• Song:

    Promise

  • Artist:

    Delirious

  • Album:

    Fuse Box Live & In The ...

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From:   Elliot Whiting [ellw@hotmail.com]
Sent:   Thursday, December 11, 1997 1:15 PM

Title:  Promise
Artist: deliriou5
Source: King of Fools (Furious Records)

Transcribed by:Elliot Whiting (ellw@hotmail.com)

Best selling British single from deliriou5, reached No.20 in the
billboard charts.

Valvey distortion neccessary, reduce for verse or play softer so that
the signal breaks up less.

INTRO:
 What ever happened? [sample]
 G / Em7#9 / A x2
 G / Em7#9 / A / C

VERSE:
 G /Em(7#9) [Let ring]
          Did I wipe the tear, or did I spit in your face?
  Did I point the finger or give the hand of grace?
      C   F          Em(7#9)
  Oh why...does it come to this?

[Strike chords once]
  Em7(#9)                                         A
  Is it freedom that you want, or are the chains in your head?
    Em                         A
  Can a man play God, when He made his own bed?
     C     F         Em
  Oh why...does it come to this?

CHORUS:
G / Em7#9                          A
        Whatever happened to the love that you made?
G / Em7#9                          A
        Whatever happened to the prayer that you prayed?
G / Em7#9                          A          C
        Whatever happens to a promise these days?


VERSE:[Play each note of the chord, upwards]
            Em7                           A
     Did the Earth disappear, when you told of the truth,
            Em7                             A
     Of the lands you would conquer, of the mountains you'd move?
          C   F               Em
     Oh why...does it come to this?


[As before]
Did you covenant or live the dream in your head?
Would you die for her or rather raise the dead?
Oh when...will I learn from this?


CHORUS x2

C ~~~~~~


SOLO:  .
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---8^-8--5-----------8^--8^---5-----------8^--8s10s8---5~~~~~-|
G|---9^-9--6------7----9^--9^---6-----------9^--9s11s9---6~~~~~-|
D|-------------5h7---------------------9------------------------|
A|---------------------------------8h9--------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

e---------------|
B---------------|
G---------------|
D---10~10~10~10-|
A---10~10~10~10-|
E----8~~8~~8~~8-|

trem pick
  ,/////////////////,         .  .
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------8^---14-14-14--14/15\14---8^--| Gets
G|10---12---14---10-----9^---15-15-15--15/16\15---9^--| a
D|----------------------------------------------------| bit
A|-8---10---12----8-----------------------------------| mushy
E|----------------------------------------------------|

e|--------|
B|--------|
G|--------|
D|---10~~~
A|---10~~~
E|----8~~~


Outro:

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|
D|---4-----4-----4-|---4-----4-----4-|---4-----4-----4-|
A|-7-----7-----7---|-5-----5-----5---|-4-----4-----4---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----0-----0-----|
D|---4-----4-----4-|
A|-3-----3-----3---|
E|-----------------|

Last time:                            Slow down
                                             ,.........,
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
G|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|--------|
D|---4-----4-----4-|---4-----4-----4-|---4-----4-----4-|---4~~--|
A|-7-----7-----7---|-5-----5-----5---|-4-----4-----4---|---3~~--|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|

That's it.
Mail me with any comments, suggestions or requests at ellw@hotmail.com

See ya,
Elliot
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