deceives the eye Chords

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[Verse 1]
[C]In [G]the earlie[C]st da[G]ys o[Am]f my[G]
shoplift[F]ing ca[Em]reer,
[Dm]You could [Am]safely say I was f[Em]illed [G]with fear.
It was [F]nail biting work from the [G]very start,
But [C]several quick successes
soon [G]gave me heart.
[C]Af [G]ter a [Am]while I could [G]pick
or [F]nick or [G]steal,
[Dm]Some [Am]shirts some [Em]trousers
[C]and [Em]a few [G]LPs[F].
No- one ever stopped me,
they [G]didn't seem to care.
[C]It sometimes seemed to me that
there was [G]no- one there.

[Verse 2]
[Am]Then a fine summers day
[D]my mates and me,
[Am]Set off down the westend on
our [D]usual spree.
[Am]Things were as normal for an [F]hour or so,
[G]Then my nimble hands
were a bit too slow.
[C]Two [G]store [Am]detectives [G]made
a fast approach,
[Am]One grabbed my jacket
(you're nicked!)
[Em]The other [G]grabbed my throat.
So they [F]caught me at last,
one [G]said with joy:
"You'll [C]have to do some time,
my [G]light fingered boy!"

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[Verse 3]
If [Am]only I'd remembered my
[D]common sense,
They cap[Am]tured me red-
handed with [D]evidence.
If I [Am]go to the manager
and [F]say I'm sorry,
[G]Maybe he'll forgive me for my
[Dm]youthful [G]folly.[F][Cm]

[Verse 4]
But [Cm]what will [Bbm]me social worker say[Cm],
[Bb]If I don't come home t[Cm]oday?
He'll give me [Bbm]a clout![Cm]
What if they don't let me [Bbm]out?[B][Cm]
I told him I'm on me [Bbm]own!
Don't [Cm]they understand?
[Bbm]I'm from a broken ho[Bb]me!

[Verse 5]
I'll [C]tell them I'm [Am]the pro
duct of a [G]broken home,
And I [Am]always went out [Em]on m[G]y own.
[F]Was it too late to [G]say I'd pay,
And I'll [C]never steal again
'till the [G]end of my days?
Be[C]cause I [G]have no [Am]friends
to [G]call as such,
[Am]Money and posessions I
[Em]did not [G]have much,
So [F]I started to steal in [G]order
to get by.
[C]The quickness of the hand
de[G]ceives the [C]eye.
de[G]ceives the eye the eye the eye...