Egyptian Reggae
(Appears on Surrender to Jonathan, Rock 'n' Roll With The Modern Lovers; Modern Lovers Live, 23 Great Recordings, Roadrunner, Acoustic Café Show 118; Mega 20 Track Album, The Jonathan Richman Songbook, Rock 'n' Roll With The Modern Lovers +1, Live In Sweden 1978, Live In Tampa Bay 1992, Roadrunner Roadrunner, Live In Germany 1985, Quiet Knight Club 1978, Radio On)
Unknown Versions - The Jonathan Richman Songbook, Acoustic Café Show 118
Rock 'n' Roll With The Modern Lovers version - Chords
Barred: Dm Am Gm Am Riff: ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- x2 -----------------------3------------------ --003555300035-----530------------ ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- -00----------300530--------30-------- ------4333-------------333------------- ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- --------------355530------------------- --003555--------------0035----------- -------------------------------------------
Modern Lovers Live version - Chords
Surrender to Jonathan version - Chords
Quiet Knight Club 1978 #1 version - Chords
Quiet Knight Club 1978 #2 version - Chords
Live In Sweden 1978 version - Chords
Live In Germany 1985 version - Chords
Live In Tampa Bay 1992 version - Chords
Tuning: Standard Tuning EADGBe
^ : brush up
v : brush down
~ : let ring
INTRO:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------3--------------------------------------------|
A|-----3--5--5-5--3--------3--5-----5--3----------3--5--5-5--3---------------|
E|--5---------------5--5-----------------5--5-5---------------5--------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------3---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----3--5-----5--3----------3---------------------3------------------------|
E|--5-----------------5--5-5-----3--3-3--6--5--5-5-----3--3-3--6--5----------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------3--5--5-5-----------------------------------------------------|
A|--3--5--5-5-------------5--5-5--3-5----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
RIFF 1:
Dm Am
e|-x--5-5-x--5--x--5-5-x--5---------|
B|-x--6-6-x--6--x--5-5-x--5---------|
G|-x--7-7-x--7--x--5-5-x--5---------|
D|-x--7-7-x--7--x--6-6-x--6---------| play 4x
A|-x--5-5-x--5--x--6-6-x--6---------|
E|-x--5-5-x--5--x--5-5-x--5---------|
v v ^ v v v v ^ v v
RIFF 2:
e|-x--3-3-x--3--x--5-5-x--5--x--3-3-x--3--5---5~--|
B|-x--3-3-x--3--x--5-5-x--5--x--3-3-x--3--5---5~--|
B|-x--3-3-x--3--x--5-5-x--5--x--3-3-x--3--5---5~--|
G|-x--3-3-x--3--x--5-5-x--5--x--3-3-x--3--5---5~--| play 1x
D|-x--5-5-x--5--x--6-6-x--6--x--5-5-x--5--6---6~--|
A|-x--5-5-x--5--x--6-6-x--6--x--5-5-x--5--6---6~--|
E|-x--3-3-x--3--x--5-5-x--5--x--3-3-x--3--5---5~--|
v v ^ v v v v ^ v v v v ^ v v v v
That's it! Simply change between Riff 1 and Riff 2.
If you like improvise in D-Minor with a second guitar.