IQ: Promises (as the years go by)
From: Nomzamo
Written by IQ, Lyrics by Paul Menel
Transcribed by marcusenochsson@hotmail.com

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Don't make any false promises

 for verses:
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|-------------7-------7-------7-----|
|---9-------5-------7-----------7---|
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Say awhile, when I'm not alone
I forget all the anger in me
Kiss a tear when the hammer falls
They're holding me here in never ending circles

 for end of verses or whatever you call it:
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|--------9---------------9---9-------11-----|
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|-----9---------10-9------9-----------.-|
|-------9---------------9---9-9-8-------|
|--11--------11------11-----------9---.-|
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I can still remember summer madness
I can taste the perfume on your cheek
The heat is overcome by coldness--How
Consoling words are insignificant
Say you'll pray

 verse
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|-----7-8-------5-------8-8-7-------|
|-------------7-------7-------7-----|
|---9-------5-------7-----------7---|
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Justify the actions
These are days of the mob-rule, sharp tongue, curfew
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|--12\10--8\7--8~--| |--8--10--12-----------|
|--12\11--9\7--9~--| |--9-------------------|
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When the mind is in solitary confinement--
Makes the mood that breaks you

 end of verse
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There's a spirit seeking liberation
Here's a fire with a hungry heart
If I listen maybe, time will tell me
The reasons why we're torn apart

 chorus:
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|-.-9------9-10------10-12-----------|
|--------9---------9-------11----11--|
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|--9--------10--------12------------------.-|
|----9----9----9----9----11----11-11--------|
|------11--------11---------13-------11---.-|
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As the years go by
Don't make any false promises
As the years go by
Say you'll pray

 verse
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|-----7-8-------5-------8-8-7-------|
|-------------7-------7-------7-----|
|---9-------5-------7-----------7---|
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Here the silence is too loud
In a steel barred jail on the other side
We invented the differences
That weaved the web with which we lied

 end of verse
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|--------9---------------9---9-------11-----|
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|-----9---------10-9------9-----------.-|
|-------9---------------9---9-9-8-------|
|--11--------11------11-----------9---.-|
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Caught in the middle of a cold war zone
I left my lover in a far-off place
She'll kiss a tear when the hammer's falling
And wipe the darkness from my face

 chorus
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|-.-9------9-10------10-12-----------|
|--------9---------9-------11----11--|
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|----9----9----9----9----11----11-11--------|
|------11--------11---------13-------11---.-|
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As the years go by
Don't make any false promises
As the years go by
Just say you'll pray

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|----12-------20-------------------------------------------------------|
|---12--------21---------16--------------------------------------------|
|--14----------------/14----17----12(13)12--10--12p10----12(13)12--10--|
|--------------------/14-----------------------------------------------|
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|-----------------------------12--15-12h15p12----12------12-15----15p12--|
|-----------9--12p9----9-----12---------------14--------12---------------|
|--9h10--12---------12------14-------------------------14----------------|
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|--10--12----10-------------------------------8--10h12p10p8h10--5h8p5---5~--|
|---------12----11--12---5-4-5(7)5p4h5~--2---9-----------------------7------|
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|---/7------8p7--5-----|
|------7------------7--|
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 chorus
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|-.-9------9-10------10-12-----------|
|--------9---------9-------11----11--|
|-.---11--------11------------13-----|
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|--9--------10--------12------------------.-|
|----9----9----9----9----11----11-11--------|
|------11--------11---------13-------11---.-|
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As the years go by
Don't make any false promises
As the years go by
Just say you'll pray

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 use dist
|----------/12~~12~1212-10(12)10----12~~~12~1212-10(12)10-----|
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|--5-5--------------------------------------------------------|
|--7-7-5------------------------------------------------------|
|--7-7-5------------------------------------------------------|
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                                vibrato
|-------------------------------12~~---15(17)15-14----12-12-10(12)10--------|
|--/5--7-7--8--10--12~12121212---------------------15----------------12-12--|
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|----------------------------------------10-----10-----10-----10--|
|--8h10--8h10--8h10-8h10--8h10--8h10-8h10---8h10---8h10---8h10----|
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                                             fade
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|--10(12)10------------7-10p7------7-10p7------7-10p7------------------------|
|-----------12---------------8p7h8-------8p7h8-------8p7h8--5-5-5h7-3h5-0/3--|
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7~     hold (longer than other notes)
7h9    hammer-on
9p7    pull-off
7(9)   bend
(9)7   release
(9)r   release
7/9    slide up
9\7    slide down