Like a lot of Alarm songs the deceiver is played with the guitar tuned down a semi tone to Eb Intro: G#m F# C#m E X2 verse 1: G#m F# C#m E You are the power and the glory G#m F# C#m E You are the weakness in defeat G#m F# C#m E Like the rise and the fall of the British Empire G#m F# C#m E You make me sick with your conceit PRE Chorus: