{"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":2531064,"song":"Dead Egyptian Blues","artist":"Michael Peter Smith","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11511261-dead-egyptian-blues-chords-by-michael-peter-smith/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2531064?type=chord","rating":4.73403,"votes":4,"content":"Fantastic song by one of the best songwriters around.\r\n\r\n    This is the version from Love Stories (1988). In some live versions instead of the \"call Nautilus...\" line\r\nhe sings \"And they even named a dog food after you.\"\r\n    The third instrumental section is bass/fiddle noodling the general melody of the song as an unsung verse.\r\nThe song is supposed to be humorous and Smith changes it up a lot when playing live, so play around!\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Bb7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Bb7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Bb7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bb7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nOh Mister Tut what good's it do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Ddim7[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThey love your chair but nobody cares for you[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nEgyptian nights were never colder[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Dm/C#[/ch]  [ch]Dm/C[/ch]  [ch]Dm/B[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd all your friends are thousands of years older[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWhatever happened to that gang down by the Sphinx[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Faug[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nSeems they're only forty winks away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThose girls from Cairo with their belly button jewels[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nMade you play the fool yesterday yesterday[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]Ddim[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd now you keep in shape with Elmer's glue[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCause you're all wrapped up in them dead Egyptian blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb7[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb7[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb7[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bb7[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nOh Mister Tut, they love the mask[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A7[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Ddim7[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nBut do they love you? Honey, sweetheart, don't ask[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                        [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWhere's those baby browns and that pearly smile?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]Dm/C#[/ch]  [ch]Dm/C[/ch]  [ch]Dm/B[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat smile that drove 'em wild by the early Nile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nYou make one terrific hieroglyphic, don't you bro[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Faug[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nCenturies of standing sideways turned you to a pro[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThose girls from Cairo who filled your heart with lust[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThey've all turned to dust, yesterday, yesterday[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Ddim[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n(And those) bandages don't do that much for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCause you're all wrapped up in them dead Egyptian blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb7/D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb7/D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                          [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nOh Mister Tut, they dig the tomb, yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]Ddim7[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAll that gold leaf brightens up a room[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Dm[/ch]                                             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nBut what's the diff, when you're stiff, what riff they're playing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]Dm/C#[/ch]  [ch]Dm/C[/ch]  [ch]Dm/B[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen your ears have spent five thousand years decaying?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nWhat does it matter what possessions you may boast?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Faug[/ch]\r\nWhen you're just a ghost it's only jive, clive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYour sarcophagus is glowing but your esophagus is showing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A7[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWho cares how rich you are love when you look like Boris Karloff[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]Ddim[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nCall Nautilus, they might even refund your due[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCause you're all wrapped up in them dead Egyptian blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Dm/C#[/ch]  [ch]Dm/C[/ch]  [ch]Dm/B[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Faug[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Ddim[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                          [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nOh Mister Tut, you wait and see[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnother few thousand years they're gonna dig up me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll have all my little treasures near at hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]Dm/C#[/ch]  [ch]Dm/C[/ch]  [ch]Dm/B[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA CD of Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nA little dried out Maui wowee crumbled in a bong[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA letter from my honey saying love you kid, so long[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Gm[/ch]                                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSome peanut butter sandwiches that have long returned to sand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                           [ch]Dm[/ch]                       [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nNot much gold or silver, but Tut, I think you'll understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]Ddim[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThat in my way I'll be just like you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAll wrapped up in them dead Egyptian blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm/A[/ch]            [ch]Dm/A[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll wrapped up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm/A[/ch]            [ch]Dm/A[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll wrapped up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm/A[/ch]                   [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]Bdim7[/ch]\r\nAll wrapped up in them dead Egyptian blues...[/tab]","plain_text":"Fantastic song by one of the best songwriters around.\n\n    This is the version from Love Stories (1988). In some live versions instead of the \"call Nautilus...\" line\nhe sings \"And they even named a dog food after you.\"\n    The third instrumental section is bass/fiddle noodling the general melody of the song as an unsung verse.\nThe song is supposed to be humorous and Smith changes it up a lot when playing live, so play around!\n\n[Intro]\nDm Bb7 A\nDm Bb7 A\nDm Bb7 A\nBb7 A Dm\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nDm  Bb7  A\nDm  Bb7  A\nDm  Bb7  A\nBb7  A  Dm\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nDm  Bb7/D  A\nDm  Bb7/D  A\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nDm  A7  Dm  A7  Dm   A7  Dm  Dm/C#  Dm/C  Dm/B  D\nD  Gm  C  F  Faug  Gm  Dm  A7  Dm  A7\nDm  Ddim  A7  Dm\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Dm","Bb7","A","A7","Ddim7","Dm/C#","Dm/C","Dm/B","D","D7","Gm","C","F","Faug","Ddim","Bb7/D","Dm/A","Bdim7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}