Paul Weller - Man Of Great Promise guitar tab
Man of great promise acoustic as played on better later than never with jools holland
Notes - Capo 2nd Fret, CHORD SHAPES PLAYED ASSUMING THE CAPO IS
THE NUT, mess around with the am and d chords as the weller puts in
suttle variationseach time 7ths and stuff. The chord I called f#m7b5
sounds good in both shapes i have shown I dont know if this is the
right name but who gives a fuck it sounds good. On the g to f# move
just hit the f# on the e string with some nice vibrato, then play the
open strings.
A basic song yes but it sounds very good when played with feeling
Comments corrections to badmanners12@aol.com
G7 e 3 Cmaj7 x ?F#m7b5 x or x
a 2 3 x x
d 0 2 4 4
g 0 0 5 4
b 0 0 5 4
e 1 0 5 5
INTRO -
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#
The Lord knows I´d do it now
Em Am Am7
But there is no going back
D Gmaj7 G7
And what´s done is done forever
Cmaj7
But you were always chained
D
And shackled by the dirt
F#m7b5
Of every small town institution
B7
And every big town flirt
Em Am D G G/F#
Same pattern as first time round but with lyrics below
And I think of what you might have been
A man of such great promise
Oh but, you seem to forget the dream
And the more you saw you hated
But let´s not talk of blame
For what is only natural
Like a moth going to a flame
You had a dangerous passion
But you were always chained
And shackled by the dirt
Of every small town institution
And every big town flirt
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#
If it´s in the cold earth you prefer to lay
Em Am
Oh, If it´s in the cold earth
D G G/F#
You prefer to stay
Em
Am D G
