Strange Deja Vu chords by Dream Theater

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G#m

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
Ab5   Ab(b5)
Ab(b5) A(b5)


Verse 1:
Ab5  Ab(b5)                         Ab5
     Subconscious strange sensation
 Ab(b5)           Ab(b5) A(b5)
Unconscious relaxation
 F5  F(b5)                   F5
     What a pleasant nightmare
 F(b5)                    F(b5) F#(b5)
And I can't wait to get there again
Ab5  Ab(b5)                     Ab5
     Every time I close my eyes
Ab(b5)           Ab(b5) A(b5)  F5
There's another vivid surprise
 F(b5)                      F5
Another whole life waiting
 F(b5)               F(b5) F#(b5)
Chapters unfinished, fading
Ab5
   Closer now - Slowly coming into view
F#5                                                  C#5
   I've arrived - Blinding sunshine beaming through

Verse 2:
Ab5        Ab(b5)   Ab          Ab5
  There's a house I'm drawn into
    Ab6  Ab(b5)     Ab5        F5
Familiar settings, nothing new
F5        F(b5)    F       F5
There's a pathway leading there
 F6    F(b5)     F5             Ab5
With a haunting chill in the air
       Ab(b5)       Ab             Ab5
There's room at the top of the stairs
 Ab6  Ab(b5)                F5
Every night I'm drawn up there
 F(b5)                 F     F5
There's a girl in the mirror
    F6       F(b5)    F5
Her face is getting clearer
 Cb5 Cb(b5) Cb Cb5 Cb(b5) Cb  Db5 Dbsus4 Db Db5 Dbsus4 Db
Young child won't you tell me why I'm here?
Ab5
In her eyes - I sense a story never told
F#5
Behind the disguise - There's something tearing at her soul


Chorus:
C#m                A
Tonight I've been searching for it
E/G#             F#m
A feeling that's deep inside me
C#m                A
Tonight I've been searching for
    G#m              F#m
The one that nobody knows
 B    Bsus4 B   Asus2
Trying to break free


Chorus:
Asus2   B5
I just can't help myself
    Asus2                 F#add11
I'm feeling like I'm going out of my head
Asus2               B5
Tears my heart into two
    Csus2             Dsus2
I'm not the one the sleeper thought he knew


Interlude:
E5


Bridge:
E5
Back on my feet again
E5                      G5 A5
Eyes open to real world
E5                      G5 A5
Metropolis surrounds me
E5                              G5 A5
The mirror's shattered the girl
E5                     G5 A5
Why is this other life
E5                     G5 A5
Haunting me everyday
E5                       G5 A5
I'd break through the other side
E5                      N.C.
If only I'd find the way
C#5
Something's awfully familiar
C#5
The feeling's so hard to shake
C#5
Could I have lived in that other world
C#5
It's a link that I'm destined to make
Ab5
I'm still searching but I don't know what for
Ab5
The missing key to unlock my mind's door


Interlude:
C#m
A
E/G#


Pre-Chorus:
F#m           D
Today I am searching for it
A/C#            Bm
A feeling that won't go away
F#m          D
Today I am searching for
C#m                      Bm
The one that I only know
E
Trying to break free


Outro/Chorus:
Asus2   B5
I just can't help myself
Asus2                F#add11
I'm feeling like I'm going out of my head
Asus2              B5
Tears my soul into two
   Csus2            Dsus2
I'm not the one I thought I always knew
Asus2   B5
I just can't help myself
Asus2                     F#add11
I'm feeling like I'm going out of my head
Asus2     B5
Uncanny, strange Deja Vu
   Csus2             D   Dsus4 D       G
But I don't mind - I hope to find the truth