https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/13-25-deception/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 01:43:18 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/13-25-deception/#post-386051 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 17:09:59 +0000 Sunday Songwriters Group John Sargent https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/13-25-deception/#post-386051 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/13-25-deception/#post-386050 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 16:03:34 +0000
Good start :D nice job on the vocals and delivery. The uke doesn't seem to quite fit the somber/sinister mood, but the chords do.

Suggestion:

As it is, the verses seem disjointed, but some slight changes could make a story to this effect...

V1 whistle blower's suspicion
V2 corrupt politician's rise to power at the cost of the destruction of natural resources
V3 animals suffer and the Earth suffers b/c of the deception

Slight adjustments as follows:

V1 fine as is

Chorus

Bb____________Dm______Gm_______Dm
Deception is an art that's spawned in treachery
Bb____________Dm
What a tangled web YOU weave ....keep in 2nd person POV
Bb___________________Dm
When first YOU practice, to deceive....keep in 2nd person POV

Dm
Stick with contrasts, but change to political concrete details.... buying votes by selling government land.... poisoning milk while kissing babies
You play with truth, like ALL THE politicianS

Chorus

Dm
A pride of lions, a flock of ducks
Dm
Pod of whales, violation of trust
Gm_________________________Dm
THE EARTH IS BLEEDING/DYING in confusion
Bb_________________________Dm
Your DEEDS ARE clear, in the ROTTING illusion

....all in time to play for Earth Day

:mrgreen: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 :mrgreen:

Take or toss as you wish.

Thanks for sharing. :D

James]]> Sunday Songwriters Group jamestoffee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/13-25-deception/#post-386050 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/13-25-deception/#post-386042 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 23:53:23 +0000
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=13106033]]> Sunday Songwriters Group John Sargent https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/13-25-deception/#post-386042 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/13-25-deception/#post-386040 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 20:36:31 +0000 Sunday Songwriters Group Hobson https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/13-25-deception/#post-386040 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/13-25-deception/#post-386034 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 18:53:09 +0000
Deception
Dm
A sleight of hand, flick of the wrist
Dm
Eyes aren't fast enough to follow this
Gm__________________________Dm
Misdirection, accomplished with precision
Bb______________________________Dm
You're a low life, swindling, con-artist magician

Chorus

Bb____________Dm______Gm_______Dm
Deception is an art that's spawned in treachery
Bb____________Dm
What a tangled web we weave
Bb___________________Dm
When first we practice, to deceive

Dm
Night is day, black is white
Dm
Good is bad, wrong is right
Gm______________Dm
Principle, is just an apparition
Bb__________________________Dm
You play with truth, like you're a politician

Chorus

Dm
A pride of lions, a flock of ducks
Dm
Pod of whales, violation of trust
Gm_________________________Dm
A house of cards is collapsing in confusion
Bb_________________________Dm
Your face is clear, in the fading illusion

Chorus

I have not recorded anything in months. I'll have to find my equipment.]]> Sunday Songwriters Group John Sargent https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/13-25-deception/#post-386034 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/13-25-deception/#post-386033 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 17:13:42 +0000 A sleight of hand, flick of the wrist
Eyes aren't fast enough to follow this
Misdirection, accomplished with precision
You're a low life, swindling, con-artist magician

Chorus
Deception is an art that's spawned in treachery
What a tangled web we weave
When first we practice, to deceive

Second verse
Night is day, black is white
Good is bad, wrong is right
Principle, is just an apparition
You play with truth, like you're a politician

Chorus

Third verse
A pride of lions, a flock of ducks
Pod of whales, violation of trust
A house of cards is collapsing in confusion
Your face is clear, in the fading illusion

Chorus


Now for a chord structue]]> Sunday Songwriters Group John Sargent https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/13-25-deception/#post-386033 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/13-25-deception/#post-386031 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:27:09 +0000
Third verse, I don't quite get the lions/ducks/whales imagery - I'd have thought that, say, weasels, jackals and hyenas would fit - or continue - the theme of treachery better? Hopefully they don't all share the same collective noun...

Vic
pride, flock and pod are animal groups like "murder of crows" or "school of fish". I am trying to cast "Violation of Trust" in that light, as though it is more than a lie, it's a herd of lies that is exposed.
A lot of metaphors involved in my work, as usual.
I need to gel up the second verse and get a chord structure going. Its back to below 50 degrees and too windy to go fly model airplanes today.]]> Sunday Songwriters Group John Sargent https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/13-25-deception/#post-386031 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/13-25-deception/#post-386030 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:21:59 +0000
First verse is strong and the chorus follows well...

Second verse, if the theme is politics, maybe the scheming and treachery could be done with words - sharp tongue, cutting like steel, that sort of imagery perhaps?

Third verse, I don't quite get the lions/ducks/whales imagery - I'd have thought that, say, weasels, jackals and hyenas would fit - or continue - the theme of treachery better? Hopefully they don't all share the same collective noun...

Definitely got the makings of a good song here....

:D :D :D

Vic]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Vic Lewis VL https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/13-25-deception/#post-386030 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/13-25-deception/#post-45986 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 15:07:23 +0000 Deception
First verse
A sleight of hand, flick of the wrist
Eyes aren't fast enough to follow this
Misdirection, accomplished with precision
You're a low life, swindling, con-artist magician

Chorus
Deception is an art that's spawned in treachery
What a tangled web we weave
When first we practice, to deceive

Second verse
I only have the last line
You play with truth, like you're a politician

Third verse
A pride of lions, a flock of ducks
Pod of whales, violation of trust
A house of cards is collapsing in confusion
Your face is clear, in the fading illusion



I'll have to go back to sleep and dream the rest]]> Sunday Songwriters Group John Sargent https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/13-25-deception/#post-45986