Jekyll and Hyde - Facade
Opening riff:
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Dm
There's a face that we wear
C
In the cold light of day –
Gm
It's society's mask,
F
It's society's way,
Dm C
And the truth is
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That it's all a façade!
[Riff]
Dm
There's a face that we hide
C
Till the nighttime appears,
Gm
And what's hiding inside,
F
Behind all of our fears,
Dm C
Is our true self,
Locked inside the façade!
[Riff]
Bb
Every day
Am
People, in their own sweet way,
Gm
Like to add a coat of paint,
Am
And be what they ain't!
That's how our little –
Bb
Game is played,
Am
Livin' like a masquerade
Gm
Actin' a bizarre charade –
Am
While playing the saint!
Dm
But there's one thing I know,
C
And I know it for sure:
Gm
This disease that we've got
F
Has got no ready cure!
Dm C
And I'm certain
Gm F
Life is terribly hard –
When your life's a façade!
[Riff]
Dm
Look around you! I have found
C Gm
You cannot tell, by lookin' at the surface,
Am
What is lurkin' there beneath it!
Dm
See that face!
C
Now, I'm prepared to bet you,
Gm
What you see's not what you get –
F
'Cause man's a master of deceit!
Bb Am
So, what is the sinister secret?
Gm Am
The lie he will tell you is true? –
Dm
It's that each man you meet
C
In the street
Gm F
Isn't one man but two!
Dm
Nearly everyone you see –
C
Like him an' her, an' you, an' me –
Gm
Pretends to be
Am
A pillar of society –
Dm
A model for propriety –
C
Sobriety an' piety –
Gm
Who shudders at the thought
F
Of notoriety!
Bb Am
The ladies an' gents 'ere before you –
Gm Am
Which none of 'em ever admits –
Dm
May 'ave saintly looks –
C
But they're sinners an' crooks!
Gm
Hypocrites!
F
Hypocrites!
Dm
There are preachers who kill!
C
There are killers who preach!
Gm
There are teachers who lie!
F
There are liars who teach!
Dm C
Take yer pick, dear –
‘Cause it's all a façade!
[Riff]
Dm
If we're not one, but two,
C
Are we evil or good?
Gm
Do we walk the fine line –
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That we'd cross if we could?
Dm C
Are we waiting –
To break through the façade?
[Riff]
Bb
One or two
Am
Might look kinda well-to-do –
Gm
Hah! They're bad as me an' you,
Am
Right down they're boots!
I'm inclined to think –
Bb
Half mankind
Am
Thinks the other half is blind!
Gm
Wouldn't be surprised to find –
Am
They're all in cahoots!
Dm
At the end of the day,
C
They don't mean what they say,
Gm
They don't say what they mean,
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They don't ever come clean –
Dm C
And the answer –
Gm
Is it's all a façade!
F
Is it's all a façade!
Dm
Man is not one, but two,
C
He is evil and good,
Gm
An' he walks the fine line
F
We'd all cross if we could!
Dm C
It's a nightmare –
Gm F
We can never discard –
Dm C
So we stay on our guard –
Gm F
Though we love the façade –
Dm C
What's behind the façade?
Dm
Look behind the façade
Alternate version you can play the “Look around you, I have found…” part:
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Look around you, I have found you
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Cannot tell by looking at the
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Surface what is lurking there beneath it
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See that face now I’m prepared to
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Bet you what you see’s not what you
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Get cause man’s a master of deceit!
Repeat for the "Nearly everyone you see..." part.
