Chords for Michael Peter Smith & Anne Hills - Dead Egyptian Blues
Tempo:
104.75 bpm
Chords used:
A
B
D
Bb
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[Bb] [A] Oh, Miskatot, what good's [B] it do?
Build a chair where nobody cares to be.
[Bb] [D] Egyptian nights were never [B] colder.
All your friends are thousands of years older.
[Bm] [D] Whatever happened to [G] the gang [Gm] down by the sphinx?
Seems they're only 40 [C] weeks away.
[E] Those [Gm] girls from Cairo with their [Bbm] bellybutton jewels
[A] made you [D] play fool [G] yesterday, [A] yesterday.
And now you're keeping [Bb] shape without worse [A] clothes.
Cause you're all wrapped up in Betty Tips and Lou.
Betty Tips and Lou, Betty Tips and Lou, Betty Tips and Lou.
They love the mass.
Do they love you, honey, sweetheart?
Don't ask.
Where's those baby brows and that pearly smile?
The smile won't roll all the way around.
[D] You make one terrific [G] hieroglyphic dog crawl.
[D] Centuries of standing sideways turns you [A] to a frog.
All those girls from [B] Cairo who [Bbm] filled your heart with [A] lust
they've all turned [Dm] to dust yesterday, [A] yesterday.
And those bandages didn't [Bb] give them much real.
They're all wrapped up in Betty Tips and Lou.
Betty Tips and Lou, Betty Tips and Lou.
Oh, Miskatot, they dig the tomb.
And [Abm] all that gold deep brightens [A] over it all.
[G] [Dbm] But what's the [A] difference when it's dead, what if they're playing?
We need to spend five thousand years [Cm] decaying.
But [D] does it matter what [G] possessions you may boast?
When [C] you are just a [Gm] ghost, it's only [C] dry [A] and fine.
Your scabinous [Bb] is gone, but your [Bbm] scabinous is some.
[A] Who cares how rich you are, [G] love, when you look like [B] Boris Karloff.
And they've even named [C] this dog who left [A] you.
[E] Not a war [A] rafter, you know, dead Egyptian.
[D] Oh, Miskatot, you, wait and see.
Now a few thousand years they're gonna dig up me.
And [A] I'll have all my little treasures [B] near at hand.
A CD of Sergeant Pepper's lonely high school [Cm] band.
[Bm] [E] You'll dry it up, mommy, while we [G] crumble DNA bomb.
[C] A letter from my honey [C] saying I love you, I cared [B] so long.
[Bb] Some peanut butter sandwiches [Bbm] will all return to sand.
[A] Not much gold or [F] silver, but I [A] think you'll understand.
My way, I'll [Dbm] be just like [A] you.
All wrapped up in them dead Egyptian blues.
War rafters, war rafters, all [Ab] wrapped up in them dead [A] Egyptian blues.
Dead Egyptian blues.
Did you say [Em] war rafters?
[A] War [Bb] rafters?
War [A] rafters.
Dead [B] Egyptian blues.
Dead Egyptian blues.
[E] [A] [E] [D] [B] [Dm]
[N]
[Bb] [A] Oh, Miskatot, what good's [B] it do?
Build a chair where nobody cares to be.
[Bb] [D] Egyptian nights were never [B] colder.
All your friends are thousands of years older.
[Bm] [D] Whatever happened to [G] the gang [Gm] down by the sphinx?
Seems they're only 40 [C] weeks away.
[E] Those [Gm] girls from Cairo with their [Bbm] bellybutton jewels
[A] made you [D] play fool [G] yesterday, [A] yesterday.
And now you're keeping [Bb] shape without worse [A] clothes.
Cause you're all wrapped up in Betty Tips and Lou.
Betty Tips and Lou, Betty Tips and Lou, Betty Tips and Lou.
They love the mass.
Do they love you, honey, sweetheart?
Don't ask.
Where's those baby brows and that pearly smile?
The smile won't roll all the way around.
[D] You make one terrific [G] hieroglyphic dog crawl.
[D] Centuries of standing sideways turns you [A] to a frog.
