Chord/Tab song: Broken Promise

New Order - Broken Promise (from Brotherhood album)

Guitar chords: Dm, Am, C, G
Standard Tuning

Intro: 2 measures instrumental

Verse:
[Dm]Oh, I don't know why [Am]people lie
and [C]I don't know why [G]people die
[Dm]EVerytime I see you [Am]shout at me
cause of [C]all of the things in the world that [G]I can't see

Pre Chorus: (2nd verse, substitute words in parentheses)
[Dm]And what I think goes [Am]on in this world
for a [C]mother and a father and a [G]boy and a girl (kid)
is that the [Dm]more you earn the [Am]less you learn
there's a [C]fact in life where [G]you (we) will burn

Chorus:
[G]And I never could [Dm]believe it
and I [Am]never could be [C]true
father, [G]things that mean so [Dm]much to me
don't [Am]mean that much to [C]you
and I [G]never could [Dm]believe the way
you [Am]told me I was [C]wrong
if I'm [G]right and if you are [Dm]simple sin
for [Am]God's sake I was [C]wrong

2 measures instrumental: Dm Am C G

Verse:
Oh I don't know how I think this way
how you sit there looking at me all day
there's more to you than I can see
there's a shadow of a mother hanging over me

Pre chorus
Chorus

4 measures instrumental: Dm Am C G

Outro Chorus:
[G]Oh I tell you out of [Dm]heaven and I [Am]tell you out of [C]hell
and I see your life in ruins, you're just earning that as well
and I cry out in my loneliness, well used to be your peace
but you'll never see my face again, oh I need words like these

Outro: 6 measures instrumental: G Dm Am C