{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1908036,"song":"The Promise","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1908036-the-promise-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1908036?type=chord","rating":4.66758,"votes":34,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJohnny works in a factory and Billy works downtown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                               [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G/B[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTerry works in a rock and roll band looking for that million-dollar sound[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I got a little job down in Darlington but some nights I don't go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G/B[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome nights I go to the drive-in or some nights I stay home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI followed that dream just like those guys do way up on the screen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                        [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I drove a Challenger down Route 9 through the dead ends and all the bad scenes[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                                               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd when the promise was broken, I cashed in a few of my own dreams[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                                [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell now I built that Challenger by myself, but I needed money and so I sold it[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                                                    [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G/B[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI lived a secret I should've kept to myself, but I got drunk one night and I told it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G/B[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll my life I fought this fight, the fight that no man can ever win[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEvery day it just gets harder to live this dream I'm believing in[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThunder Road,    oh baby you were so right[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThunder Road,    there's something dying down on the highway tonight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI won big once and I hit the coast, oh but somehow I paid the big cost[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                                             [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G/B[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nInside I felt like I was carrying the broken spirits of all the other ones who lost[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G/B[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen the promise is broken you go on living, but it steals something from down in your soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]                                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike when the truth is spoken and it don't make no difference, something in your heart turns cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThunder Road,    for the lost lovers and all the fixed games[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThunder Road,    for the tires rushing by in the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThunder Road,    remember what me and Billy we'd always say[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThunder Road,    we were gonna take it all then threw it all away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG C G C \nG C G C\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG C G C\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG C G C","chords":["G","C","Em","Am","G/B","D","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}