The Style Council - A Man of Great Promise

      A Man Of Great Promise - The Style Council, Our Favourite Shop (1985)

Words and Music by Paul Weller

Tabbed by Ryan Chan

This version is based on the acoustic performances of the song by Paul Weller. 

Capo on second fret although on studio version does not have a capo.

Chords:

Em    (022000)
Am    (x02210)
Am7   (x02010) or (x02013)
D     (xx0232) or D7 (xx0212)
G     (320033)
G/F#  (2x0033) or (2x023x)
G7    (320001)
Cmaj7 (x32000) or C (x32010)
Bm    (x24432) or D (xx0232)
B7    (x21200) or (x21202) or (x24242)


Intro:

Em    Am Am7   D   G G/F#

Verse 1 :

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#
Then Lord knows I'd do it now
    Em                 Am  Am7
But there is no going back
           D            G          G7
And what's done is done forever 


Chorus 1:

Cmaj7                           Bm 
But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt
Am                                  B7
Of every small town institution and every big town flirt 


Solo:

Em    Am Am7   D   G G/F# x2


Verse 2

      Em                           Am   Am7
And I think of what you might have been
  D                 G       G/F#
A man of such great promise
         Em                   Am    Am7
Oh but you seem to forget the dream
        D                G    G/F#
And the more you saw you hated
          Em              Am    Am7
But let's not talk of the blame
    D            G      G/F#           
For what is only natural
       Em              Am    Am7
Like a moth going to a flame
    D               G          G7
You had a dangerous passion


Chorus 2:

Cmaj7                           Bm 
But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt
Am                                  B7
Of every small town institution and every big town flirt 


Outro:

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#   Em
If it's in the cold earth you prefer to lay
        Am                D             G    G/F#  Em
If it's in the cold earth you prefer to stay


Am    D    Em