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Grand Illusion by Styx
Grand Illusion
Intro:
F F F G F F F C
F F F Bb C F G x2
Ab Ab Ab Bb Ab Ab Ab Eb
Ab Ab Ab Db Eb Ab Eb x2 then instead of last Eb play Absus for one measure
Dbsus/Ab
Welcome to the Grand illusion
Come on in and see what's happening
Ab riff 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
Ab riff x2
Wishing secretly you were a star.
Ebm
But don't be fooled by the radio
Ab Bbm
The TV or the magazines
Ebm
They show you photographs of how your life should be
Ab Bbm Absus Ab
But they're just someone else's fantasies
Db Fm/C Bbm
So if you think your life is complete confusion
Gbmaj7 Bbm
Because you never win the game
Db Fm/C Bbm
Just remember that it's a Grand illusion
Gbmaj7 Absus
Cause deep inside we're all the same.
Bbm
All the same...guitar break
Repeat Intro then:
Db Fm/C Bbm
So if you think your life is complete confusion
Gbmaj7 Bbm
Because your neighbors got it made
Db Fm/C Bbm
Just remember that it's a Grand illusion
Gbmaj7 Absus Ab
Deep inside we're all the same.
Guitar Solo
Db, Fm, Bbm, A x2
Dbsus/Ab
America spells competition, join us in our blind ambition
Bbm A
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:
Db Db Db Eb Db Db Db Ab
Db Db Db Gb Ab Db Eb
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version 2
F F F G F F F C
F F F Bb C F G x2
Ab Ab Ab Bb Ab Ab Ab Eb
Ab Ab Ab Db Eb Ab Eb x2 then instead of last Eb play Absus
Dbsus/Ab
Welcome to the Grand illusion
Come on in and see what's happening
Ab(Ab AbAb AbAb Ab Gb F Eb Db)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
Ab riff x2
Wishing secretly you were a star.
Ebm
But don't be fooled by the radio
Ab Bbm
The TV or the magazines
Ebm
They show you photographs of how your life should be
Ab Bbm Absus Ab
But they're just someone else's fantasies
Db Fm/C Bbm
So if you think your life is complete confusion
Gbmaj7 Bbm
Because you never win the game
Db Fm/C Bbm
Just remember that it's a Grand illusion
Gbmaj7 Absus
Cause deep inside we're all the same.
Bbm
All the same...guitar break
Repeat Intro then:
Db Fm/C Bbm
So if you think your life is complete confusion
Gbmaj7 Bbm
Because your neighbors got it made
Db Fm/C Bbm
Just remember that it's a Grand illusion
Gbmaj7 Absus Ab
Deep inside we're all the same.
Guitar Solo
Db, Fm, Bbm, A x2
Dbsus/Ab
America spells competition, join us in our blind ambition
Bbm A
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:
Db Db Db Eb Db Db Db Ab
Db Db Db Gb Ab Db Eb
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version 3
Transpose +1 steps with buttons on the left for original key, or capo up 1, or just play like this.
SEE PERFORMANCE NOTES AT BOTTOM!
Intro: ( E F#/E E B/E E F#/E B/E E F#/B ) x2
( G A/G G D/G G A/G D/G G G/A )
( G A/G G D/G G A/G D/G G )
Gadd11 Gadd11
Welcome to the Grand illusion, come on in and see what's happening
Gadd11 G /F /E /D /C G /F /E /D /C
Pay the price, get your tickets for the show
Gadd11 Gadd11
The stage is set, the band starts playing, suddenly your heart is pounding
Gadd11 G /F /E /D /C G /F /E /D /C
Wishing secretly you were a star
Dm Dsus2 G Am
But don't be fooled by, the radio, the TV or the magazines
Dm Dsus2 G Am G
They show you photographs of how your life should be, but they're just someone else's fantasies
C Em/B Am FM7 Am
So if you think your life is, complete confusion, because you never win the game
C Em/B Am FM7 G Am
Just remember that, it's a Grand illusion, cause deep inside we're all the same, all the same
Solo: Am
Intro: ( E F#/E E B/E E F#/E B/E E F#/B ) x2
( G A/G G D/G G A/G D/G G G/A )
( G A/G G D/G G /G /F /E /D )
C Em/B Am FM7 Am
So if you think your life is, complete confusion, because your neighbors got it made
C Em/B Am FM7 G
Just remember that, it's a Grand illusion, deep inside we're all the same
Solo: ( C Em Am G# ) x2
Gadd11 Gadd11
America spells competition, join us in our blind ambition
Gadd11 Am G#
Get yourself a brand new motor car
Gadd11 Gadd11
Someday soon we'll stop to ponder what on Earth's this spell we're under
Gadd11 Gadd11
We made the grade and still we wonder who the hell we are
Repeat To Fade: C D/C C G/C C D/C G C D
E F/E B/E G A/G D/G Gadd11 Dsus2 Am solo riff notes (details omitted)
e----------|-----------|---3-------0--|--------------------------------------------------
B--------4-|--3-----3--|---3-------3--|--------------------------------------------------
G--------4-|--0--2--2--|---0-------2--|-------------------5-7p5----7-5-------------------
D-2--4---4-|--0--2--0--|---0-------0--|--7--2-5-7--7p5h7--5-7p5-7--7-5-------------------
A-2--4-----|--2--------|---3----------|--7--2-5-7--7p5h7--------7------------------------
E-0--0---0-|--3--3--3--|---3----------|--------------------------------------------------
C D/C G/C
e--------3-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-1--3---3-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-0--2---0-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-2--0---0-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-3--3---3-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A/G would really be A5/G or Am/G, etc - just using simpler names for space...)
