Chords for In A Broken Promise Land - Big Country
Tempo:
123.95 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Db
Eb
F
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Eb] [F]
[Db] [Ab]
[G] [F]
[Abm] The past is a foreign country, [Em] two sides [A] so far.
[E] [Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [F] [Eb] [Bbm]
[Db] [Ab] In the great scheme of tomorrow, what no one really knows.
The floodlight has diverged, like a river that overflows.
[Db] [Ab] The world [F] is a temptation, [Db] [Ab] [Fm] there is revelation.
[Db] [Ab] Across [F] a thousand nations, [Db] is this [Ab] the rise [F] or is this [Eb] the fall?
[Db] The moon can [Ab] promise that.
[Eb] [F] Ruthless and [Eb] actionless like [Bbm] when the [Db] shadow falls.
The moon can [Ab] promise that.
[Eb] [F] It's a told [Eb] honest man [Bbm] to lead [Db] the [Abm] cause.
[Fm] [Eb] [A]
[Ab] Sun [Db] rose up in the [Ab] desert, a [Db] hurricane hits [Ab] the shore.
There's a [Db] thousand stars in the night [Ab] sky, I would wish one could [Ab] be a bird.
[Db] [Ab]
[Fm] [Eb] Back [Db] home, [Ab] [Fm] out on the facing [Db] forest.
[Ab] Being left or [Db] being right [Ab] or [Fm] wrong, it's all [Eb] the last moment [Db] of broken [Ab] promises.
[Eb] [F] Ruthless and [Eb] actionless like [Bbm] when the [Db] shadow falls.
The moon can [Ab] promise that.
[F] All that you have [Eb] to give, [Bbm] you gave for [Db] a [Ab] song.
[Eb]
[Db] [Ab]
[Dbm] [Ab] [Eb]
[Db] [Ab] [Abm]
The past is a foreign [Fm] country, two [F] sides so far.
[Fm] [Db] [Ab]
[Eb] In [Fm] a broken [Eb] promise.
[Bbm]
[Db] [Ab]
[Eb] Ruthless and actionless like when the shadow [Bbm] falls.
[Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [Fm] Ruthless and [Eb] actionless like [Bbm] when the [Db] shadow [Ab] falls.
[Db] [F] [Eb] [Ab] [Db] [Fm]
[Eb] [Ab] [Db] [Fm]
[Eb] [Ab] [Db] [Fm]
[Eb] [Db] [Ab]
[G]
[Db] [Ab]
[G] [F]
[Abm] The past is a foreign country, [Em] two sides [A] so far.
[E] [Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [F] [Eb] [Bbm]
[Db] [Ab] In the great scheme of tomorrow, what no one really knows.
The floodlight has diverged, like a river that overflows.
[Db] [Ab] The world [F] is a temptation, [Db] [Ab] [Fm] there is revelation.
[Db] [Ab] Across [F] a thousand nations, [Db] is this [Ab] the rise [F] or is this [Eb] the fall?
[Db] The moon can [Ab] promise that.
[Eb] [F] Ruthless and [Eb] actionless like [Bbm] when the [Db] shadow falls.
The moon can [Ab] promise that.
[Eb] [F] It's a told [Eb] honest man [Bbm] to lead [Db] the [Abm] cause.
[Fm] [Eb] [A]
[Ab] Sun [Db] rose up in the [Ab] desert, a [Db] hurricane hits [Ab] the shore.
There's a [Db] thousand stars in the night [Ab] sky, I would wish one could [Ab] be a bird.
[Db] [Ab]
[Fm] [Eb] Back [Db] home, [Ab] [Fm] out on the facing [Db] forest.
[Ab] Being left or [Db] being right [Ab] or [Fm] wrong, it's all [Eb] the last moment [Db] of broken [Ab] promises.
[Eb] [F] Ruthless and [Eb] actionless like [Bbm] when the [Db] shadow falls.
The moon can [Ab] promise that.
[F] All that you have [Eb] to give, [Bbm] you gave for [Db] a [Ab] song.
[Eb]
[Db] [Ab]
[Dbm] [Ab] [Eb]
[Db] [Ab] [Abm]
The past is a foreign [Fm] country, two [F] sides so far.
[Fm] [Db] [Ab]
[Eb] In [Fm] a broken [Eb] promise.
