Tom T. Hall – The Promise And The Dream (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] G C G C [Verse 1]
          G               C              G
There's a sadness in your singing I have never heard before

          D7                         C                   G
There's a dying in your living that exists from shore to shore

                         C              G            C
There's a coward in your character that I have never seen

 G                           D7              G
America what happened to the promise and the dream
[Chorus]
    D7                                  C               G
The promise was that men could live and worship as they please

    D7                               C                   G    D
The dream was for the huddled masses yearning to breathe free

   G              C                    G               C
We closed so many doors and banned the prayers on many scenes

 G                           D7              G
America what happened to the promise and the dream
[Verse 2]
                           C               G    D        G
There's a numbness in your feeling for the disadvantaged poor

          D7                                     C             G
There's a weakness in your strength because your leaders are unsure

                         C                   G                   C
There are shadows in the light that once was freedom's brightest beam

 G                           D7              G
America what happened to the promise and the dream
[Chorus]
    D7                                  C               G
The promise was that men could live and worship as they please

    D7                               C                   G    D
The dream was for the huddled masses yearning to breathe free

   G              C                    G               C
We closed so many doors and banned the prayers on many scenes

 G                           D7              G
America what happened to the promise and the dream
[Key change!] E A [Verse 3]
                         D              A
There's a hating in your loving for the permanence of vows

  E7                             D                A
Tomorrow doesn't matter it's all for the here and now

                    D                   A           D
Your most important word called love is now a dirty thing

 A                           E7              A
America what happened to the promise and the dream
[Chorus]
    E7                                  D               A
The promise was that men could live and worship as they please

    E7                               D                   A    E
The dream was for the huddled masses yearning to breathe free

   A              D                    A               D
We closed so many doors and banned the prayers on many scenes

 A                           E7              A
America what happened to the promise and the dream