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Little Black Egg

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pluck the notes of the chords A, E, D, A
Ai don't cEare whaDt they sayA  
Ai'm gEonna keep Dit anywaAy
Ai won't Elet them stretcDh their necksA  
to see my little Ablack egg with Eits little white specDsA  
F#mi found it iEn a tree just F#the other dayE  
F#mand now its minEe all mine i won't leDt them take you awayE  
(lead notes in  Awalk- E,F#, G  
A,E, D, A  
here comes mary here comes lee
i know what they wanna see
 but i wont let them stretch their necks
to see my little black egg with its little white specs
my Alittle blEack egg-rDepeated

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Little Black Egg

by The Lemonheads

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F#m

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pluck the notes of the chords A, E, D, A

A E D A

i don't care what they say

A E D A

i'm gonna keep it anyway

A E D A

i won't let them stretch their necks

A E D A

to see my little black egg with its little white specs

F#m E F# E

i found it in a tree just the other day

F#m E D E

and now its mine all mine i won't let them take you away

A E F# G

(lead notes in walk- ,,

A E D A

,, ,

here comes mary here comes lee

i know what they wanna see

but i wont let them stretch their necks

to see my little black egg with its little white specs

A E D

my little black egg-repeated

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