All those girls from [B] Cairo who [Bbm] filled your heart with [A] lust
they've all turned [Dm] to dust yesterday, [A] yesterday.
And those bandages didn't [Bb] give them much real.
They're all wrapped up in Betty Tips and Lou.
Betty Tips and Lou, Betty Tips and Lou.
Oh, Miskatot, they dig the tomb.
And [Abm] all that gold deep brightens [A] over it all.
[G] [Dbm] But what's the [A] difference when it's dead, what if they're playing?
We need to spend five thousand years [Cm] decaying.
But [D] does it matter what [G] possessions you may boast?
When [C] you are just a [Gm] ghost, it's only [C] dry [A] and fine.
Your scabinous [Bb] is gone, but your [Bbm] scabinous is some.
[A] Who cares how rich you are, [G] love, when you look like [B] Boris Karloff.
And they've even named [C] this dog who left [A] you.
[E] Not a war [A] rafter, you know, dead Egyptian.
[D] Oh, Miskatot, you, wait and see.
Now a few thousand years they're gonna dig up me.
And [A] I'll have all my little treasures [B] near at hand.
A CD of Sergeant Pepper's lonely high school [Cm] band.
[Bm] [E] You'll dry it up, mommy, while we [G] crumble DNA bomb.
[C] A letter from my honey [C] saying I love you, I cared [B] so long.
[Bb] Some peanut butter sandwiches [Bbm] will all return to sand.
[A] Not much gold or [F] silver, but I [A] think you'll understand.
My way, I'll [Dbm] be just like [A] you.
All wrapped up in them dead Egyptian blues.
War rafters, war rafters, all [Ab] wrapped up in them dead [A] Egyptian blues.
Dead Egyptian blues.
Did you say [Em] war rafters?
[A] War [Bb] rafters?
War [A] rafters.
Dead [B] Egyptian blues.
Dead Egyptian blues.
[E] [A] [E] [D] [B] [Dm]
[N]
Key:
A
B
D
Bb
G
A
B
D
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ Oh, Miskatot, what good's [B] it do?
_ Build a chair where nobody cares to be.
_ [Bb] _ [D] _ Egyptian nights were never [B] _ colder.
All your friends are thousands of years older.
[Bm] _ _ [D] Whatever happened to [G] the gang [Gm] down by the sphinx?
Seems they're only 40 [C] weeks away.
[E] _ Those [Gm] girls from Cairo with their [Bbm] bellybutton jewels
[A] made you [D] play fool [G] yesterday, [A] yesterday.
And now you're keeping [Bb] shape without worse [A] clothes.
_ _ Cause you're all wrapped up in Betty Tips and Lou.
_ _ Betty Tips and Lou, Betty Tips and Lou, Betty Tips _ and Lou.
They love the mass.
_ Do they love you, honey, sweetheart?
Don't ask.
Where's those baby brows and that pearly smile?
_ _ The smile won't roll all the way around.
_ _ [D] You make one terrific [G] hieroglyphic dog crawl. _
[D] Centuries of standing sideways turns you [A] to a frog.
All those girls from [B] Cairo who [Bbm] filled your heart with [A] lust
they've all turned [Dm] to dust yesterday, [A] yesterday.
And those bandages didn't [Bb] give them much real. _ _
They're all wrapped up in Betty Tips and Lou.
Betty Tips and Lou, Betty Tips and Lou.
Oh, Miskatot, they dig the tomb.
And _ [Abm] all that gold deep brightens [A] over it all.
[G] [Dbm] But what's the [A] difference when it's dead, what if they're playing?
_ We need to spend five thousand years [Cm] decaying.
But [D] does it matter what [G] possessions you may boast?
When [C] you are just a [Gm] ghost, it's only [C] dry [A] and fine.
Your scabinous [Bb] is gone, but your [Bbm] scabinous is some.
[A] Who cares how rich you are, [G] love, when you look like [B] Boris Karloff.
And they've even named [C] this dog who left [A] you.
_ [E] Not a war [A] rafter, you know, dead Egyptian.
