Lies Through The 80S

Intro
| E • • • | D/E • • • | A/E • • • | B/E • B • |
| E • • • | D/E • • • | A/E • • • | B/E • B • |

Verse 1
      E                      D/E             A/E        B/E  B
We're all gonna live out the Hollywood dream
E                          D/E           A/E        B/E  B
Everything's gonna be just what it seems

G                          F/G           C/G                  D/G  D
Gonna find a better way to run our cars,      all through the 80s
           G                       F/G           C/G                  G  D
'Cause the race is on, we're gonna land on Mars,      all through the 80s
    G                      F/G          C/G                 G  D
The video screen will open up the door,     all through the 80s
G                       F/G             C/G             G  D
Information, there'll be more and more, all through the 80s
         G                  F/G                  C      D
Will the man on the street,     finally know the score?

Chorus 1
E              F#m/E            G#m/E          A
  But I saw a kid with no smile on his face today
E                F#m/E              G#m/E                 A
  "Where is my place in this bright future?", I heard him say 2/4
F#m               G#m              A             D
    I've lost my hope, there isn't anywhere to play
D                               C
(Pull up the trees and put up a parking lot)

Verse 2
    G                             F/G             C/G                 G  D
The play's been written we'll all be in the cast,     all through the 80s
        G                     F/G                C/G                 G  D
And our feet are gonna point away from the past,     all through the 80s
     G                        F/G             C/G        Dsus4/G  D
Will supersonic travel be our ticket to ride?
           G                F/G                    C        D
We'll have cruise missiles,     they think as they fly

Chorus 2
E              F#m/E            G#m/E          A
  But I saw a kid with no smile on his face today
E                F#m/E              G#m/E                 A
  "Where is my place in this bright future?", I heard him say 2/4
F#m               G#m              A           D
    I've lost my hope, there isn't anywhere to play
 D                               C
(Pull up the trees and put up a parking lot)

Instrumental Break
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Solo's
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| G • • • • • | G • • • | • • C • |

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| D • • • • • | D • • • | D C# C B Bb

| G • • • • • | G • • • | • • F • |
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| D • • • • • | D • • • | D C# C B Bb

Instrumental
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Verse 3
E                    D/E           A/E                 B/E  B
Time will go and the years fly by,     all through the 80s
          E                      D/E          A/E                 E  B
And we'll have another slice of American pie,     all through the 80s

G                   F/G               C/G                 G  D
Credit card living, push button cash,     all through the 80s
      G                       F/G             C/G                 G  D
We'll pay our money and we'll take our trash,     all through the 80s
      G                     F7    Bb/F       F7  Bb/F
And another generation will talk about their generation

Break
| C • • • | D • • • |

Chorus 3
E              F#m/E            G#m/E          A
  But I saw a kid with no smile on his face today
E                F#m/E              G#m/E                 A
  "Where is my place in this bright future?", I heard him say 2/4
F#m               G#m              A           D
    I've lost my hope, there isn't anywhere to play
 D                               C
(Pull up the trees and put up a parking lot)

Instrumental Break
| D • • • • • | D • • • | D C# C B Bb

Break
| Em7 • Em7 • • • | Em7 • • • | Em7 • Em7 • • • |

| F#m • • • | G#m • • • | A • • • | • • • • |

Outro
E          F#m              G#m            A     N.C.
  I saw a kid with no smile on his face today
E                F#m                 G#m                  A     N.C.
  "Where is my place in this bright future?", I heard him say
E          F#m              G#m            A     N.C.
  I saw a kid with no smile on his face today
E                F#m                 G#m                  A     N.C.
  "Where is my place in this bright future?", I heard him say

E    F#m    G#m    A