So You Wanna Go Back to Egypt chords by
Keith Green

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Key: D minor•

Verse 1

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So

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you wanna go back to Egypt

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C

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Where it's warm and se cure

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Am

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Are sorry you bought the

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one way ticket

C

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Bb

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When you thought you were sure

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D

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You wanted to live in the land of promise

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But now it's getting so hard

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Am

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Are you sorry you're out

D

D

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here in the desert

C

C

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Bb

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G

G

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Instead of your own back yard

Verse 2

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Gm

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Eating leaks and onions by the

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Eb

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Bb

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Dm

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C

C

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Nile

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Bb

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Gm

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Bb

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Eb

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Ooh what breath for din ing out in style

C

C

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Gm

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C

C

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F

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Ooh, my life's on the skids

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D

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Am

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D

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G

G

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Building the pyramids

Interlude 1

G

G

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E

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Am

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D

D

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C

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E

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Am

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Bb

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Verse 3

Am

Am

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Well there's nothing do but travel

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Am

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C

C

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F

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C

C

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G

G

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G#dim

G#dim

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And we sure travel a lot

E

E

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Am

Am

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'Cause it's hard to keep

D

D

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your feet from moving

C

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Bb

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G

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When the sand gets so hot

Am

Am

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And in the morning it's manna

D

D

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Am

Am

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hotcakes

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F

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C

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G

G

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We snack on manna all day

G#dim

G#dim

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E

E

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Am

Am

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And we sure had a winner

D

D

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C

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last night for dinner

Bb

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G

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Flaming manna souffle

Verse 4

C

C

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Well we once complained for

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Gm

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Dm

Dm

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something new to munch

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Bb

Bb

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The ground opened up and had

Gm

Gm

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F

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Eb

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some of us for lunch

C

C

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Gm

Gm

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C

C

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F

F

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Ooh, such fire and smoke

D

D

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Am

Am

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D

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G

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Bm

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Can't God even take a joke? Huh? NO!

Interlude 2

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G

G

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E

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G#dim

G#dim

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Am

Am

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D

D

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Bb

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Am

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D

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Verse 5

Am

Am

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D

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So you wanna to back to Egypt

Am

Am

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Em

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Where your friends wait for you

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Am

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You can throw a big party

D

D

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and tell the whole gang

C

C

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Bb

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G

G

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Of what they said was all true

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Am

Am

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D

D

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Am

Am

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And this Moses acts like a big shot

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F

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Who does he think he is?

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E

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Am

Am

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Well it's true that God

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D

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works lots of miracles

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C

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But Moses thinks they're all his

Verse 6

C

C

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Am

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Oh we're having so much trouble

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C

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Gm

Gm

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Eb

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Dm

Dm

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Cm

Cm

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even now

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Bb

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Eb

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Why'd he get so mad about that

Cm

Cm

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c-c-c-cow (that golded calf)

Gm

Gm

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C

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F

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Moses seems rather idle

He just sits around,

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D

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Am

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D

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G

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he just sits around and writes the Bible!

E

E

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Oh,

Verse 7

Am

Am

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Moses,

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D

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C

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E

E

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put down your pen!

Am

Am

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D

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Am

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What? Oh no, manna again?

F

F

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C

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Verse 8

E

E

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Am

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D

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Em

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E

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Am

Am

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D

D

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Oh, manna waffles

F

F

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Manna burgers

G

G

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E

E

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Am

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D

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Dm

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Manna

C

C

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Am

Am

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bagels

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F

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C

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Am

Am

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Fillet of manna

D

D

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C

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Manna patty

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BaManna bread!

Outro 1

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The original key of So You Wanna Go Back to Egypt by Keith Green is D minor.

The primary chords used in So You Wanna Go Back to Egypt are Dm, G, Bb, C, Gm, Eb.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 5 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Dm, G, Bb, C, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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