Is This The Life We Really Want Chords by Roger Waters

Tempo:
74.5 bpm
Chords used:

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Ab

Eb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Roger Waters - Is This The Life We Really Want chords
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So, as an example, you're CNN.
I mean, it's story after story after story is bad.
I won.
I won.
And the other thing, chaos.
There's zero chaos.
We are [Db] running
This is a fine tune.
[Em] [Gm] No.
[Eb]
[G]
[D]
[Gm]
[G]
[Gb] [D]
[Fm] The goose has [Db] gotten fat
[Gb]
[B] on caviar in fancy bars
and
[C] subprime loans
and broken homes.
[Fm] Is this the life?
The [Db] holy grail?
[Fm] [F] It's not enough that we succeed.
[C] We still need others to fail.
[Ebm] Fear.
Fear drives the mills of [B] modern man.
Fear keeps us [Eb] all in line.
[A]
[Bb] Fear of all those foreigners.
Fear of all their crimes.
[Ebm] Is this the life [Eb] we [B] really want?
[A] It surely must be so.
[Eb]
[Bb] This is a democracy
and what we all say goes.
[Db] [Dbm]
[A]
[G] [Db] [G]
[Ab]
[Db] Every time a student
[Dbm] is run over by a tank.
[A] Every time a pirate's dog
is close to water plank.
[Db] Every time a Russian bride
is advertised for sale.
[Eb]
[Ab] And every time a journalist
is left to run jail.
[Dbm] Every time a young girl's life
is [Ab] casually spent.
[E]
[A] And every time an income pool
becomes the president.
[Db] Every time somebody dies
reaching for their keys.
[Ab] And every time the Greenland
falls in the fucking sea
it's [Dbm] because all of us.
The blacks and whites,
Chicanos, Asians, every [A] type
of ethnic group.
Even folks from Guadalupe,
the old, the [G] young.
Toothless hags, supermodels,
actors of hags, bleeding [Ab] hearts,
football stars, men in baths,
washer women, tailors,
[Db] vampires, uncle's arms,
[Eb] Britishies, [E] hopeless [A] tramps,
druids, truckers,
cleaning ladies,
[G] maybe nomads.
Well, because it's [Ab] true
that ants don't have enough IQ
to differentiate between
[Db] the pain that other people feel.
And while, for [Ebm] instance,
[Gbm] cutting [A] leaves or crawling across
windowsills in search of
open trickle-tips.
[G] So like the ants, are we just dumb?
Is that why we don't feel or [Ab] see?
Or are we all just numbed out
on reality TV?
[Db] So every time [Ebm] [Dbm] the [A] curtain falls,
[G] every time the curtain falls
on some forgotten life,
[Ab] it is because
we all stood by
silent and
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To jam and learn the simple chords for Roger Waters - Is This The Life We Really Want chords, practice playing A, G, Ab, Db, Gb, B, C, Fm and Db in sequence. Start with a comfortable 37 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 74. With Ab Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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So, as an example, you're CNN.
I mean, it's story after story after story is bad.
I won.
I won.
And the other thing, chaos.
There's zero chaos.
We are [Db] running_
This is a fine tune.
[Em] _ _ [Gm] No.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ The goose has [Db] gotten fat
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb]
[B] on caviar in fancy bars
and _ _
[C] subprime loans
and broken homes.
[Fm] Is this the life?
_ _ The [Db] holy grail? _ _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] [F] It's not enough that we succeed. _ _
[C] We still need others to fail. _ _
[Ebm] Fear.
_ _ Fear drives the mills of [B] modern man.
_ _ Fear keeps us [Eb] all in line.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[Bb] Fear of all those foreigners.
Fear of all their crimes.
[Ebm] Is this the life _ [Eb] _ _ we [B] really want? _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] It surely must be so.
_ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] This is a democracy
and what we all say goes.
[Db] _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] Every time a student
[Dbm] is run over by a tank. _
[A] Every time a pirate's dog
is close to water plank. _
[Db] Every time a Russian bride
is advertised for sale.
[Eb]
[Ab] And every time a journalist
is left to run jail.
[Dbm] Every time a young girl's life
is [Ab] casually spent.
[E] _
[A] And every time an income pool
becomes the president. _
[Db] Every time somebody dies
reaching for their keys.
[Ab] And every time the Greenland
falls in the fucking sea
it's [Dbm] because all of us.
The blacks and whites,
Chicanos, Asians, every [A] type
of ethnic group.
Even folks from Guadalupe,
the old, the [G] young.
Toothless hags, supermodels,
actors of hags, bleeding [Ab] hearts,
football stars, men in baths,
washer women, tailors,
[Db] _ vampires, uncle's arms,
_ [Eb] Britishies, [E] hopeless [A] tramps,
druids, truckers,
cleaning ladies, _
[G] _ maybe nomads.
_ Well, because it's [Ab] true
that ants don't have enough IQ
to _ differentiate between
[Db] the pain that other people feel.
And while, for [Ebm] instance,
[Gbm] cutting [A] leaves or crawling across
windowsills in search of
open trickle-tips.
[G] So like the ants, are we just dumb?
Is that why we don't feel or [Ab] see?
Or are we all just numbed out
on reality TV?
[Db] So every time _ _ _ [Ebm] [Dbm] the [A] curtain falls, _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] every time the curtain falls
on some forgotten life, _
[Ab] it is because
we all stood by
silent and

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This song was composed by Roger Waters.

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