Intro
G# C# G# C#
[Verse]
G# C# Fm
Lonely people gathering there to be one
C# G#
gonna be the last time wasted
C# Fm C#
gonna be seen to be gone
Fm G#
run a mile for the minute
Fm C#
gonna mind another day without you in it and
[Chorus]
G# D# Fm C#
you--- you promised me paradise
G# D# Fm
don't go back on your word--
G# D# Fm C#
no- you-- you promised me paradise
G# C# Fm
all my days of loving you under my skin
C# G#
gonna be a wild wild world
C# Fm C#
where nobody, wants to give in
Fm G#
gonna call me on the hour
Fm C#
gonna mind if I don't hear it I would hate to be
[Chorus]
G# D# Fm C#
you--- you promised me paradise
G# D# Fm
don't go back on your word--
G# D# Fm C#
no- you-- you promised me paradise
(bridge)
Fm C# G#
can you tell me if there's gonna be another reason to cry--
D# A#m
will I be the last to know-- unless we make another
Fm C# G#
way of doing what we do we won't believe it anymore
D# A#m
will I be the one to cry---
G# C# Fm
problems, problems haunting me circle my head
C# G#
gonna be a wild wild world
C# Fm C#
let me hide away, under your bed
Fm G#
run a mile for the minute
Fm C#
gonna mind another day without you in it and
[Chorus]
G# D# Fm C#
you--- you promised me paradise
G# D# Fm
don't go back on your word--
G# D# Fm C#
no- you-- you promised me paradise
G# D# Fm C#
you you promised me para---dise
*(repeat and fade)
G# D# Fm C#
Ahhhh ahhhh ahhhh You promised me para-
G# D# Fm C#
dise Ahhhh ahhhh ahhhh You promised me paradise-