Deja Vu
By Jesse Welles
Written by Jesse Welles
Tabbed from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZXsDT47dpk
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
9/20/2025

     B7
I was drinking diet coke with the common folk in a bar down in Tel Aviv
B7
When in walked my friend, he was grinning a grin cause he knows that the tab's on me
            E7
Then came a man of black on a camel's back with an oil barrel and a gun
         B7
He had a book like us but took it serious, said "I told you I ain't here for fun."

        F#7
I said "Brother this place looks familiar."
           E7
Ain't I've been here time before
          B7
I get the deja vu when I'm drinking with you
           B7                          F#7
You know I blacked out a little in the last cold war


I walked away and put a dime in the jukebox, I love to hear me that old unfortunate son
While I turned my back he smacked the man in the black, a bonafide beat 'em up had begun
The fists were 'a flying the people were dying, He said look out the man's got a nuke
But he's been saying that for years to anyone with ears every time he needs a gun to shoot

I said "Brother this place looks familiar."
And I've been here a time before
Maybe, maybe not you know it gets a little hot
I blacked out a little in the Iraq war

Harmonica Solo

We was liberating people from the ugly and evil, we was fighting in the mud in the beer
They blew up my jukebox and ruined all my peace talks the tab was getting higher here
I said "Leave me alone I wanna go home, I told my people I'm a man of peace
He said "This is your new hobby, meet me in the lobby and leave your wallet with me."

I said "Brother this place seems familiar."
And I've been here a time before
I get the deja vu when I'm drinking with you
I got a feeling I'll be back for more

Harmonica Solo Out