Tuning: E A D G B E

Ego (Is Not A Dirty Word) – Skyhooks From 1975’s Ego Is Not A Dirty Word, written by Greg Macainsh (Chords with an asterisk means play the note) Chord diagrams (this has a lot of barre chords that are different to the diagrams supplied by UG). Fm = 8 8 10 10 9 8 Gm7 = 3 5 5 3 6 3 Eb = x 6 8 8 8 6 Ebm7 = x 6 8 8 7 9 Eb6 = x 6 8 8 8 8 Abm = 4 6 6 4 4 4 [Intro] Gm7 Fm [Verse]

If I ^Fmdid not have an ego, I would not be here tonight If I did not have an ego, I might not think that I was right And if ^Gm7you did not have an ego you might not care the way you dressed And if ^Dbyou did not have an ego you'd just be like the ^Eb6rest

[Chorus]

^EbE - ^Fmgo is ^Fsusnot ^Fma dirty word ^EbE - ^Fmgo is ^Fsusnot ^Fma dirty word ^EbE - ^Fmgo is ^Fsusnot ^Fma dirty word ^DbDon't you believe what you've ^Eb6seen or you've heard

Fm [Verse]

Well, if ^FmJesus had an ego he'd still be alive today And if Nixon had no ego he might not be in decay If ^Gm7you did not have an ego you might not care too much who won And if ^DbI did not have an ego I might just use a ^Eb6gun

[Chorus]

^EbE - ^Fmgo is ^Fsusnot ^Fma dirty word ^EbE - ^Fmgo is ^Fsusnot ^Fma dirty word ^EbE - ^Fmgo is ^Fsusnot ^Fma dirty word ^DbDon't you believe what you've ^Eb6seen or you've heard

[Solo] Fm Eb Fm Eb Fm Eb Fm Eb Abm Ebm7 Abm Ebm7 [Bridge]

Some ^Abmpeople keep their egos in a ^Ebm7 bottom drawer A ^Abmfridge full of Leonard ^Ebm7Cohen ^AbmHave to get drunk to ^Ebm7walk out the door ^AbmStay drunk to keep on ^Ebm7goin' ^GbSo ^Abm if you got an ego You better ^Db ^Eb keep it in good shape ^F ^GbExercise it daily ^GbAnd ^Abmget it down on tape, coz

[Chorus]

^FmEgo is not a dirty word ^Bb7Ego is not a dirty word ^FmEgo is not a - dirty word ^DbDon't you believe what you've ^Ebseen or you've heard

^FmEgo is not a dirty word ^Bb7Ego is not a - dirty word, dirty word, dirty word ^FmEgo is not a dirty word ^DbDon't you believe what you've ^Ebseen or you've heard

^FmEgo is not a dirty word ^Bb7Ego is not a dirty word ^FmEgo is not a dirty word ^DbDon't you believe what you've ^Ebseen or heard

^EbEFm>- go

Skyhooks - Ego is not a dirty word