IQ - Promises (as The Years Go By) Intro: Em C D Am Em C D Am Say awhile, when I'm not alone Em C D Am I forget all the anger in me Em C D Am Kiss a tear when the hammer falls Em C D Am They're holding me here in never ending circles Cm A E F# I can still remember summer madness Cm A E B I can taste the perfume on your cheek Cm A E F# The heat is overcome by coldness--How Cm A E B Consoling words are insignificant Say you'll pray Justify the actions These are days of the mob-rule, sharp tongue, curfew When the mind is in solitary confinement-- Makes the mood that breaks you There's a spirit seeking liberation Here's a fire with a hungry heart If I listen maybe, time will tell me The reasons why we're torn apart Cm A B F# As the years go by Cm A B F# Don't make any false promises Cm A B F# As the years go by (idem) Say you'll pray Here the silence is too loud In a steel barred jail on the other side We invented the differences That weaved the web with which we lied Caught in the middle of a cold war zone I left my lover in a far-off place She'll kiss a tear when the hammer's falling And wipe the darkness from my face As the years go by Don't make any false promises As the years go by Just say you'll pray