{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":958742,"song":"The Great Deception","artist":"Van Morrison","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/958742-the-great-deception-chords-by-van-morrison/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/958742?type=chord","rating":4.59641,"votes":3,"content":"Intro:\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDid you ever hear a-bout The Great De-ception?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n Well, the plastic revolutionaries take the money and run.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Have you ever been down to Love City?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                           [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Where they rip you off with a smile, and it don't take a gun.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Don't it hurt so bad in Love city?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n Don't it make you not want to bother at all?[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd don't they look so self righteous,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen they pin you up a-gainst the wall?[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus 1:\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDid you ever, ever see the people,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C#m[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith the tear drops in their eyes?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI just can't stand it, stand it no how,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#m[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]    (n.[ch]D[/ch])\r\nLiving in this world of lies.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\n\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDid you ever hear a-bout the Rock and Roll singers?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n Got three or four Cadil-lacs.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSaying power to the people, dance to the music;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Wants you to pat him on the back.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 4:\r\n\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHave you ever heard a-bout the great Rembrandt?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHave you ever heard a-bout how he could paint?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he didn't have e-nough money for his brushes;[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd they thought it was rather quaint.[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus 2:\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut you know it's no use re-peating,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C#m[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you know it's no use to think about it.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch] (n.[ch]D[/ch])\r\n'Cos when you stop to think a-bout it; you don't need it.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 5:\r\n\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHave you ever heard a-bout the great,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n Hollywood motion picture actor,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n Who knew more than they did?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the newspapers didn't cover the story;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Just decided to keep it hid.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 6:\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSomebody started saying it was an inside job;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n Whatever happened to him?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Last time they saw him, down on the bow'ry;[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith his lip hanging off an old rusty bottle of gin.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 7:\r\n\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHave you ever heard a-bout the so-called Hippies?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n Down on the far side of the tracks.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey take the eyeballs straight out of your head,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSay son, kid, do you want your eyeballs back?[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus 3:\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDid you ever, ever see the people,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C#m[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith the tear drops in their eyes?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI just can't stand it, stand it no how,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#m[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]    (n.[ch]D[/ch])\r\nLiving in this world of lies.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 8:\r\n\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDid you ever hear a-bout The Great De-ception?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n Well, the plastic revolutionaries take the money and run.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Have you ever been down to Love City?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                           [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Where they rip you off with a smile, and it don't take a gun.[/tab]\r\n\r\nOutro:\r\n\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHave you ever heard about...[/tab]\r\nThe Great Deception.","plain_text":"Intro:\n\nA\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 4:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus 2:\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 5:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 6:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 7:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 8:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOutro:\n\n\nThe Great Deception.","chords":["A","F#m","E","D","C#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}