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version 4
(standard tuning)
this is the actual guitar part starting on F
~ - use a light vibratto
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------5----------------------------5--------------|
D|--3~--3~--3~----5----3---5-----3~--3~--3~----5----3---5-----|
A|--3~--3~--3~----3----3---5-----3~--3~--3~----3----3---5-----|
E|--1~--1~--1~---------1---3-----1~--1~--1~---------1---3-----|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------8----------------------------8--------------|
D|--6~--6~--6~----8----6---8-----6~--6~--6~----8----6---8-----|
A|--6~--6~--6~----6----6---8-----6~--6~--6~----6----6---8-----|
E|--4~--4~--4~---------4---6-----4~--4~--4~---------4---6-----|
this is the same intro, only where it is played on the keyboard, starting
on C
the strum pattern in down, up, down, up on the C and on the D sharp, the D,
G,F, and A shard is just a down stroke
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------8----------------8--------------|
G|--5-5-5-5---7---5-5-5-5---7---5-5-5-5---7--7--5--7--------| play this
D|--5-5-5-5---7---5-5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5---7--5--5--7--------| twice
A|--3-3-3-3---5---3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3---5-----3--5--------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
then it switches to
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------11------------------11---------|
G|--8-8-8-8---10---8-8-8-8---10---8-8-8-8---10---10---8--10-| play this
D|--8-8-8-8---10---8-8-8-8----8---8-8-8-8---10----8---8--10-| twice
A|--6-6-6-6----8---6-6-6-6--------6-6-6-6----8--------6---8-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
verse 1
this is where the intro ends. to get that whooshing sound before he plays
the chord just do a pick slide.
E|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|------6-------| 3x
D|------6-------|
A|------4-------|
E|--------------|
play here - welcome to the grand illusion
here - come on in and see whats happenin'
and here - pay the price get your tickets for the show
then he does this
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------| play this
D|---6-----6-6------6-6------6----4----------------| twice
A|---6-----6-4------6-6------6-------8--6--4-------|
E|---4-----4-4------4-4------4---------------------|
after playing this twice, repeat the verse
(the stage is set the band starts playin'....)
then repeat the part right above before entering the chorus
theres not much to the chorus
i have it starting where they say
dont be fooled by the radio....
E|---4/6--------4--6--4--------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------6---------6---------6-----8---6-6---8----|
A|------------------------------6---4-6---6---4-6---6-----8---6-6---8----|
E|------------------------------4---------4---------4-----6---4-4---6----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---8-----8-6-8-------------8--6--6-5---------------6/8--8-------6------|
D|---8-----------------------------------------------6/8--8-------6------|
A|---6------------6-4-6-------------------6----------4/6--6-------4------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
then after this it goes into
so if you think your life is....complete confusion.....
after he says:
cause deep inside we're all the same, the break before the solo goes:
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------2-----------------------------------2-4-2--------------|
G|--3--3-----3-1-3------3--3------------3--3-----3-1-3---------3----8-6--3-|
D|--3--3-----3-1-3------3--3----3---6---3--3-----3-1-3---------3----8-6--3-|
A|--1--1----------------1--1----3---6---1--1-------------------------------|
E|------------------------------1---4--------------------------------------|
This repeats through the solo. REPEATED 3x
Then it goes back to the intro
again, you can play either the actual guitar part or the keyboard part.
they're both up at the top.
