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New Order - Broken Promise (from Brotherhood album)
Guitar chords: Dm, Am, C, G  
Standard Tuning
Intro: 2 measures instrumental
Verse:
DmOh, I donAm't know why people lie
and CI don't Gknow why people die
DmEVerytimAme I see you shout at me
caCuse of all Gof the things in the world that I can't see
Pre Chorus: (2nd verse, substitute words in parentheses)
DmAnd what I Amthink goes on in this world
for a CmotheGr and a father and a boy and a girl (kid)
is thDmat the morAme you earn the less you learn
theCre's a fGact in life where you (we) will burn
Chorus:
GAnd I Dmnever could believe it
and I Amnever coCuld be true
fGather, Dmthings that mean so much to me
don't Ammean Cthat much to you
and I Gnever Dmcould believe the way 
you Amtold mCe I was wrong
if I'm Gright aDmnd if you are simple sin
for AmGod's sakCe I was wrong
2 measures instrumental:  Dm   Am   C  G  
Verse:
Oh I don't know how I think this way
how you sit there looking at me all day
there's more to you than I can see
there's a shadow of a mother hanging over me
Pre chorus
Chorus
4 measures instrumental:  Dm   Am   C  G  
Outro Chorus:
GOh I telDml you Amout of Cheaven and I tell you out of hell
and I see your life in ruins, you're just earning that as well
and I cry out in my loneliness, well used to be your peace
but you'll never see my face again, oh I need words like these
Outro: 6 measures instrumental:  G   Dm   Am  C  

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Broken Promise

by New Order

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New Order - Broken Promise (from Brotherhood album)

Dm Am C G

Guitar chords: , , ,

Standard Tuning

Intro: 2 measures instrumental

Verse:

Dm Am

Oh, I don't know why people lie

C G

and I don't know why people die

Dm Am

EVerytime I see you shout at me

C G

cause of all of the things in the world that I can't see

Pre Chorus: (2nd verse, substitute words in parentheses)

Dm Am

And what I think goes on in this world

C G

for a mother and a father and a boy and a girl (kid)

Dm Am

is that the more you earn the less you learn

C G

there's a fact in life where you (we) will burn

Chorus:

G Dm

And I never could believe it

Am C

and I never could be true

G Dm

father, things that mean so much to me

Am C

don't mean that much to you

G Dm

and I never could believe the way

Am C

you told me I was wrong

G Dm

if I'm right and if you are simple sin

Am C

for God's sake I was wrong

Dm Am C G

2 measures instrumental:

Verse:

Oh I don't know how I think this way

how you sit there looking at me all day

there's more to you than I can see

there's a shadow of a mother hanging over me

Pre chorus

Chorus

Dm Am C G

4 measures instrumental:

Outro Chorus:

G Dm Am C

Oh I tell you out of heaven and I tell you out of hell

and I see your life in ruins, you're just earning that as well

and I cry out in my loneliness, well used to be your peace

but you'll never see my face again, oh I need words like these

G Dm Am C

Outro: 6 measures instrumental:

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