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Promises Broken

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
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Intro Riff
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Intro:  E   Abm   F#m  B  
SEtreet are filled with broken glaAss
you get buried by the paAmst, give me just
a little taEste, lay this mess to waBste,
Take me homEe.
MEy mind is racing take me hoAme, my body's
aching so alAmone, I'll make you want to stay
with mEe befriended by the eneBmy, one more tiEme
CHORUS:
EEvery little thing about you tells me noAbmthing out
there is ever gonna help me aF#mll these words that
I hear spoken B- just promises broken nEow
LGooking outside from the window sill thCsus2row another
coin in the wishing well,  you'll Gnever find what
your lCsus2ooking for, A15 Dmiles your Adim light shines
from so Dfar away, Byour sad Esmile, is Ball I see
when I sEay
EFrom the hotel sAatellite don't look like you're livin'
Amright here's a deal you can't Erefuse, you ain't got as
much to Blose ----ECan you tell your troubles to sAbmomeone
who won't laugh at you, F#mIt's alright.     BAEnd as I watch
you walk away hAbmope a part of you will stay, F#mit's alrightB  
just A to B. On the A string: open then second fret

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Promises Broken

by Soul Asylum

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Abm

F#m

Csus2

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##

Intro Riff

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|---------2^4--2--------|

|----2^4------------4---|

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E Abm F#m B

Intro:

E A

Street are filled with broken glass

you get buried by the past, give me just

E B

a little taste, lay this mess to waste,

Take me home.

E A

My mind is racing take me home, my body's

aching so alone, I'll make you want to stay

E B E

with me befriended by the enemy, one more time

CHORUS:

E Abm

Every little thing about you tells me nothing out

F#m

there is ever gonna help me all these words that

B E

I hear spoken - just promises broken now

G Csus2

Looking outside from the window sill throw another

coin in the wishing well, you'll never find what

Csus2 A D A

your looking for, 15 miles your dim light shines

D B E B

from so far away, your sad smile, is all I see

when I say

E A

From the hotel satellite don't look like you're livin'

Am E

right here's a deal you can't refuse, you ain't got as

B E Abm

much to lose ----Can you tell your troubles to someone

F#m B E

who won't laugh at you, It's alright. And as I watch

Abm F#m B

you walk away hope a part of you will stay, it's alright

just A to B. On the A string: open then second fret

About Promises Broken Chords by Soul Asylum

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The chords for "Promises Broken" show the original chord names (including E, Abm, F#m, B, A, Am). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.