The Egypt Room
Richard ThompsonVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Now Hobnail Kelly and the Beefcake kid
Just rolled into town from the land of sown-up faces
Looking for a woman who can punch and kick and bite
Slide on down to the Egypt room
Find the only woman whos holding all the aces
The Princess is dancing at the Egypt Room tonight
Dont be late, dont be late, Dont be late
Shes a nightclub floozy, nothing but a tramp
But she moves like a snake and she shimmies like a fish in the ocean
She can fool with a man till he doesnt know wrong from right
Shes got diamonds flashing, ruby rings
She sparkles like the Nile when she does her original motion
The Princess is dancing at the Egypt Room tonight
Now dont be late, ah dont be late, oh dont be late
The man with the cane and Italian shoes
He walks like a lion looking for a lonely Christian
He peeps at the Princess and his bloodshot eyes open wide
He says, meet me, princess, after the show
Im a gambling man and I think I like your system
Ill see you at the back of the Egypt Room tonight
Now dont be late, ah dont be late, oh dont be late
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Readable chord sheet for The Egypt Room by Richard Thompson
[F#] [F#m]Now Hobnail Kelly and the Beefcake kid Just [D]rolled into town from the la[A]nd of so[Bm]wn-up fa[F#m]ces [E]Looking for a woman who can [B]punch and [E]kick and [A]bite [F#m]Slide on down to the Egypt room Find the [D]only woman whos h[A]olding a[Bm]ll the a[F#m]ces The [E]Princess is dancing at the [B]Egypt [E]Room to[A]night Dont be [B]late, dont be [F#m]late, Dont be [B]late Shes a nightclub floozy, nothing but a tramp But she moves like a snake and she shimmies like a fish in the ocean She can fool with a man till he doesnt know wrong from right Shes got diamonds flashing, ruby rings She sparkles like the Nile when she does her original motion The Princess is dancing at the Egypt Room tonight Now dont be late, ah dont be late, oh dont be late The man with the cane and Italian shoes He walks like a lion looking for a lonely Christian He peeps at the Princess and his bloodshot eyes open wide He says, meet me, princess, after the show Im a gambling man and I think I like your system Ill see you at the back of the Egypt Room tonight Now dont be late, ah dont be late, oh dont be late