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Ego (Is Not A Dirty Word) – Skyhooks
From 1975’s Ego Is Not A Dirty Word, written by Greg Macainsh
(Chords with an asterisk means play the note)
Chord diagrams (this has a lot of barre chords that are different to the diagrams supplied by UG).
Fm   =  8 8 10 10 9 8
Gm7  =  3 5 5 3 6 3
Eb   =  x 6 8 8 8 6
Ebm7 =  x 6 8 8 7 9
Eb6  =  x 6 8 8 8 8
Abm  =  4 6 6 4 4 4
[Intro]
Gm7     Fm
[Verse]
If I Fmdid not have an ego, I would not be here tonight 
If I did not have an ego, I might not think that I was right 
And if Gm7you did not have an ego you might not care the way you dressed 
And if Dbyou did not have an ego you'd just be like the Eb6rest 
[Chorus]
EbE - Fmgo is Fsusnot   Fma dirty word 
EbE - Fmgo is Fsusnot   Fma dirty word 
EbE - Fmgo is Fsusnot   Fma dirty word 
DbDon't you believe what you've Eb6seen or you've heard 
Fm
[Verse]
Well, if FmJesus had an ego he'd still be alive today 
And if Nixon had no ego he might not be in decay 
If Gm7you did not have an ego you might not care too much who won 
And if DbI did not have an ego I might just use a Eb6gun 
[Chorus]
EbE - Fmgo is Fsusnot   Fma dirty word 
EbE - Fmgo is Fsusnot   Fma dirty word 
EbE - Fmgo is Fsusnot   Fma dirty word 
DbDon't you believe what you've Eb6seen or you've heard 
[Solo]
Fm     Eb  Fm     Eb
Fm     Eb  Fm     Eb
Abm      Ebm7     Abm      Ebm7
[Bridge]
Some Abmpeople keep their egos in a   Ebm7bottom drawer 
A Abmfridge full of Leonard Ebm7Cohen 
AbmHave to get drunk to Ebm7walk out the door 
AbmStay drunk to keep on Ebm7goin' 
GbSo   Abmif you got an ego 
You better     Db      Ebkeep it in good shape 
   F  GbExercise it daily 
GbAnd  Abmget it down on tape, coz
[Chorus]
FmEgo is not a dirty word 
Bb7Ego is not a dirty word 
FmEgo is not a -  dirty word 
DbDon't you believe what you've Ebseen or you've heard 
FmEgo is not a dirty word 
Bb7Ego is not a - dirty word, dirty word, dirty word 
FmEgo is not a dirty word 
DbDon't you believe what you've Ebseen or you've heard 
FmEgo is not a dirty word 
Bb7Ego is not a dirty word 
FmEgo is not a dirty word 
DbDon't you believe what you've Ebseen or heard 
EbE- Fmgo

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Ego Is Not A Dirty Word

by Skyhooks

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Gm7

Eb6

Fsus

Abm

Ebm7

Bb7

Ego (Is Not A Dirty Word) – Skyhooks

From 1975’s Ego Is Not A Dirty Word, written by Greg Macainsh

(Chords with an asterisk means play the note)

Chord diagrams (this has a lot of barre chords that are different to the diagrams supplied by UG).

Fm = 8 8 10 10 9 8

Gm7 = 3 5 5 3 6 3

Eb = x 6 8 8 8 6

Ebm7 = x 6 8 8 7 9

Eb6 = x 6 8 8 8 8

Abm = 4 6 6 4 4 4

[Intro]

Gm7 Fm

[Verse]

If I did not have an ego, I would not be here tonight

If I did not have an ego, I might not think that I was right

Gm7

And if you did not have an ego you might not care the way you dressed

Db Eb6

And if you did not have an ego you'd just be like the rest

[Chorus]

Eb Fm Fsus Fm

E - go is not a dirty word

Eb Fm Fsus Fm

E - go is not a dirty word

Eb Fm Fsus Fm

E - go is not a dirty word

Db Eb6

Don't you believe what you've seen or you've heard

[Verse]

Well, if Jesus had an ego he'd still be alive today

And if Nixon had no ego he might not be in decay

Gm7

If you did not have an ego you might not care too much who won

Db Eb6

And if I did not have an ego I might just use a gun

[Chorus]

Eb Fm Fsus Fm

E - go is not a dirty word

Eb Fm Fsus Fm

E - go is not a dirty word

Eb Fm Fsus Fm

E - go is not a dirty word

Db Eb6

Don't you believe what you've seen or you've heard

[Solo]

Fm Eb Fm Eb

Abm Ebm7 Abm Ebm7

[Bridge]

Abm Ebm7

Some people keep their egos in a bottom drawer

Abm Ebm7

A fridge full of Leonard Cohen

Abm Ebm7

Have to get drunk to walk out the door

Abm Ebm7

Stay drunk to keep on goin'

Gb Abm

So if you got an ego

Db Eb

You better keep it in good shape

F Gb

Exercise it daily

Gb Abm

And get it down on tape, coz

[Chorus]

Ego is not a dirty word

Bb7

Ego is not a dirty word

Ego is not a - dirty word

Db Eb

Don't you believe what you've seen or you've heard

Ego is not a dirty word

Bb7

Ego is not a - dirty word, dirty word, dirty word

Ego is not a dirty word

Db Eb

Don't you believe what you've seen or you've heard

Ego is not a dirty word

Bb7

Ego is not a dirty word

Db Eb

Don't you believe what you've seen or heard

Eb Fm

E- go

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