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Déjà Vu – Roger Waters
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Written by: Roger Waters
From: “Is This The Life We Really Want?” (2017)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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Whatever your strumming pattern, here are some of the basic licks and
embellishments that can be used throughout the song.
[Intro]
G Gsus4 G Gsus4
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|0-------0-----0-|----------------|--------0-----0-|----------------|
G|0-------0-----0-|----------------|--------0-----0-|--------------0-|
D|0-------0-----0-|----------------|--------0-----0-|------------0---|
A|2---------------|--------2h3-----|----------------|--------2h3-----|
E|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|
G Gsus4 G [ C ]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|--------0-----0-|----------------|--------0-----0-|----------0-0---|1
G|--------0-----0-|----------------|--------0-----0-|----------0-0---|0
D|--------0-----0-|----------------|--------0-----0-|----------0-0---|2
A|----------------|--------2h3-----|----------------|----------------|3
E|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|3---------------|
If I had been God
[Verse] C embellishment
C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|
B|1-------1-----1-|----------------|
G|0-------0-----0-|--------0-------|
D|2-------2-----2-|--------0h2-----|
A|3-------3-------|3---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
[Bridge]
G/B
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|
B|0---------------|
G|0---------------|
D|0---------------|
A|2-----3-----4---|
E|----------------|
D Em
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--------2-----2-|--------2-2---2-|--------------0-|----------------|
B|--------3-----3-|--------3-3---3-|--------0-----0-|0---------------|
G|--------2-----2-|--------2-2---2-|--------0-----0-|0-----------0---|
D|0---------------|0---------------|--------2-------|2-----4---------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
| C | % | % | % |
| G | G Gsus4 | G |
G/B | D | D | C | C | G | G Gsus4 | G |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|
B|0---------------|
G|0---------------| ...
D|0---------------|
A|2-----0---------|
E|------------3---|
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CHORDS
Chords in square brackets are optional. They include notes from the string
section or the harmonies.
Lower case letters in square brackets are single notes, meant to be played
as indicated in the [Bridge] tab above.
E-A-D-G-B-e
Gsus4 x-3-0-0-x-x or 3-x-0-0-1-3
G/B x-2-0-0-0-3
G7 3-x-0-0-0-1
Gmaj7 3-x-0-0-0-2
Cm7/Bb x-1-1-0-1-x
G6 3-x-0-0-0-0
Cadd9 x-3-2-0-3-0
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[Intro]
| G | G Gsus4 | G | G Gsus4 |
| G | G Gsus4 | G |
[Verse]
G C
If I had been God
C
I would have rearranged the veins in the face
C
To make them more resistant to alcohol
| G | G Gsus4 | G |
And less prone to ageing
[Verse]
G C
If I had been God
C C
I would have sired many sons and I would not have suffered the Romans
G | G Gsus4 | G |
To kill even one of them
[Bridge]
[b c c#]
[ G/B ] D
If I had been God
[e f# g]
Em | C | % | % | % |
With my staff and my rod
| G | G Gsus4 | G |
[b a g]
[ G/B ] D
If I had been given the nod
C G | G Gsus4 | G |
I believe I could have done a better job
[Verse]
G | C | % |
If I were a drone
| C | C | G | G Gsus4 | G |
Patrolling foreign skies
G | C | C
With my electronic eyes ... for guidance
| C | C | G | G Gsus4 | G |
And the element of surprise
[Bridge]
[b c c#]
[ G/B ] D
I would be a-fraid
[e f# g]
Em | C | % | % | % |
To find someone home
| G | G Gsus4 | G |
[b a g]
G [ G/B ] D
Maybe a woman at a stove
D D/A
Baking bread, making rice,
D Dsus2 D | C | % | % | % |
or just boiling down some bones
[ G ]
If I were a drone
[Instrumental]
| G | G7 | C | % | Cm | % |
| G | G Gsus4 | G | Gmaj7 G7 |
| C | % | Cm7/Bb | % |
| G | G Gsus4 | G | G |
[Ending]
D
The temple's in ruins, the bankers get fat
C
The buffalo's gone and the mountain top's flat
D
The trout in the streams are all hermaphrodites
C
You lean to the left but you vote to the right
| G | G C
And it feels like déjà vu
G [ Gmaj7 G6 ] C
The sun goes down and I'm still missing you
G [ Cadd9 ] C
Counting the cost of love that got lost
D
And under my Gulf Stream in circular pools
[break]
C
There's ninety-nine cents worth of drunkards and fools
[break]
[Outro]
| G | % | Cadd9 | % |
| G | % | C | % |
| G | % | C | % |
| D | % | C | % | G