The Great Deception Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

A

Verse 1

Did you ever hear a-F♯mbout The GEreat De-cDeption?

A Well, the plastic revolutionaries take the money and F♯mrun.

A Have you ever been F♯mdown tEo Love CDity?

F♯m Where they rip you off with a smile, and it dEon't take a gAun.

Verse 2

A Don't it hurt so F♯mbad iEn Love cDity?

A Don't it make you not want to bother at F♯mall?

And don't they Alook F♯mso sEelf rDighteous,

When they F♯mpin you up a-gEainst the wAall?

Chorus 1

Did you Eever, ever see the Dpeople,

With the C♯mtear drops in their eDyes?

I just Ecan't stand it, stand it Dno how,

C♯m A (n.D)

Living in this world of lies.

Verse 3

Did you ever hear a-F♯mbout the REock and Roll sDingers?

A Got three or four Cadil-F♯mlacs.

Saying Apower to the F♯mpeople, dEance to the Dmusic;

F♯m Wants you to pat him oEn the bAack.

Verse 4

Have you ever heard a-F♯mbout the gEreat RDembrandt?

Have you ever heard a-About how he could F♯mpaint?

And he didn't have e-Anough F♯mmoney fEor his bDrushes;

And they F♯mthought it was rEather qAuaint.

Chorus 2

But you Eknow it's no use re-Dpeating,

And you C♯mknow it's no use to tDhink about it.

E D A (n.D)

'Cos when you stop to think a-bout it; you don't need it.

Verse 5

Have you ever heard a-F♯mbout the gEreat,

D Hollywood motion picture actor,

A Who knew more than they F♯mdid?

And the Anewspapers F♯mdidn't cEover the sDtory;

F♯m Just decided to kEeep it hAid.

Verse 6

Somebody F♯mstarted sEaying it was an iDnside job;

A Whatever happened to F♯mhim?

A Last time they F♯msaw him, dEown on the bDow'ry;

With his F♯mlip hanging off an old rEusty bottle of gAin.

Verse 7

Have you ever heard a-F♯mbout the sEo-called HDippies?

A Down on the far side of the F♯mtracks.

They take the Aeyeballs F♯mstraight oEut of your hDead,

Say son, F♯mkid, do you want your eEyeballs bAack?

Chorus 3

Did you Eever, ever see the Dpeople,

With the C♯mtear drops in their eDyes?

I just Ecan't stand it, stand it Dno how,

C♯m A (n.D)

Living in this world of lies.

Verse 8

Did you ever hear a-F♯mbout The GEreat De-cDeption?

A Well, the plastic revolutionaries take the money and F♯mrun.

A Have you ever been F♯mdown tEo Love CDity?

F♯m Where they rip you off with a smile, and it dEon't take a gAun.

Outro

Have you ever heard about...F♯m E F♯m

The Great Deception.