My Egyptian Grammar chords by
The Fiery Furnaces

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Key: E major

Intro 1

F#m

Verse 1
D D 
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I never
F#m F#m 2
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thought it could have happened to me
D D 
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I never thought it could
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have happened to me
G G 
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But on the morning of my eldest
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daughter's second wedding
I blacked out
D D 
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They said it was it was just stress
A A 
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But I don't think so

Verse 2
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I couldn't remember the 15 minutes before
D D 
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A white- haired half-
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Samoan girl  from Darwin
G G 
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Gave me a ride, it seems
A A 
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She let me the car in
D D 
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But what it was she said
A A 
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I couldn't say

Verse 3
D D 
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Now, that clearly didn't happen
F#m F#m 2
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I consulted   my Egyptian grammar
D D 
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F#m F#m 2
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On page 3333 was the hieroglyph
for motorcycle helmet
D D 
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(I never thought it could
have happened to me)
I combined this with a leatherback's shell,
F#m F#m 2
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as I felt I was instructed
D D 
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(I never thought it could have
happened to me)
I Xeroxed it and posted it down by the bike
F#m F#m 2
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lock- ups at the Oriental Institute
G G 
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Maybe a netherworld entity would see it
A A 
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and pass it on to those responsible
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A A 
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That kind of thing must happen sometimes

Verse 4
D D 
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Now, that clearly didn't happen
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I consulted   my Egyptian grammar
D D 
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F#m F#m 2
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On page 4428 was the hieroglyph
for French canal boat
D D 
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I met on the midway someone chan
F#m F#m 2
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neling up a whatever- it- wasn't
D D 
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There are 17 sections of cymbals in the
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or    chestra of the oversold, it said
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"Your youth is lost,
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and doesn't it now seem
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A A 
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You can't make smoke, only steam?"

Verse 5

Now, that clearly didn't happen

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I consulted my Egyptian grammar

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On page 5566 was the hieroglyph for a blue jay

Outro 1
Gm Gm 3
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Gm Gm 3
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A A 
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D D 
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D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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D D 
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D D 
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