold,  
   D                           G/A             D  
Changes some how frighten me, still I have to smile,  
                                   G/A  
It turns me on to think of growing old,  
  
  
(verse 4)  
D				       G/A                   D  
For tho' my life's been good to me, there's still so much to do,  
                                  G/A  
So many things my mind has never known,  
     D                       G/A              D  
I'd like to raise a family, I'd like to sail away,  
                                      G/A  
And dance across the mountains on the moon,  
  
  
(chorus)  
G                    A7                D               G  
And I have to say it now, it's been a good life all in all,  
             D              Bm              Em    A7  
It's really fine to have a chance to hang around,  
     G                A7	 D                G  
And lie there by the fire, and watch the evenin' tire,  
                D		  Bm           Em7            A7  
while all my friends and my old lady, sit and pass the pipe around,  
             G                     Fm             G                    D  
And talk of poems and prayers and promises, and things that we believe in,  
                  Dmaj7           G                  A	      
How sweet it is to love someone, how right it is to care,  
      G                  Fmaj7       Em           D  
How long it's been since yesterday, what about tomorrow,  
                    Dmaj7                G           A   D - G - D  
And what about our dreams, and all the memories we share,