transcribed by [email protected] 
 
key: 
h = hammer on 
 
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RIFF 1 
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Verse 1: with Riff 1 
 
If I did not have an ego, I would not be here tonight 
If I did not have an ego, I might not think I was right 
 
then: 
RIFF 2								  C#   C 
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If you did not have and ego, you might not care the way you dressed 
If you did not have an ego, you'd just be like the rest 
 
Chorus: 
RIFF 3 
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Riff 3 
Ego, is not a dirty word 
Riff 3 
Ego, is not a dirty word 
Riff 3 
Ego, is not a dirty word 
C#					D# 
Don't you believe what you've seen or you've heard 
 
Verse 2: 
 
Chorus: 
 
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Some people keep their ego's in a bottom drawer 
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A fridge full of Leonard Cohen 
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Have to get drunk just to walk out the door 
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Stay drunk to keep on goin 
 
Fill 1 
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With Fill 1 
So if you got an ego, you better keep it in good shape 
exercise it daily and get it down on tape 
 
Chorus with improvising over Riff 1 and 3