Dark Promises Chords
by Matt Mays
Dark Promises by Matt Mays is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G#. It uses the chords F#m, A, D and A/G#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: F#m A (x4)
verse 1
D A
I met her in the spring
D A
When the earth began to breathe again
D A
She snuck in with the dawn
D
And just like summer she was gone
verse 2
F#m A
Lonely is just a word
F#m A
And it don't mean shit to me
F#m A
Cause I'm a hummingbird in hawk wings
D
Designed to be free
F#m A A/G#
And all your dark promises are gone
F#m
And the tears that fall down my face
A A/G#
Soon will turn to stone now
F#m A A/G#
And all your dark promises are gone
D (hold)
Cause I'm sick of throwing stones up at your window
verse 3
A
Broken hearts beat harder
D A
On highways built along the water
D A
How many times do I gotta tell you
D
It's all in your mind
verse 4
F#m A
Nothing is what it seems
F#m A
We're just dust in the arclight beams
F#m A
Shining off the back of my eyelids
D (hold)
While I lay here
While I lay here trying to dream
F#m A A/G#
And all your dark promises are gone
F#m
And the tears that fall down my face
A A/G#
Soon will turn to stone now
F#m A A/G#
And all your dark promises are gone
D
Cause I'm sick of throwing stones up at your window
Solo
F#m A A/G# x2
Bridge
F#m
For the love
A
For the love
F#m
For the love
A A/G#
For the love
D
For the love
For the love
F#m A A/G#
And all your dark promises are gone
F#m
And the tears that fall down my face
A A/G#
Soon will turn to stone now
F#m A A/G#
And all your dark promises are gone
F#m A A/G#
Yeah all your dark promises are gone
F#m
Are gone
A A/G#
Are gone
Outro
F#m A A/G#