Misc Musicals – Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - The Brothers Come To Egypt - Grovel Grovel (Guitar)
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(Narrator)
D A So back in Canaan the future looked rough, A A7 D Jacob's fam'ly were finding it tough,
(Brothers)
D D7 G for the famine has caught us unprepared, E E7 A A7 we are thin, we are ill, we are getting scared. D G A A7 D It's enough to make anyone weep, we are down to our very last sheep.
(Reuben)
D A We will starve if we hang around here,
(Zebulun)
A A7 D and in Egypt there's food going spare.
(Asher)
D D7 G They've got corn, they've got meat, they've got fruit and drinks,
(Dan)
E E7 A A7 and if we have the time we could see the Sphinx.
(Narrator)
D G A A7 D So they fin'lly decided to go off to Egypt to see brother Jo. D A So they all lay before Joseph's feet,
(Brothers)
A7 D “Mighty prince give us something to eat.”
(Narrator)
D D7 G Joseph found it a strain not to laugh because E E7 A A7 not a brother among them knew who he was.
(Joseph
D G A A7 D I shall now take them all for a ride, after all they have tried fratricide. G D A D I dreamed that in the fields one day, the corn gave me a sign, G D A D your eleven sheaves of corn all turned and bowed to mine, G D A D I dreamed I saw eleven stars, the sun and moon and sky, G D A Dm bowing down before my star, and now I realize why Dm Bb Gm Dm How do I know where you come from? You could be spies. Dm Bb Gm Dm telling me that you are hungry, that could be lies. Bb F D# How do I know who you are ? Dm Bb Gm F Why do you think I should help you? Would you help me? Dm Bb Gm Dm Why on earth should I believe you? I've no guarantee.
(Choir)
Dm Bb C Dm Grovel, grovel, cringe, bow, stoop, fall. Dm Bb C Dm Worship, worship, beg, kneel, sponge, crawl. Dm Bb C Dm Grovel, grovel, cringe, bow, stoop, fall. Dm Bb C Dm Worship, worship, beg, kneel, sponge, crawl.
(Brothers)
Dm Bb Gm Dm We are just eleven brothers, good men and true, Dm Bb Gm Dm though we know we count for nothing, when up next to you. Bb F D# Honesty's our middle name, Dm Bb Gm F life is slowly ebbing from us, hope's almost gone, Dm Bb Gm Dm it's getting very hard to see us from sideways on.
(Choir)
Dm Bb C Dm Grovel, grovel, cringe, bow, stoop, fall. Dm Bb C Dm Worship, worship, beg, kneel, sponge, crawl.
(Joseph)
Dm Bb Gm Dm I rather like the way you're talking, astute and sincere, Dm Bb Gm Dm suddenly your tragic story gets me right here. Bb F D# This is what we hoped you'd say,
(Joseph)
Dm Bb Gm Dm all this tugging at my heartstrings seems quite justified. Dm Bb Gm Dm I shall give you what you came for and lots more beside.
(Choir)
Dm Bb C Dm Grovel, grovel, cringe, bow, stoop, fall. Dm Bb C Dm Worship, worship, beg, kneel, sponge, crawl. Dm Bb C Dm Thank you, thank you, cringe, bow, stoop, fall. Dm Bb C D Worship, worship, beg, kneel, sponge, crawl.
(Narrator)
D A Joseph handed them sack loads of food, A A7 D and they grovelled with base gratitude, D D7 G Then, unseen Joseph nipped out around the back, E E7 A and planted a cup in young Benjamin's sack. D G When the brothers were ready to go, A A# A A7 Joseph turned to them all with a terrible stare and said : D G A D No ! No ! No ! No ! No !