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DEJA VU Roger Waters

From album "Is This the Life We Really Want?", 2017.


Intro:  G G G G G G G 
       Verse 1____________________________________
G            C     
IF I HAD BEEN GOD

I WOULD HAVE REARRANGED THE VEINS

IN THE FACE TO MAKE THEM MORE RESISTANT
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TO ALCOHOL AND LESS PRONE TO AGEING
              C
IF I HAD BEEN GOD

I WOULD HAVE SIRED MANY SONS

AND I WOULD NOT HAVE SUFFERED THE ROMANS
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TO KILL EVEN ONE OF THEM
         C    D    Em
IF I HAD BEEN GOD
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WITH MY STAFF AND MY ROD
                D
IF I HAD BEEN GIVEN THE NOD
   C                         G
I BELIEVE I COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB
       Verse 2____________________________________
G           C
IF I WERE A DRONE
                   G     C  G
PATROLLING FOREIGN SKIES
                   C
WITH MY ELECTRONIC EYES FOR GUIDANCE
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AND THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE
       C       D   Em                 C   G
I WOULD BE AFRAID     TO FIND SOMEONE HOME
                   D
MAYBE A WOMAN AT A STOVE

BAKING BREAD, MAKING RICE,
                         C
OR JUST BOILING DOWN SOME BONES
            G
IF I WERE A DRONE

Break: C Cm G C D# G

       Verse 3___________________________________
    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
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BUT YOU WALK TO THE RIGHT

Verse 4
G                 C        G
AND IT FEELS LIKE DÉJÀ VU

THE SUN GOES DOWN
              C
AND I'M STILL MISSING YOU
G            C
COUNTING THE COST OF LOVE THAT GOT LOST
  D
AND UNDER MY GULF STREAM,

IN CIRCULAR BALLS
C
THERE'S NINETY-NINE CENTS
                       G     C
WORTH OF DRUNKARDS AND FOOLS

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