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