Intro:

A (x02220@1)Verse 1:

                    F#m (244222@1)     E (022100@1)      DDid (xx0232@1)you ever hear a-bout The Great De-ception?
A (x02220@1)                                                   F#m (244222@1)Well, the plastic revolutionaries take the money and run.
A (x02220@1)                 F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1)     D (xx0232@1)Have you ever been down to Love City?
F#m (244222@1)                                         E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)Where they rip you off with a smile, and it don't take a gun.

Verse 2:

A (x02220@1)               F#m (244222@1)E (022100@1)     D (xx0232@1)Don't it hurt so bad in Love city?
A (x02220@1)                                      F#m (244222@1)Don't it make you not want to bother at all?
               A (x02220@1)  F#m (244222@1)name="chord_022100@1">E    DAnd (xx0232@1)don't they look so self righteous,
          F#m (244222@1)         E (022100@1)        AWhen (x02220@1)they pin you up a-gainst the wall?

Chorus 1:

        E (022100@1)                DDid (xx0232@1)you ever, ever see the people,
         C#m (x13321@4)                DWith (xx0232@1)the tear drops in their eyes?
       E (022100@1)                      DI (xx0232@1)just can't stand it, stand it no how,
       C#m (x13321@4)             A (x02220@1)  (n.D)
Living in this world of lies.

Verse 3:

                    F#m (244222@1)     E (022100@1)           DDid (xx0232@1)you ever hear a-bout the Rock and Roll singers?
A (x02220@1)                      F#m (244222@1)Got three or four Cadil-lacs.
       A (x02220@1)          F#m (244222@1)    E (022100@1)         DSaying (xx0232@1)power to the people, dance to the music;
F#m (244222@1)                  E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)Wants you to pat him on the back.

Verse 4:

                      F#m (244222@1)     E (022100@1)   DHave (xx0232@1)you ever heard a-bout the great Rembrandt?
                      A (x02220@1)               F#mHave (244222@1)you ever heard a-bout how he could paint?
                     A (x02220@1)   F#m (244222@1)  E (022100@1)     DAnd (xx0232@1)he didn't have e-nough money for his brushes;
         F#m (244222@1)           E (022100@1)    AAnd (x02220@1)they thought it was rather quaint.

Chorus 2:

        E (022100@1)                 DBut (xx0232@1)you know it's no use re-peating,
        C#m (x13321@4)                DAnd (xx0232@1)you know it's no use to think about it.
              E (022100@1)             D (xx0232@1)      A(n.D) (x02220@1)'Cos when you stop to think a-bout it; you don't need it.

Verse 5:

                      F#m (244222@1)     EHave (022100@1)you ever heard a-bout the great,
D (xx0232@1)Hollywood motion picture actor,
A (x02220@1)                      F#m (244222@1)Who knew more than they did?
        A (x02220@1)        F#m (244222@1)   E (022100@1)       DAnd (xx0232@1)the newspapers didn't cover the story;
F#m (244222@1)             E (022100@1)     A (x02220@1)Just decided to keep it hid.

Verse 6:

         F#m (244222@1)    E (022100@1)              DSomebody (xx0232@1)started saying it was an inside job;
A (x02220@1)                   F#m (244222@1)Whatever happened to him?
A (x02220@1)             F#m (244222@1)     E (022100@1)         D (xx0232@1)Last time they saw him, down on the bow'ry;
         F#m (244222@1)                   E (022100@1)             AWith (x02220@1)his lip hanging off an old rusty bottle of gin.

Verse 7:

                      F#m (244222@1)     E (022100@1)       DHave (xx0232@1)you ever heard a-bout the so-called Hippies?
A (x02220@1)                          F#m (244222@1)Down on the far side of the tracks.
              A (x02220@1)      F#m (244222@1)     E (022100@1)         DThey (xx0232@1)take the eyeballs straight out of your head,
         F#m (244222@1)                  E (022100@1)      ASay (x02220@1)son, kid, do you want your eyeballs back?

Chorus 3:

        E (022100@1)                DDid (xx0232@1)you ever, ever see the people,
         C#m (x13321@4)                DWith (xx0232@1)the tear drops in their eyes?
       E (022100@1)                      DI (xx0232@1)just can't stand it, stand it no how,
       C#m (x13321@4)             A (x02220@1)  (n.D)
Living in this world of lies.

Verse 8:

                    F#m (244222@1)     E (022100@1)      DDid (xx0232@1)you ever hear a-bout The Great De-ception?
A (x02220@1)                                                   F#m (244222@1)Well, the plastic revolutionaries take the money and run.
A (x02220@1)                 F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1)     D (xx0232@1)Have you ever been down to Love City?
F#m (244222@1)                                         E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)Where they rip you off with a smile, and it don't take a gun.

Outro:

                            F#m (244222@1)E (022100@1)F#mHave (244222@1)you ever heard about...
The Great Deception.