Grand Illusion chords by Styx

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

FF F FF G+G FF F FF C majorC
FF F FF Bb majorBb C majorC FF  G+G x2

AbAb Ab AbAb Bb majorBb AbAb Ab AbAb Eb MajorEb
AbAb Ab AbAb C#C# Eb MajorEb AbAb Eb MajorEb x2 then instead of last Eb MajorEb play Absus

Dbsus/Ab
Welcome to the Grand illusion
Come on in and see what's happening
                    Ab(AbAb AbAb AbAb AbAb F#F# FF Eb MajorEb C#C#)x2
Pay the price, get your tickets for the show

Dbsus/Ab
The stage is set, the band starts playing
Suddenly your heart is pounding
              AbAb riff x2
Wishing secretly you were a star.

EbmEbm
But don't be fooled by the radio
AbAb        BbmBbm
The TV or the magazines
EbmEbm
They show you photographs of how your life should be
AbAb               BbmBbm Absus AbAb
But they're just someone else's fantasies
C#C#       Fm/C     BbmBbm
So if you think your life is complete confusion
F#Maj7F#maj7          BbmBbm
Because you never win the game
C#C#    Fm/C   BbmBbm
Just remember that it's a Grand illusion
F#Maj7F#maj7             Absus
Cause deep inside we're all the same.
    BbmBbm
All the same...guitar break

Repeat Intro then:

C#C#      Fm/C     BbmBbm
So if you think your life is complete confusion
F#Maj7F#maj7            BbmBbm
Because your neighbors got it made
C#C#    Fm/C   BbmBbm
Just remember that it's a Grand illusion
F#Maj7F#maj7        Absus  AbAb
Deep inside we're all the same.

Guitar Solo
C#, Fm, Bbm, A augmentedA x2

Dbsus/Ab
America spells competition, join us in our blind ambition
                BbmBbm A augmentedA
Get yourself a brand new motor car

Dbsus/Ab
Someday soon we'll stop to ponder what on Earth's this spell we're under
We made the grade and still we wonder who the hell we are

Repeat To Fade:
C#C# C# C#C# Eb MajorEb C#C# C# C#C# AbAb
C#C# C# C#C# F#F# AbAb C#C#  Eb MajorEb