Little Queenie chords and lyrics
Free chords for Little Queenie by The Beatles. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.
Song: Little Queenie
Artist: The Beatles
Location: Live at the Star-Club, Hamburg, December 1962
Original: Chucky Berry, 1959
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyEqgWcumYg (Recording);
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-Club
Type: Accelerando
Tempo: 8/4
Style: Staccato chord flourishes
Chords: EADGBe
A5: X22XXX
A4: X20XXX
A: X02220
D: XX0232
E: 022100
INTRO:
|A5 A4 A5 A4 A5 A4 A5 A4| (Muted Lead)
VERSE 1:
BRIDGE I:
Now meanwhile, I was thinkin', (Spoken)
CHORUS I:
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK I
|A D A|
|E A|
VERSE 2:
BRIDGE II
But meanwhile, I was still thinkin', (Spoken)
CHORUS II:
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK II
|A D A|
|E A|
VERSE 3:
BRIDGE III
But meanwhile, I was st-ill thinkin', (Spoken)
CHORUS III:
CHORUS IV (CODA):
[End]
Notes:
1. This chord TAB makes no pretence to capture George and John's frenetic guitar weaving, call-and-answer
style. As I may transcribe the lead and bass lines, in a separate TAB. As I really like 'The Beatles'
cover version of Chuck Berry's original 'Little Queenie' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyp13Q6dQjY.
2."…The 1998 Copyright Act had recently been passed, and Apple's lawyers were able to prove that the
Star-Club recordings were made while The Beatles were under contract to EMI. In the witness box Harrison
described the tapes as "the crummiest recording ever made in our name, and said that "One drunken person
recording another bunch of drunks does not constitute a business deal."…"
http://www.beatlesbible.com/albums/live-at-the-star-club-hamburg-germany-1962/Little Queenie Chords by The Beatles
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