Biography:
Colin Buchanan is a Christian singer-songwriter from Australia. He is well-known in Australia as a children's TV presenter, and many of his albums are for children, particularly his "Aussie Praise for Kids" series. The "Aussie Praise for Kids" albums include songs, short spoken word segments and Bible memorisation songs.
Buchanan has also produced a number of albums for adults ("Aussie Praise for Everyone"), including "Real Hope" and "God of Wonders".
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[Intro]
Bb Cm
[Verse]
Cm C G
You ought to see what they did to my mummy
Ab Eb C
Pulled his organs out of his tummy
C Cm
Put 'em in spice, whacked 'em in a jar
F G
Painted him up in sticky tar
C
Wrapped him in linen from his head to his toes,
Ab
Pulled his brains out of his nose
Bb
That’s not all the embalmers did,
G
They buried my mummy in a pyramid
[Chorus]
Ab Eb Ab
Ancient Egypt down by the Nile,
Ab G Eb F
Mummy’s gonna be in a tomb for a while
F Ab
Fair go, Pharaoh It's not funny
Bb C
Tell King Tut
Bb Bb C
I want my mummy
[Verse]
C F G
Mummy's in a coffin of shining gold
Ab
Lying in a tomb that's dark and cold
C
Jewels and treasures he'll never see
G F G
Cos he's half the mummy he used to be
C
Dead as a door nail, blind as a bat
Ab
With a mummified dog, and a mummified cat
Bb
Don't ask me what my Daddy thinks
Gm G
"Cos his chariots parked at the local Sphinx"
[Chorus]
Ab Eb Ab
Ancient Egypt down by the Nile,
Ab G Eb F
Mummy’s gonna be in a tomb for a while
F Ab
Fair go, Pharaoh It's not funny
Bb C
Tell King Tut
Bb Bb C
I want my mummy
[Instrumental]
C G Ab F C G
C G Ab Bb G F Cm F Cm
[Verse]
Cm C
Some fellas with spades and a torch to see
Ab
Were doing some archaeology
C Cm Eb
Saw a glimmer, dug some more
G
Couldn't believe the things they saw
C Eb
Ancient paintings, priceless jewels
Ab
They gave a shout and dropped their tools
Bb
But the greatest treasure they found by far
G
Was a wrinkly mummy with it's guts in a jar!
[Chorus] x2
Bb E Ab
Tell king Tut I want my Mummy
Bb G Bb Ab
Tell king Tut I want my Mummy
Bb Cm
[Verse]
Cm C G
You ought to see what they did to my mummy
Ab Eb C
Pulled his organs out of his tummy
C Cm
Put 'em in spice, whacked 'em in a jar
F G
Painted him up in sticky tar
C
Wrapped him in linen from his head to his toes,
Ab
Pulled his brains out of his nose
Bb
That’s not all the embalmers did,
G
They buried my mummy in a pyramid
[Chorus]
Ab Eb Ab
Ancient Egypt down by the Nile,
Ab G Eb F
Mummy’s gonna be in a tomb for a while
F Ab
Fair go, Pharaoh It's not funny
Bb C
Tell King Tut
Bb Bb C
I want my mummy
[Verse]
C F G
Mummy's in a coffin of shining gold
Ab
Lying in a tomb that's dark and cold
C
Jewels and treasures he'll never see
G F G
Cos he's half the mummy he used to be
C
Dead as a door nail, blind as a bat
Ab
With a mummified dog, and a mummified cat
Bb
Don't ask me what my Daddy thinks
Gm G
"Cos his chariots parked at the local Sphinx"
[Chorus]
Ab Eb Ab
Ancient Egypt down by the Nile,
Ab G Eb F
Mummy’s gonna be in a tomb for a while
F Ab
Fair go, Pharaoh It's not funny
Bb C
Tell King Tut
Bb Bb C
I want my mummy
[Instrumental]
C G Ab F C G
C G Ab Bb G F Cm F Cm
[Verse]
Cm C
Some fellas with spades and a torch to see
Ab
Were doing some archaeology
C Cm Eb
Saw a glimmer, dug some more
G
Couldn't believe the things they saw
C Eb
Ancient paintings, priceless jewels
Ab
They gave a shout and dropped their tools
Bb
But the greatest treasure they found by far
G
Was a wrinkly mummy with it's guts in a jar!
[Chorus] x2
Bb E Ab
Tell king Tut I want my Mummy
Bb G Bb Ab
Tell king Tut I want my Mummy
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