A Man Of Great Promise

Intro: 

Em    Am Am7   D   G G/F# 

verse 1 : 

Em                     Am  Am7 
I bought the paper yesterday 
      D            G   G/F# 
And I saw the obituary 
      Em                      Am   Am7 
And I read of how you died in pain 
     D                       G    G/F# 
Well I just couldn't understand it 
   Em                   Am  Am7 
If I could of changed that 
     D              G     G/F# 
Then Lord knows I'd do it now 
    Em                 Am  Am7 
But there is no going back 
           D            G          G7 
And what's done is done forever  




[Refrão]

Cmaj7                           Bm  
But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt 
Am                                  B7 
Of every small town institution and every big town flirt  


Solo: 

Em    Am Am7   D   G G/F# x2 


verse 2 

      Em                           Am   Am7 
And I think of what you might have been 
  D                 G       G/F# 
A man of such great promise 
         Em                   Am    Am7 
Oh but you seem to forget the dream 
        D                G    G/F# 
And the more you saw you hated 
          Em              Am    Am7 
But let's not talk of the blame 
    D            G      G/F#            
For what is only natural 
       Em              Am    Am7 
Like a moth going to a flame 
    D               G          G7 
You had a dangerous passion 




[Refrão]

Cmaj7                           Bm  
But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt 
Am                                  B7 
Of every small town institution and every big town flirt  


Outro: 

Em                      Am            Am7 
All the things that you might have been 
    D           G    G/F# 
But who am I to say? 
        Em 
Still I wonder 
        Am                D              G   G/F#   Em 
If it's in the cold earth you prefer to lay 
        Am                D             G    G/F#  Em 
If it's in the cold earth you prefer to stay 


Am    D    Em