A Man of Great Promise chords by The Style Council
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Intro 1
(A minor) (E minor) (A minor) (D major) (G major)
Verse 1
I bought (E minor) the paper
yester (A minor) day and I saw (D major) the obituary (G major)
(D major) And I (E minor) read of how you died in pain (A minor) -
Well I just (D major) couldn't understand (G major) it
(E minor) If I could of changed that, (A minor)
then Lord knows (D major) I'd do it now (G major)
But there (E minor) is no going back (A minor) -
And what's done (D major) is done (G major) forever (F major) (Gsus4)
(G major)
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Verse 2
(C major) But you were always chained and
shackled (G major) (D major) (G major) by (D major) the (B minor) dirt (F sharpdim) -
Of every small town institution and (B major) every big
Interlude 1
town flirt
(B major) (E minor) (A minor) (D major) (G major) (E minor) (A minor) (D major)
(G major)
(E minor) And I think
Verse 3
of what you might have (A minor) been,
a man (D major) of such great prom (G major) ise
Oh but, you seem (E minor) to forget the dream (A minor) -
And the more (D major) you saw you hated (G major)
But (E minor) let's not talk of (A minor) blame,
for what (Dsus4) (D major) is only nat (G major) ural
Like a moth (E minor) going to a flame (A minor) -
You had (D major) a dangerous pas (G major) sion
Verse 4
But (F major) (Gsus4) (G major) (C major) you were always chained
and shackled (G major) by the (B minor) dirt (C sharpdim) (F sharpdim) -
Of every small town institution
and (B major) every big town flirt
Verse 5
All the (E minor) things that you might (A minor) have
been - but (D major) who am I to say? (G major)
Still (E minor) I wonder -
If it's in (C major) the cold earth (D major)
you prefer to lay (G major) (E minor) -
If it's in (C major) the cold earth (D major) - you prefer
Outro 1
to stay
(G major) (E minor) (G major) (C major) (G major) (A minor) (Baug) (E minor)
A Man of Great Promise
The Style Council
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