Did you ever hear a-^F#mbout The G^Ereat De-c^Deption? ^A Well, the plastic revolutionaries take the money and ^F#mrun. ^A Have you ever been ^F#mdown t^Eo Love C^Dity? ^F#m Where they rip you off with a smile, and it d^Eon't take a g^Aun.

^A Don't it hurt so ^F#mbad i^En Love c^Dity? ^A Don't it make you not want to bother at ^F#mall? And don't they ^Alook ^F#mso s^Eelf r^Dighteous, When they ^F#mpin you up a-g^Eainst the w^Aall?

Did you ^Eever, ever see the ^Dpeople, With the ^C#mtear drops in their e^Dyes? I just ^Ecan't stand it, stand it ^Dno how, C#m A (n.D) Living in this world of lies.

Did you ever hear a-^F#mbout the R^Eock and Roll s^Dingers? ^A Got three or four Cadil-^F#mlacs. Saying ^Apower to the ^F#mpeople, d^Eance to the ^Dmusic; ^F#m Wants you to pat him o^En the b^Aack.

Have you ever heard a-^F#mbout the g^Ereat R^Dembrandt? Have you ever heard a-^About how he could ^F#mpaint? And he didn't have e-^Anough ^F#mmoney f^Eor his b^Drushes; And they ^F#mthought it was r^Eather q^Auaint.

But you ^Eknow it's no use re-^Dpeating, And you ^C#mknow it's no use to t^Dhink about it. E D A (n.D) 'Cos when you stop to think a-bout it; you don't need it.

Have you ever heard a-^F#mbout the g^Ereat, ^D Hollywood motion picture actor, ^A Who knew more than they ^F#mdid? And the ^Anewspapers ^F#mdidn't c^Eover the s^Dtory; ^F#m Just decided to k^Eeep it h^Aid.

Somebody ^F#mstarted s^Eaying it was an i^Dnside job; ^A Whatever happened to ^F#mhim? ^A Last time they ^F#msaw him, d^Eown on the b^Dow'ry; With his ^F#mlip hanging off an old r^Eusty bottle of g^Ain.

Have you ever heard a-^F#mbout the s^Eo-called H^Dippies? ^A Down on the far side of the ^F#mtracks. They take the ^Aeyeballs ^F#mstraight o^Eut of your h^Dead, Say son, ^F#mkid, do you want your e^Eyeballs b^Aack?

Did you ^Eever, ever see the ^Dpeople, With the ^C#mtear drops in their e^Dyes? I just ^Ecan't stand it, stand it ^Dno how, C#m A (n.D) Living in this world of lies.

Did you ever hear a-^F#mbout The G^Ereat De-c^Deption? ^A Well, the plastic revolutionaries take the money and ^F#mrun. ^A Have you ever been ^F#mdown t^Eo Love C^Dity? ^F#m Where they rip you off with a smile, and it d^Eon't take a g^Aun.

Have you ever heard about...^{F#m E F#m} The Great Deception.