Perfect Illusion
Capo 2nd fret
Intro
EDCDEDCDsus4
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|---8---7---5---7---|---8---7---5---8---|
G|---9---7---5---7---|---9---7---5---7---|
D|---9---7---5---7---|---9---7---5---7---| x2
A|---7---5---3---5---|---7---5---3---5---|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
(or play open intro chords shown at top)
Verse 1
Em D C Em/B
Tryin' to get control, pressure's takin' its toll
Em D C D
Stuck in the middle zone, I just want you alone
Em D C D
My guessing game is strong, way too real to be wrong
Em D C N.C.
Caught up in your show, yeah, at least now I know
Chorus 1
Em D C Em/B
It wasn't love, it wasn't love, it was a
Em D C D
Perfect illusion (perfect illusion)
Em D C Em/B
Mistaken for love, it wasn't love, it was a
Em D C D
Perfect illusion (perfect illusion)
ED C
You were a perfect illusion
Verse 2
Em D C Em/B
I don't need eyes to see, I felt you touchin' me
Em D C D
High like amphetamine, maybe you're just a dream
Em D C D
That's what it means to crush, now that I'm wakin' up
Em D C D
I still feel the blow but at least now I know
Chorus 2
Em D C Em/B
It wasn't love, it wasn't love, it was a
Em D C D
Perfect illusion (perfect illusion)
Em D C Em/B
Mistaken for love, it wasn't love, it was a
Em D C D
Perfect illusion (perfect illusion)
Bridge
Em
Where are you 'cause I can't see
D
But if I feel you watchin' me
A/C#
Dilated, falling free
C
In a modern ecstasy
Em
Where were you 'cause I can't see
D
Why did I feel you watchin' me
A/C#
Why did I feel you watchin' me
C
Why did I feel you watchin' me
Em
Where are you 'cause I can't see
D
But if I feel you watchin' me
A/C#
Dilated, falling free
C
In a modern ecstasy
Em/B
In a modern ecstasy
Em/B
In a modern ecstasy
(I'm over the show, but at least now I know)
Chorus 3
F#5 G#5 D5 C#5
It wasn't love, it wasn't love, it was a
F#5 G#5 D5 C#5
Perfect illusion (perfect illusion)
F#5 G#5 D5 C#5
Mistaken for love, it wasn't love, it was a
F#5 G#5 D5 C#5
Perfect illusion (perfect illusion)