Richard Thompson – Pharaoh (Guitar Acoustic)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) • Capo 2
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Pharaoh--From Acoustic Classics II [Verse 1]
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Pharaoh he sits in his tower of steel

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The dogs of money all at his heel

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Magicians cry "Oh truth! Oh real!"

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We're all working for the Pharaoh
[Verse 2]
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A thousand eyes, a thousand ears

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He feeds us all, he feeds our fears

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Don't stir in your sleep tonight, my dears

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We're all working for the Pharaoh
[Chorus]
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And it's Egypt land, Egypt land,

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We're all living in Egypt land

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Tell me, brother, don't you understand

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We're all working for the Pharaoh
[Verse 3]
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Hidden from the eye of chance

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The men of shadow dance a dance

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We're all struck into a trance

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We're all working for the Pharaoh
[Verse 4]
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The idols rise into the sky

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Pyramids soar, Sphinxes lie

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Head of dog, Osiris eye

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We're all working for the Pharaoh
[Chorus]
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And it's Egypt land, Egypt land

Am                           G
We're all living in Egypt land

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Tell me, sister, don't you understand

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We're all working for the Pharaoh
[Verse 5]
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I dig a ditch, I shape a stone

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Another battlement for his throne

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Another day on earth is flown

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We're all working for the Pharaoh
[Verse 6]
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You call it England, you call it Spain

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Egypt rules with a whip and chain

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Moses free my people again

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We're all working for the Pharaoh
[Chorus]
Am                            C
And it's Egypt land, Egypt land

Am                           G
We're all living in Egypt land

Am                  C
Egypt land, Egypt land

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Brothers and sisters, don't you understand,

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We're all working for the Pharaoh
[Outro Verse]
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Pharaoh he sits in his tower of steel

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Around his feet the princes kneel

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Far beneath we shoulder the wheel

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We're all working for the Pharaoh