The Great Deception

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Intro:
A
Verse 1:
F#m E D
Did you ever hear a-bout The Great De-ception?
A F#m
Well, the plastic revolutionaries take the money and run.
A F#m E D
Have you ever been down to Love City?
F#m E A
Where they rip you off with a smile, and it don't take a gun.
Verse 2:
A F#m E D
Don't it hurt so bad in Love city?
A F#m
Don't it make you not want to bother at all?
A F#m E D
And don't they look so self righteous,
F#m E A
When they pin you up a-gainst the wall?
Chorus 1:
E D
Did you ever, ever see the people,
C#m D
With the tear drops in their eyes?
E D
I just can't stand it, stand it no how,
C#m A D
(n.)
Living in this world of lies.
Verse 3:
F#m E D
Did you ever hear a-bout the Rock and Roll singers?
A F#m
Got three or four Cadil-lacs.
A F#m E D
Saying power to the people, dance to the music;
F#m E A
Wants you to pat him on the back.
Verse 4:
F#m E D
Have you ever heard a-bout the great Rembrandt?
A F#m
Have you ever heard a-bout how he could paint?
A F#m E D
And he didn't have e-nough money for his brushes;
F#m E A
And they thought it was rather quaint.
Chorus 2:
E D
But you know it's no use re-peating,
C#m D
And you know it's no use to think about it.
E D A D
(n.)
'Cos when you stop to think a-bout it; you don't need it.
Verse 5:
F#m E
Have you ever heard a-bout the great,
D
Hollywood motion picture actor,
A F#m
Who knew more than they did?
A F#m E D
And the newspapers didn't cover the story;
F#m E A
Just decided to keep it hid.
Verse 6:
F#m E D
Somebody started saying it was an inside job;
A F#m
Whatever happened to him?
A F#m E D
Last time they saw him, down on the bow'ry;
F#m E A
With his lip hanging off an old rusty bottle of gin.
Verse 7:
F#m E D
Have you ever heard a-bout the so-called Hippies?
A F#m
Down on the far side of the tracks.
A F#m E D
They take the eyeballs straight out of your head,
F#m E A
Say son, kid, do you want your eyeballs back?
Chorus 3:
E D
Did you ever, ever see the people,
C#m D
With the tear drops in their eyes?
E D
I just can't stand it, stand it no how,
C#m A D
(n.)
Living in this world of lies.
Verse 8:
F#m E D
Did you ever hear a-bout The Great De-ception?
A F#m
Well, the plastic revolutionaries take the money and run.
A F#m E D
Have you ever been down to Love City?
F#m E A
Where they rip you off with a smile, and it don't take a gun.
Outro:
F#m E F#m
Have you ever heard about...
The Great Deception.

The Great Deception chords and lyrics

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Intro:
A
Verse 1:
Verse 2:
Chorus 1:
Verse 3:
Verse 4:
Chorus 2:
Verse 5:
Verse 6:
Verse 7:
Chorus 3:
Verse 8:
Outro:
The Great Deception.

The Great Deception Chords by Van Morrison

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