Key: B major•
Intro 1
B
E
B
E
F#
B
E
B
F#
B
Verse 1
B
E
Back in the hill
E
F#
B
Love shined like a diamond in your eyes
E
B
I swore I'd never hurt you - then I did
F#
B
Now I'm all alone with all my lies
E
B
I promised that I'd never be untrue
F#
C#
F#
B
I'd never make you cry
E
B
The only promise that I didn't break
B
die
Interlude 1
B
E
B
E
F#
B
E
B
F#
B
Verse 2
B
E
B
I wish I'd never seen those city lights
E
F#
B
A sight for a country boy to see
F#
B
Another is burnin' out like me
E
B
I wouldn't listen though you told me dear
C#
F#
B
I couldn't see the lie
F#
B
E
But all the same I still
F#
B
F#
And I'll love you until the day I die
Interlude 2
B
E
B
E
F#
B
F#
B
E
B
F#
B
E
B
C#
F#
E
B
F#
B
E
B
F#
B
Verse 3
B
E
B
They built this prison just for fools like me
F#
E
B
from a stone
E
B
I killed a man now I won't ever see
F#
B
The green rollin' hills where I was born
E
B
No I won't ever see your face again
C#
F#
B
But if I close my eye s
B
F#
me back to then
B
F#
B
And I'll love you until the day I die
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB E F# C#
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