{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1449476,"song":"Egyptian Cream","artist":"Robyn Hitchcock","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11257795-egyptian-cream-chords-by-robyn-hitchcock/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1449476?type=chord","rating":4.01626,"votes":5,"content":"Tuning: EADGBe\r\nKey: E Major\r\n\r\nThe riff in the intro and throughout the verses can be played like this:\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n|-----------------------|\r\n|-----------------------|\r\n|---9-8-9---------------|\r\n|----------9--11--6-7-9-|\r\n|7----------------------|\r\n|-----------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe intro consists of 8 measures of this riff, the verses 8 measures.\r\nAfter the first chorus, 4 measures of the same riff are played again.\r\n\r\n\r\n         [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\nOn her face and on her hands\r\nTil she feels like she's a man\r\n\r\n             [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]G#m[/ch]            [ch]C#m[/ch]      [ch]B/F#[/ch]\r\n\r\nAnd when the change comes and the hair grows all over her skin\r\n\r\n        [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G#m[/ch]         [ch]C#m[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\nShe's a natural; she's part of the body she's in\r\n\r\n         [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\nIn the Sahara, there she lay\r\nOn an ironing board one day\r\nShe was gone for seven months\r\nHadn't guessed what happened once\r\n\r\n          [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G#m[/ch]           [ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]B/F#[/ch]\r\n\r\nWhen they told her \"You're pregnant\" she threw up her hands\r\n\r\n    [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G#m[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\nAnd thousands of fingers grew out of the sand\r\n\r\n[ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\nE____gyp___tian cream\r\n\r\n         [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\nEgyptian cream, she loves to smear\r\nShe loves to smear it everywhere\r\nWhen you're sore, too sore to dream\r\nTry some more Egyptian cream\r\n\r\n             [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]G#m[/ch]             [ch]C#m[/ch]      [ch]B/F#[/ch]\r\n\r\nAnd when the change comes and the grass grows all over the mound\r\n\r\n    [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]G#m[/ch]        [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\nThe tadpoles come slithering out of the ground\r\n\r\n[ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n\r\nE____gyp___tian cream\r\n\r\n[ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n\r\nE____gyp___tian cream\r\n\r\n[ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n\r\nE____gyp___tian cream\r\n\r\n[ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]B5/F#[/ch]\r\n\r\nE____gyp___tian cream\r","plain_text":"Tuning: EADGBe\nKey: E Major\n\nThe riff in the intro and throughout the verses can be played like this:\n\n\nThe intro consists of 8 measures of this riff, the verses 8 measures.\nAfter the first chorus, 4 measures of the same riff are played again.\n\n\n         E\n\nOn her face and on her hands\nTil she feels like she's a man\n\n             A                    G#m            C#m      B/F#\n\nAnd when the change comes and the hair grows all over her skin\n\n        A              G#m         C#m         B\n\nShe's a natural; she's part of the body she's in\n\n         E\n\nIn the Sahara, there she lay\nOn an ironing board one day\nShe was gone for seven months\nHadn't guessed what happened once\n\n          A                G#m           C#m          B/F#\n\nWhen they told her \"You're pregnant\" she threw up her hands\n\n    A            G#m          C#m         B\n\nAnd thousands of fingers grew out of the sand\n\nF#  A     E\n\nE____gyp___tian cream\n\n         E\n\nEgyptian cream, she loves to smear\nShe loves to smear it everywhere\nWhen you're sore, too sore to dream\nTry some more Egyptian cream\n\n             A                    G#m             C#m      B/F#\n\nAnd when the change comes and the grass grows all over the mound\n\n    A             G#m        C#m        B\n\nThe tadpoles come slithering out of the ground\n\nF#  A     E    F#\n\nE____gyp___tian cream\n\nF#  A     E    F#\n\nE____gyp___tian cream\n\nF#  A     E    F#\n\nE____gyp___tian cream\n\nF#  A     E    B5/F#\n\nE____gyp___tian cream","chords":["E","A","G#m","C#m","B/F#","B","F#","B5/F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}