The Deal chords by Ray Davies

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Verse 1
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I'm saying the people in
this town have to be locked up
All of 'em
We have to leave and these people
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have to be locked up

Verse 2
D'ya know what I mean?
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I'm go ing to LA
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Check into a quiet, groovy hotel
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Get myself a tan
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By the sleepy pool
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Meet a pretty girl
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Walk her down the strip
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And chill out in the bar
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Verse 3

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F#m

Then I will rent a car

An open- top Mustang

To cruise around the beach

And I'll check out all the babes

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While the sun goes down

By then I will be ready

To party and that's cool

Verse 4
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When I'm emotionally  refreshed
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Relaxed and confident
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I'll hit Rodeo Drive
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And drink a cappuccino
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And depending how I feel
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I'll grab a piece of action
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At the Beverly Hills
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And get myself a   deal

Verse 5
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Isn't wonderful, marvelous
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Utterly surreal
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Totally fabulous, fraudulent
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Bogus and unreal
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This is my lucky day
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I'll travel to LA
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And get myself a  deal

Verse 6
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Today I'm a bullshit millionaire
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As good as anyone
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Better than I was
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In dreary Anglaterre
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Real but disillusioned
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Traveling on the tube
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Riding on the bus

Verse 7
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Now I'm full of self- belief
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Pretend to be somebody
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While the credit's good
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I will rent a mansion
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Bm 
Somewhere in Bel Air
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Confidence abounding
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Looking really awesome
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Truly debon air

Verse 8

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It'll be wonderful, marvelous

Feeling really fake

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Feeling so fabulous, fraudulent

A counterfeit on the make

Verse 9
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Today I'm gonna get my break
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Go to LA
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Strike myself a deal
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And be part of the American Dream
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Interlude 1

Verse 10

It'll be wonderful,

marvelous (wonderful, marvelous)

Verse 11

Hey Ray, what's the haps?

Yeah, what's the deal, Ray?

What's the deal?

It's been a while

Verse 12
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I haven't seen you for at
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least a year or more
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Or is it unless I can't be sure
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But anyway
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You must've heard about
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the troubles that I had
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Still I got through,
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I always manage to
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And I
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[inaudible]
(Ooh, marvelous)
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How is your life?
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How is it goin'?
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