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- String Of Pearls
- Just Like Anyone
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From: pepper@cinenet.net (J. Pepper Berry)
Date: 12 Jul 1995 09:30:39 GMT
Subject: CHRDS: PROMISES BROKEN - Soul Asylum
PROMISES BROKEN by Soul Asylum
Intro: E Abm F#m B
E A
Street are filled with broken glass
Am
you get buried by the past, give me just
E B
a little taste, lay this mess to waste,
E
Take me home.
E A
My mind is racing take me home, my body's
Am
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
G
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
E
when I say
REPEAT CHORUS---
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
REPEAT CHORUS ONCE and you're through!
In the breaks between verses, the little hammer is
just A to B. On the A string: open then second fret
The little run before "Looking outside from the window.."
is just C-B-A-D
J.Pepper Berry
Los Angeles
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Daniel Average |
#1 by Daniel Johnson at Oct 5, 1975 at 2:14 PM EST |
| I love this song...Dave Pirner is one of my favorite lyricists. | |
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Vinnie Rhythm Player |
#2 by Vinnie Valium at Nov 25, 1999 at 5:32 AM EST |
| Ya hey the other day I was in a dollar store and WTF do ya know but I was at the checkout and over in the corner the word "soul" catches my eye but i'm like WTF i go over and sure enough it's a book called Soul Asylum an illustrated discography or something so i bought it :) Wasn't that a great story???? Ya I thought so......... | |
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batman Average |
#3 by batman chum at Dec 10, 2000 at 3:07 AM EST |
| The part where it says "you took my chance from so far away" should say "let your dime light shine from so far away" This song is amazing, I think that it is about sobering up and realizing everything that you have done to the people around you, and how you can never mend some ties back together. | |
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Abe Lead Player |
#4 by Abe Watson at May 23, 2004 at 5:49 PM EST |
| small correction: "Your dim light shines from so far away" is what Dave sings and what is written in the album's book. You're right, Dan Murphy co-wrote this song but Dave sings it anyway and Dan does the backing vocals as usual. I love the lyric "as I watched you walk away, I hoped a part of you would stay". It's a game-with-words (one of many) where he changes the usual expression "a part of me hoped you'd stay". Great music too! | |
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Thomas Average |
#5 by Thomas Reuter at Mar 6, 2006 at 4:41 AM EST |
| Actually, this was the one song on the album that was written and sung by guitarist Dan Murphy. And it was inspired by being on the road missing his 5(?) year old son. Thats right out of a Rolling Stone interview. Although the Lyrics were tailored to a relationship. | |
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