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Egyptian Cream

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Tuning: EADGBe
Key: E Major
The riff in the intro and throughout the verses can be played like this:
|E-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|---9-8-9---------------|
|----------9--11--6-7-9-|
|7----------------------|
|-----------------------|
The intro consists of 8 measures of this riff, the verses 8 measures.
After the first chorus, 4 measures of the same riff are played again.
         E
On her face and on her hands
Til she feels like she's a man
             A                    G#m            C#m      B/F#
And when the change comes and the hair grows all over her skin
        A              G#m         C#m         B
She's a natural; she's part of the body she's in
         E
In the Sahara, there she lay
On an ironing board one day
She was gone for seven months
Hadn't guessed what happened once
          A                G#m           C#m          B/F#
When they told her "You're pregnant" she threw up her hands
    A            G#m          C#m         B
And thousands of fingers grew out of the sand
F#  A     E
E____gyp___tian cream
         E
Egyptian cream, she loves to smear
She loves to smear it everywhere
When you're sore, too sore to dream
Try some more Egyptian cream
             A                    G#m             C#m      B/F#
And when the change comes and the grass grows all over the mound
    A             G#m        C#m        B
The tadpoles come slithering out of the ground
F#  A     E    F#
E____gyp___tian cream
F#  A     E    F#
E____gyp___tian cream
F#  A     E    F#
E____gyp___tian cream
F#  A     E    B5/F#
E____gyp___tian cream

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Egyptian Cream

by Robyn Hitchcock

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G#m

C#m

B/F#

B5/F#

Tuning: EADGBe

Key: E Major

The riff in the intro and throughout the verses can be played like this:

|-----------------------|

|---9-8-9---------------|

|----------9--11--6-7-9-|

|7----------------------|

|-----------------------|

The intro consists of 8 measures of this riff, the verses 8 measures.

After the first chorus, 4 measures of the same riff are played again.

On her face and on her hands

Til she feels like she's a man

A G#m C#m B/F#

And when the change comes and the hair grows all over her skin

A G#m C#m B

She's a natural; she's part of the body she's in

In the Sahara, there she lay

On an ironing board one day

She was gone for seven months

Hadn't guessed what happened once

A G#m C#m B/F#

When they told her "You're pregnant" she threw up her hands

A G#m C#m B

And thousands of fingers grew out of the sand

F# A E

E____gyp___tian cream

Egyptian cream, she loves to smear

She loves to smear it everywhere

When you're sore, too sore to dream

Try some more Egyptian cream

A G#m C#m B/F#

And when the change comes and the grass grows all over the mound

A G#m C#m B

The tadpoles come slithering out of the ground

F# A E F#

E____gyp___tian cream

F# A E F#

E____gyp___tian cream

F# A E F#

E____gyp___tian cream

F# A E B5/F#

E____gyp___tian cream

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