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 k*ll! 
          C 
There are k*llers 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 – 
          F        Fsus7 F7 
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, 
           F    Fsus7 F7 
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