Tom: C
F
Can't believe what you hear
D
Don't believe what you read
A D
Hard to see what you need these days
F
Can't believe that it's true
C
You know we had so much to do
G C
How come you treat me this way
[Pre-Chorus]
G Cadd9
Hey - you, why don't you play by the rules?
G
Play by the rules
G
You - just, you must take me
D Cadd9 G
Take me for some kind of fool
[Chorus]
D Cadd9
It's an illusion, here and gone in a day
G
Not what it seems this American dream
D
Just drifting away
D Cadd9
It's an illusion, after all that we've seen
G
A complete waste of time, just a nursery rhyme
D
Can't believe that you're leaving
| F | % | % | % |
[Verse 2]
F
Can't believe what you hear
D
Don't believe what you read
A D
Hard to see what you need these days
F
They'll feed you the facts
C
Leave you like a kid on a railroad track
G C
Our reason is fading away
[Pre-Chorus]
G Cadd9
O.K. Not much left I can do
G
I can do
G
You - just, you just took me
D Cadd9 G
Took me for some kinda fool
[Chorus]
D Cadd9
It's an illusion, here and gone in a day
G
Not what it seems this American dream
D
Just drifting away
D Cadd9
It's an illusion, after all that we've seen
G
A complete waste of time, just a nursery rhyme
D
Can't believe that you're leaving
[Outro]
D
It's an illusion - it's an illusion
D
It's an illusion
D
It's an illusion
