CAPO: 3rd Fret INTRO: F C G Am (4x) F C G Am Easy credit, no money down F C G Am That's the way that we built this town F C G Am The banker's ledger, we watched it rise F C G Am A house of cards and a pack of lies F C G Am Am A house of cards and a pack of lies F C G Am Rung by rung they raised the stakes F C G Am You bend the rules and the batter breaks F C G Am We all get wealthy, but will we ever get wise F C G Am To the house of cards and a pack of lies F C G Am Am A house of cards and a pack of lies F C G Am They sold you plastic and took your ace F C G Am The suits and ties and the joker's face F C G Am And now there's nowhere left to hide F C G Am Than a house of cards and a pack of lies F C G C A house of cards and a pack of lies INSTRUMENTAL: C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am The times were easy, we did the deal F C G Am We placed out bets, but they spun the wheel F C G Am And we should have known there was no prize F C G Am But a house of cards and a pack of lies F C G Am A house of cards and a pack of lies INTERLUDE: F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am Smoke and mirrors, the market crash F C G Am We burnt it down to stone and ash F C G Am We lit the fires of our own demise F C G Am In the house of cards and a pack of lies F C G C In the house of cards and a pack of lies INTERLUDE: F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am We bought that dream and we sold it on F C G Am But it ain't worth nothing, now the money's gone F C G Am The only shelter that gratifies F C G Am Is a house of cards and a pack of lies F C G Am A house of cards and a pack of lies