#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: Phillip Charles Saunders Pharaoh, Richard Thompson transcribed by [email protected] Intro (D) -|-------------------------------------------------------------------| -|--------------------------2--0-------------------------------------| -|--------------------------------2--2--2----------------------------| -|------0----0---------4-------------------4--2--4-------------------| -|-0--------------0--------------------------------------------------| -|-------------------------------------------------------------------| F#m E Pharaoh he sits in his tower of steel F#m C#m The dogs of money all at his heel F#m E Magicians cry, Oh Truth! Oh Real! D C#m E F#m We're all working for the Pharaoh A thousand eyes, a thousand ears He feeds us all, he feeds our fears Don't stir in your sleep tonight, my dears We're all working for the Pharaoh Bridge Bsus4 Egypt Land, Egypt Land We're all living in Egypt land F#m A Bsus4 Tell me, brother, don't you understand D C#m E F#m We're all working for the Pharaoh Hidden from the eye of chance The men of shadow dance a dance And we're all struck into a trance We're all working for the Pharaoh Idols rise into the sky Pyramids soar, Sphinxes lie Head of dog, Osiris eye We're all working for the Pharaoh Bridge I dig a ditch, I shape a stone Another battlement for his throne Another day on earth is flown We're all working for the Pharaoh Call it England, call it Spain Egypt rules with the whip and chain Moses free my people again! We're all working for the Pharaoh Bridge Pharaoh he sits in his tower of steel Around his feet the princes kneel Far beneath we shoulder the wheel We're all working for the Pharaoh Outro -|---------------------------|---------------------------------| -|-2--2--0-----0-----0--2--2-|---------------------------------| -|-2--2--1--2--1--2--1--2--2-|-2--1--2--1--2--1--------1--1----| -|----------4-----4----------|-4--2--4--2--4--2--4--4--2--2----| -|---------------------------|-------------------5--5----------| -|---------------------------|---------------------------------| C# Bm -|---------------------------|----------------------------------| -|-2--2--2--2--2--0-----0--2-|----------------------------------| -|-2--2--2--2--2--1--2--1--2-|----------------------------------| -|-4--4--4--4--4--2--0--2--4-|-0--------------------------------| -|---------------------------|----4--2--0-----2-----------------| -|---------------------------|-------------4--------------------|
