{"id":20915,"date":"2024-06-18T06:44:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T06:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=20915"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:39:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T15:39:48","slug":"poems-and-prayers-and-promises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/poems-and-prayers-and-promises\/","title":{"rendered":"Poems And Prayers And Promises"},"content":{"rendered":"

D<\/span>\u200bPoems And Prayers And Promises, <\/span>John Denver, 1971<\/span><\/p>\n

[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>I’ve been lately thinking <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>about my life’s <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>time<\/span>
\n<\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>All the things I’ve<\/span> done, how it’s <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>been<\/span>
\n<\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>And I can’t help believing in <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>my own <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>mind<\/span>
\n<\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>I know I’m gonna hate to see it <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>end<\/span><\/p>\n

[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>I’ve seen a lot of <\/span>[F#m]<\/span>sunshine, <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>slept out in the <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>rain<\/span>
\n<\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>Spent a <\/span>time<\/span> or two all on my <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>own<\/span>
\n<\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>I’ve known my lady’s <\/span>[<\/span>F#m<\/span>]<\/span>pleasures, <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>had myself some <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>friends<\/span>
\n<\/span>And <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>spent a night or two in my own <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>home<\/span><\/p>\n

I <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>have to say it <\/span>[<\/span>A<\/span>]<\/span>now<\/span>, it’s been a <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>good life, all in <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>all<\/span>
\n<\/span>It’s really <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>fine to have a <\/span>[<\/span>Bm<\/span>]<\/span>chance to hang <\/span>[<\/span>G6<\/span>]<\/span>around<\/span>[<\/span>A<\/span>]<\/span>
\n<\/span>And <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>lie there by the <\/span>[<\/span>A<\/span>]<\/span>fire and <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>watch the evening <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>tire<\/span>
\n<\/span>While all my <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>friends and my old <\/span>[<\/span>Bm<\/span>]<\/span>lady sit and <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>pass the pipe <\/span>[<\/span>A<\/span>]<\/span>around<\/span><\/p>\n

Talk of <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>poems and prayers and <\/span>[<\/span>F#m<\/span>]<\/span>promises and <\/span>[<\/span>Em<\/span>]<\/span>things that we <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>believe in<\/span>
\n<\/span>How <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>sweet it is to love someone, how <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>right it is to <\/span>[<\/span>A<\/span>]<\/span>care<\/span>
\n<\/span>How <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>long it’s been since yesterday and <\/span>[<\/span>Em<\/span>]<\/span>what about <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>tomorrow?<\/span>
\n<\/span>What <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>about our dreams and all the <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>memories we <\/span>[<\/span>A<\/span>]<\/span>share?<\/span><\/p>\n

[<\/span>BREAK<\/span>]<\/span><\/p>\n

[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>The days they pass so<\/span> quickly now, <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>nights are seldom <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>long<\/span>
\n<\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>Time around me whispers when it’s <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>cold<\/span>
\n<\/span>The <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>changes somehow frighten me, <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>still I have to <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>smile<\/span>
\n<\/span>It <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>turns me on to<\/span> <\/a>think of growing <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>old<\/span><\/p>\n

For <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>though my life’s been good to me there’s <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>still so much to <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>do<\/span>
\n<\/span>So <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>many things my min<\/span>d ha<\/span>s never <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>known<\/span>
\n<\/span>I’d <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>like to raise a family, I’d <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>like to sail <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>away<\/span>
\n<\/span>And <\/span>[<\/span>D<\/span>]<\/span>dance across the mountains on the <\/span>[<\/span>G<\/span>]<\/span>moon,<\/span>\u200b> \u00a0> \u00a0><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

D\u200bPoems And Prayers And Promises, John Denver, 1971 [D]I’ve been lately thinking [G]about my life’s [D]time [D]All the things I’ve done, how it’s [G]been [D]And I can’t help believing in [G]my own [D]mind [D]I know I’m gonna hate to see it [G]end [D]I’ve seen a lot of [F#m]sunshine, [G]slept out … CLICK TO VIEW SONGPoems And Prayers And Promises<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}