[Bbm]
[Db] [Ab]
[Eb] Ruthless and actionless like when the shadow [Bbm] falls.
[Db] [Ab]
[Eb] [Fm] Ruthless and [Eb] actionless like [Bbm] when the [Db] shadow [Ab] falls.
[Db] [F] [Eb] [Ab] [Db] [Fm]
[Eb] [Ab] [Db] [Fm]
[Eb] [Ab] [Db] [Fm]
[Eb] [Db] [Ab]
[G]
Key:
Ab
Db
Eb
F
Fm
Ab
Db
Eb
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Abm] The past is a foreign country, _ [Em] two sides [A] so far.
[E] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _
_ [Db] _ [Ab] In the great scheme of tomorrow, _ what no one really knows.
_ _ The floodlight has diverged, _ like a river that _ overflows.
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] The world [F] is a temptation, [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ [Fm] there is _ revelation.
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ Across [F] a thousand nations, [Db] is this [Ab] the rise [F] or is this [Eb] the fall?
[Db] The moon can [Ab] promise that.
_ [Eb] _ [F] Ruthless and [Eb] actionless like [Bbm] when the [Db] shadow falls.
The moon can [Ab] promise _ that.
[Eb] _ [F] It's a told [Eb] honest man [Bbm] to lead [Db] the [Abm] cause. _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [A] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ Sun [Db] rose up in the [Ab] desert, _ a [Db] hurricane hits [Ab] the shore.
There's a [Db] thousand stars in the night [Ab] sky, I would wish one could [Ab] be a bird.
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Fm] _ [Eb] Back [Db] home, _ [Ab] _ [Fm] out on the facing [Db] forest.
_ [Ab] _ Being left or [Db] being right [Ab] or [Fm] wrong, it's all [Eb] the last moment [Db] of broken [Ab] promises. _ _
_ [Eb] _ [F] Ruthless and [Eb] actionless like [Bbm] when the [Db] shadow falls.
The moon can [Ab] promise that. _
_ [F] _ All that you have [Eb] to give, [Bbm] you gave for [Db] a [Ab] song.
_ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ The past is a foreign [Fm] country, _ two [F] sides so far.
[Fm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Eb] In [Fm] a broken [Eb] promise.
_ [Bbm] _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ Ruthless and actionless like when the shadow [Bbm] falls.
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Fm] Ruthless and [Eb] actionless like [Bbm] when the [Db] shadow [Ab] falls.
[Db] _ _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Fm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Fm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Fm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Abm] The past is a foreign country, _ [Em] two sides [A] so far.
[E] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _
_ [Db] _ [Ab] In the great scheme of tomorrow, _ what no one really knows.
_ _ The floodlight has diverged, _ like a river that _ overflows.
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] The world [F] is a temptation, [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ [Fm] there is _ revelation.
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ Across [F] a thousand nations, [Db] is this [Ab] the rise [F] or is this [Eb] the fall?
[Db] The moon can [Ab] promise that.
_ [Eb] _ [F] Ruthless and [Eb] actionless like [Bbm] when the [Db] shadow falls.
The moon can [Ab] promise _ that.
[Eb] _ [F] It's a told [Eb] honest man [Bbm] to lead [Db] the [Abm] cause. _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [A] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ Sun [Db] rose up in the [Ab] desert, _ a [Db] hurricane hits [Ab] the shore.
There's a [Db] thousand stars in the night [Ab] sky, I would wish one could [Ab] be a bird.
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Fm] _ [Eb] Back [Db] home, _ [Ab] _ [Fm] out on the facing [Db] forest.
_ [Ab] _ Being left or [Db] being right [Ab] or [Fm] wrong, it's all [Eb] the last moment [Db] of broken [Ab] promises. _ _
_ [Eb] _ [F] Ruthless and [Eb] actionless like [Bbm] when the [Db] shadow falls.
The moon can [Ab] promise that. _
_ [F] _ All that you have [Eb] to give, [Bbm] you gave for [Db] a [Ab] song.
_ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ The past is a foreign [Fm] country, _ two [F] sides so far.
[Fm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Eb] In [Fm] a broken [Eb] promise.
_ [Bbm] _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ Ruthless and actionless like when the shadow [Bbm] falls.
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Fm] Ruthless and [Eb] actionless like [Bbm] when the [Db] shadow [Ab] falls.
[Db] _ _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Fm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Fm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Fm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _