MY DADDY IS A MUMMY
(Richard Thompson, June 2000)

Chords by Trevor Buck (buck@innots.co.uk)

 A			  D			       A
Well my name is Emenhotep, I’m a prince of the Nile
			E7			A
And when my daddy died, he really went in style
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They put him in his burial chamber, with his favourite things
		     E7				         A
For his after-life journey: that’s because he’s the king.

					D			         A
(chorus)	Now, my Daddy is a mummy, he’s a son of Pyramid
					E7				       A
		Yes, my daddy is a mummy, close the door and shut the lid

(repeat chorus) 

Well, the priests made a potion, and they rubbed on lots
They wrapped him up in bandages, and put him in a stone box
Then they covered it in gold, and they sealed it up tight
Cos you wouldn’t want him sneakin’ out in the middle of the night

(chorus x2)

Three thousand years later, well it’s really too bad
They put him in a museum, won’t you come and see my Dad?

Cos my Daddy…

(x2)

Yes, my name is Emenhotep, be my pen-pal, write to me
Just send me a postcard, to a thousand BC
Then send it off to Egypt, that’s the name of my land
Please write in hieroglyphics or I won’t understand

(x2)