Nev er a gain,
is n’t that what you said?
You’ve been through this be fore and you swore, this time, you’d think with your head.
No one
would ev er have you a (Dm)gain.
And if tak in’ was gon na get done, you’d de cide where and (C)when.
Just when you (Dm)think (C)you (Bb)got it down.
Your heart se cure
ly tied and bound.
They whis per
(Gm)prom
is es
(Am)in
(Am7)the
(Dm)dark.
(F)Armed and read y, you fought love bat tles in the (Bb)night.
But too man y op po nents made you wea ry of the (Bb)fight.
Blind ed by pas sion, you fool ish ly let some one (Dm)in.
All the (Bb)warn ings went off in your head, still you had to give (C)in.
Just when you (Dm)think (C)you (Bb)got it down.
Re sist ance (F)no where to be found.
They whis per
(Gm)prom
is es
(Am)in
the
(Dm)dark.
(F)But prom is es,
you know what they’re (G)for.
It sounds so (F)con vinc ing,
But you heard it be (G)fore.
’Cause (Bb)talk is cheap
and you got ta be (Dm)sure.
And so you put up your guard,
and you try to be hard but your (Bb)heart says (C)try a (Dm)gain.
You (F)des p’rate ly search for a way to con quer the (Bb)fear.
No (F)line of at tack has been planned to fight back the (Bb)tears.
Where brave and rest less dreams are both won and (Dm)lost.
On the (Bb)edge is where it seems it’s well worth the (C)cost.
Just when you (Dm)think (C)you (Bb)got it down.
Your heart in (F)piec es on the ground.
They whis per
(Gm)prom
is es
(Am)in
(Am7)the
(Dm)dark.
This page shows “Promises In The Dark” by Pat Benatar in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Bb at 120 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.