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10.000 Promises

Backstreet Boys

PopAdvanced for beginners16 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Dm××○
C×○○
BDiagram coming soon
G○○○
A×○○
Bm7Diagram coming soon
Em○○○○
C#m7Diagram coming soon
C#7Diagram coming soon
C#Diagram coming soon
F#7Diagram coming soon
F#mDiagram coming soon
E○○○
D#Diagram coming soon
D××○
G#7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              (Dm  Dm/C  Dm/B  G)
 
A                         Dm              Bm7/5-                                             
Once we were lovers and lovers we were...  oh...      what a life
A                           Dm             Bm7/5-
Once we were dreamers and dreamers we were...  oh...      you and I
A                        Dm        Dm/B  G
Now I see you're just somebody who waste all my time and mo......ney
A               Dm             G
What a life...  you and I...
 
           A
What about your
                       Dm
Your ten thousand promises
     Dm/B  G         A
That you     gave to me
                       Dm
Your ten thousand promises
     Dm/B  G       A
That you     promi....sed me
 
B                             Em                   C#m7/5-
Once I could handle the truth when the truth was...      you and I...
B                           Em         C#m7/5-
Time after time all the promises turned out to be a lie...
B                          Em   G   C#7/5-     A    
Now I see I'm just somebody who wasted my time and money...
B             Em          A
What a life... you and I...
 
                    B
What about your
                               Em
Your ten thousand promises
        Em/C#  A          B
That you       gave to me
                               Em
Your ten thousand promises
        Em/C#   A
That you       promised me
 
G       
You said I'll take you back 
       F#4/7        F#7
But I          closed the door
    Em           A
'Cause I      don't want      ten thousand more
 
C#  F#m  F#m/E  F#m/D#  B
 
C#                                             F#m              F#m/D
Ten thousand promises yeah... ten thousand promises
        F#m/D#        B
That you         gave to me...
 
                    C#
What about your
               F#m
Your ten thousand promises
        F#m/D#     B          C#
That you          gave to me
                               F#m
Your ten thousand promises
        F#m/D#  B             C#
That you         promised me
               F#m               F#m/D#   B          C#
Your ten thousand promises that you          gave to me
                F#m          F#m/D#   B
Your ten thousand promises that you          gave to me
 
A                                      G#4/7       G#7
Once we were lovers just lovers we were... 
         F#m           B
Oh... you and I...
C#
What a life...

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Chord set

Dm · C · B · G · A · Bm7 · Em · C#m7 · C#7 · C# · F#7 · F#m · E · D# · D · G#7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.