Intro:  E  B  C#m  A  E  B  E



Verse:

     E                   B           E
I'm a man of my word, I mean what I say
     A           E                    B
My pledge is my bond, that's just my way
       E                         B          C#m
When you've made a promise to someone who's gone
      A             E              B         E
Well that's when forever seems a little too long


I'm a man of my word and I made you a vow
I swore that I'd love you and I can't change that now
They tell me I'm free to find someone new
I just don't have the heart cause I gave mine to you

Chorus:

     B                     A            E
When I said my love would last for all time
        E                   B
And no one would take your place
 A        E                             C#m
If that promise was the last sound you heard
      A          E            B          E
Well you know I kept it I'm a man of my word


I'm a man of my word and it's cost me so dear
Cause those words are a prison without you here
And I'll go to my grave with this torch held high
But just once I wish I had told you a lie


Chorus

   B                     A            E
When I said my love would last for all time
        E                   B
And no one would take your place
 A        E                             A
If that promise was the last sound you heard
      A          E            B         C#m
Well you know I kept it I'm a man of my word
     A           E              B         E
Yes I'll always love you I'm a man of my word


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