_ [D] _ Oh, Miskatot, you, wait and _ see.
Now a few thousand years they're gonna dig up me.
And [A] I'll have all my little treasures [B] near at hand.
A CD of Sergeant Pepper's lonely high school [Cm] band.
[Bm] _ _ [E] You'll dry it up, mommy, while we [G] crumble DNA bomb.
[C] A letter from my honey [C] saying I love you, I cared [B] so long.
[Bb] Some peanut butter sandwiches [Bbm] will all return to sand.
[A] Not much gold or [F] silver, but I [A] think you'll understand.
My way, I'll [Dbm] be just like [A] you. _
All wrapped up in them dead Egyptian blues. _ _
_ War rafters, _ _ war rafters, all [Ab] wrapped up in them dead [A] Egyptian blues.
Dead Egyptian blues. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Did _ you say [Em] war rafters?
[A] _ War [Bb] rafters?
_ War _ [A] rafters.
Dead [B] Egyptian blues.
_ _ Dead Egyptian blues.
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ Oh, Miskatot, what good's [B] it do?
_ Build a chair where nobody cares to be.
_ [Bb] _ [D] _ Egyptian nights were never [B] _ colder.
All your friends are thousands of years older.
[Bm] _ _ [D] Whatever happened to [G] the gang [Gm] down by the sphinx?
Seems they're only 40 [C] weeks away.
[E] _ Those [Gm] girls from Cairo with their [Bbm] bellybutton jewels
[A] made you [D] play fool [G] yesterday, [A] yesterday.
And now you're keeping [Bb] shape without worse [A] clothes.
_ _ Cause you're all wrapped up in Betty Tips and Lou.
_ _ Betty Tips and Lou, Betty Tips and Lou, Betty Tips _ and Lou.
They love the mass.
_ Do they love you, honey, sweetheart?
Don't ask.
Where's those baby brows and that pearly smile?
_ _ The smile won't roll all the way around.
_ _ [D] You make one terrific [G] hieroglyphic dog crawl. _
[D] Centuries of standing sideways turns you [A] to a frog.
All those girls from [B] Cairo who [Bbm] filled your heart with [A] lust
they've all turned [Dm] to dust yesterday, [A] yesterday.
And those bandages didn't [Bb] give them much real. _ _
They're all wrapped up in Betty Tips and Lou.
Betty Tips and Lou, Betty Tips and Lou.
Oh, Miskatot, they dig the tomb.
And _ [Abm] all that gold deep brightens [A] over it all.
[G] [Dbm] But what's the [A] difference when it's dead, what if they're playing?
_ We need to spend five thousand years [Cm] decaying.
But [D] does it matter what [G] possessions you may boast?
When [C] you are just a [Gm] ghost, it's only [C] dry [A] and fine.
Your scabinous [Bb] is gone, but your [Bbm] scabinous is some.
[A] Who cares how rich you are, [G] love, when you look like [B] Boris Karloff.
And they've even named [C] this dog who left [A] you.
_ [E] Not a war [A] rafter, you know, dead Egyptian.
_ [D] _ Oh, Miskatot, you, wait and _ see.
Now a few thousand years they're gonna dig up me.
And [A] I'll have all my little treasures [B] near at hand.
A CD of Sergeant Pepper's lonely high school [Cm] band.
[Bm] _ _ [E] You'll dry it up, mommy, while we [G] crumble DNA bomb.
[C] A letter from my honey [C] saying I love you, I cared [B] so long.
[Bb] Some peanut butter sandwiches [Bbm] will all return to sand.
[A] Not much gold or [F] silver, but I [A] think you'll understand.
My way, I'll [Dbm] be just like [A] you. _
All wrapped up in them dead Egyptian blues. _ _
_ War rafters, _ _ war rafters, all [Ab] wrapped up in them dead [A] Egyptian blues.
Dead Egyptian blues. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Did _ you say [Em] war rafters?
[A] _ War [Bb] rafters?
_ War _ [A] rafters.
Dead [B] Egyptian blues.
_ _ Dead Egyptian blues.
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _