Promises in Pieces
Jason Eady
Capo 2, Standard tuning
[Chorus]
G Cadd9 G
Well I saw Jesus in the corner He was talking to my friend
D G
They both looked my way and turned around
Cadd9 G
I guess I should remember all the trouble that I’ve been
D G
It’s just promises and pieces on the ground
[Verse]
Cadd9 G
Well I was drunk and tired and busted the day he took me in
D G
And offered me protection from myself
Cadd9 G
I guess I should have told him I’m no kind of friend
D G
Well I guess he found out the day I left
D Cadd9 G
Well I took the money from the wallet on the table by the door
D Cadd9 G
I took the pistol that he told me he kept locked inside the drawer
Em7 D Cadd9 G
I took off before the sun came up and didn’t see him anymore
Cadd9 G
Well I was killing time in Reno where the snow fell on the ground
D G
Well I was counting out what little I had left
Cadd9 G
I asked the bartender to pour another round
D G
I threw a ten down on the table and saved him from myself
D Cadd9 G
And I walked across the street in day light with that pistol in my jeans
D Cadd9 G
I walked up and told the teller I don’t wanna cause a scene
Em7 D Cadd9 G
Just put the money in this suitcase we can do this nice and clean
G Cadd9 G
Well I was almost to the front door when I heard that siren scream
G D G
Well they were just around the corner coming fast
G Cadd9 G
I turned back to that teller he was looking right at me
D G
Well I watched him fall as I let that pistol blast
D Cadd9 G
And I ran back through the alley and I never turned around
D Cadd9 G
And I heard all the voices as they tried to track me down
Em7 D Cadd9 G
I threw the pistol in that river I jumped the train leaving town
G Cadd9 G
In a hotel down in Carson Lake I was tryin’ to lay low
G D G
When I heard some locals talking down the hall
Cadd9 G
It seems they caught the man who robbed that Wells Fargo
D G
Up in Reno you don’t mess around with the law
D Cadd9 G
Well I guess my friend came looking just like he done before
D Cadd9 G
They’d already found his pistol that had washed up on the shore
Em7 D Cadd9 G
Yesterday they hanged a man and I couldn’t run anymore
[INTERLUDE]
Em7 D Cadd9 Cadd9 Em7 D Cadd9 Cadd9
[Chorus]
G Cadd9 G
Well I saw Jesus in the corner he was talking to my friend
G D G
They both looked my way and turned around
Cadd9 G
I guess I should remember all the trouble that I’ve been
D G
It’s just promises and pieces on the ground
D G
It’s just promises and pieces on the ground