Styx - The Grand Illusion

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[Chords]
F 1-3-3-x-x-x
G 3-5-5-x-x-x
Ab 4-6-6-x-x-x
Bb 6-8-8-x-x-x
Absus4 4-6-6-6-x-x
Db/Ab 4-4-6-6-x-x
Bbm x-1-3-3-2-x
Ab/C x-3-6-x-x-x
Gb 2-4-4-x-x-x
A x-0-2-2-2-x
A/C# x-4-7-x-x-x
Bb 6-8-x-x-x-x
Db x-4-6-6-x-x
Eb x-6-8-8-x-x
 
[Intro]
(Keyboard arranged for guitar)
(Riff 1) (2x):
F F F Bb C F G
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------8-----------------------6--8--------|
G|---5--5--5--5-----7--------5--5--5--5--------------5--5--5--5-----------5--7--|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
(Riff 2) (2x):
Ab Ab Ab Db Eb Ab Bb
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------11-----------------------9--11-------|
G|---8--8--8--8----10--------8--8--8--8--------------8--8--8--8-----------8--10-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Eb (keyboard plays Absus4)
 
[Verse]
 
Db/AbWelcome to the Grand illusion
Db/AbCome on in and see what's happening
Db/Ab Ab *Pay the price, get your tickets for the show
Db/AbThe stage is set, the band starts playing
Db/AbSuddenly your heart is pounding
Db/Ab Ab *Wishing secretly you were a star.
 
* Riff 3 (2x):
Ab Ab Ab Ab Ab
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|---6----6----6----6----6-------4--3--------|
A|---6----6----6----6----6-------------6--4--|
E|---4----4----4----4----4----4--------------|
 
 
[Bridge]
 
EbBut don't be fooled by the radio
Ab ** BbmThe TV or the magazines
 
EbThey show you photographs of how your life should be
Ab ** Bbm AbBut they're just someone else's fantasies
 
** Riff 4:
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------6--4--------6-----6--4--------------------------|
A|---------------6--4--------------6--4--8-----------------|
E|---4-----------------------------------6-----4--4--4--6--|
 
 
[Chorus]
Db Ab/C Bbm AbSo if you think your life is complete confusion
Gb BbmBecause you never win the game
Db Ab/C Bbm AbJust remember that it's a Grand illusion
Gb AbCause deep inside we're all the same.
BbmWe're all the same...
 
[Solo Break]
(Riff 5) (4x):
Bb Bb Bb Bb F Ab Bb Bb Eb Db
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8----6----|
D|---8-------8-------------------8-------8-------3---6----8-------8-------------------------------8----6----|
A|---8-------8----------------4--8-------8-------3---6----8-------8----------------4--6--4--------6----4----|
E|---6-------6-------6--4--6-----6-------6-------1---4----6-------6-------6--4--6-----------6---------------|
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Riff 1
Riff 2
 
[Chorus]
Db Ab/C Bbm AbSo if you think your life is complete confusion
Gb BbmBecause your neighbors got it made
Db Ab/C Bbm AbJust remember that it's a Grand illusion
Gb AbAnd deep inside we're all the same.
 
[Guitar Solo]
Db Ab/C Bbm A A/C# (2x)
 
[Outro]
Db/AbAmerica spells competition
Db/AbJoin us in our blind ambition
Db/Ab Bbm AGet yourself a brand new motor car
Db/AbSomeday soon we'll stop to ponder
Db/AbWhat on Earth's this spell we're under
Db/AbWe made the grade and still we wonder
Db/AbWho the hell we are
 
Riff 6 (8x with fade):
Db Db Db Gb Ab Db Eb
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------9-----------------------7--9--------|
G|---6--6--6--6-----8--------6--6--6--6--------------6--6--6--6-----------6--8--|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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