the little riff he plays before it goes back into the chorus goes
like this:
E|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|------6--4----------------|
A|------------8--6--4-------|
E|---4----------------------|
then theres the second solo, which im not too sure of, but im sure you can figure it
if not you can just make something up. be creative!!
then it goes back to the verse
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-------6---------| 3x
D|-------6---------|
A|-------4---------|
E|-----------------|
for the outro, its just the intro, only the guitar plays where the keyboard did before
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------9--------------------------9------------|
G|---6----6----6----8--6--8-----6----6----6----8--6--8------|
D|---6----6----6----6--6--8-----6----6----6----6--6--8------|
A|---4----4----4-------4--6-----4----4----4-------4--6------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
it repeats like this and fades out, it doesn't move up a whole step
in the outro.
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version 5
Intro:
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|4o---------------o|-----------------|-----------------|
D|4o3--------------o|-3---------------|-----------------|
A||-3---------------|-3-----------1---|-3---------------|
E||-1---------------|-1---------------|---------1---3---|
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|4o---------------o|-----------------|-----------------|
D|4o3--------------o|-3---------------|-----------------|
A||-3---------------|-3-----------1---|-3---------------|
E||-1---------------|-1---------------|---------1---3---|
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|4o---------------o|-----------------|-----------------|
D|4o6--------------o|-6---------------|-----------------|
A||-6---------------|-6-----------4---|-6---------------|
E||-4---------------|-4---------------|---------4---6---|
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|4o---------------o|-----------------|-----------------|
D|4o6--------------o|-6---------------|-----------------|
A||-6---------------|-6-----------4---|-6-----------6~~-|
E||-4---------------|-4---------------|-------4---------|
Verse:
Note: Before all the powerchords, there is a glider slide.
C#5
Welcome ..... illusion
C#5
Come on ..... happen
C#5 Fill1
Pay the ..... for the show
Fill1:
e||-----------------|-----------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|
G|4o----------------|----------------o|
D|4o----------------|---------4-3----o|
A||-----------------|-------------6-4-|
E||-4-----4-4-----4-|-4-----4---------|
C#5
The stage ...... playing
C#5
Suddenly ....... pounding
C#5 Fill1
Wishing ........ a star
Bridge:
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B||4/12~------------|------------10-12|-10--------------|--------------------|g
G|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|t
D|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|r
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------1-|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
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e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|g
G|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|t
D|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|r
A||-6---------------|-----------------|-6-4-6-----------|------------------2-|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
Don't be ...... by ... Ra di o
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|g
G|4-----------------|-----------------|/3~--------------|--------------------|t
D|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|r
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------1-|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
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|| |
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|g
G|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|t
D|4---------4-3-----|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|r
A||-------------6-4-|-6-------6-4-----|-----------------|-----------h------2-|
E||-4-----4---------|-------------6-4-|-6---------------|-6.--4.--4---6------|
The T.V. .. the .... zines
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B||-----------------|---------4-2-4---|-----------------|---------4.--2.-----|g
G|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|t
D|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|r
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------1-|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
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|| |
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|g
G|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|t
D|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|r
A||-6---------------|-----------------|-6-4-6-----------|------------------2-|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
They'll .... ... photographs of ... ... ... should be
e||--h-p------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B||-1-2-1-----------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|g
G|4-------1---------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|t
D|4---------1-------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|r
A||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------1-|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
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|| |
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|g
G|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|t
D|4---------4-3-----|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|r
A||-------------6-4-|-6-------6-4-----|-----------------|------------------2-|
E||-4-----4---------|-------------6-4-|-6-----------4---|--------------------|
But they're just ....... else's ...ta sy
Chorus on bass:
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
G|4o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|4o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A||-4-----------4---|-3-----------3---|-1-----------1---|-1-------1--------|
E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------4----|
_____________________________________
| 1st ending |
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
G|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------1--------|
A||-----------------|-----------------|-1---------------|------------------|
E||-2-----------2---|-2-----------2---|---------4-------|------------------|
___________________________________
| 2nd ending |
e||-----------------|-----------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|
G|4-----------------|----------------o|
D|4-----------------|----------------o|
A||-----------------|-----------------|
E||-4---------------|-----------------|
Riff over solo:
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
G|4o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|4o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A||-----------------|---------------4-|-----------------|------------------|
E||-6.----------6.--|---------6-4-6---|-6.----------6.--|-1-------4--------|
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
G|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o|
D|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o|
A||-----------------|---------------4-|-6-4---------6~--|-----4~-----------|
E||-6.----------6.--|---------6-4-6---|-----6.----------|------------------|
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