Little Queenie

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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:
A5A4A5A4A5A4A5A4
| | (Muted Lead)
VERSE 1:
A
Lumps in my throat when I saw her comin' down the aisle,
D A
I got the wiggles in my knees when she looked at me and sweetly smiled.
E A
There she is again standin' over by the record machine,
D A
Yes she's lookin' like a model on the cover of a magazine.
E A
She's too cute to be a minute over seventeen.
BRIDGE I:
Now meanwhile, I was thinkin', (Spoken)
D
She's in the mood, no need'n break it.
A
I got a chance, I oughta take it.
E D
If she'll dance, we can make it.
A
C'mon queenie, let's shake it.
CHORUS I:
A
Go, go, go, little Queenie.
D A
Go, go, go, little Queenie,
E A
Go, go, go, little Queenie.
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK I
A D A
| |
E A
| |
VERSE 2:
A
Tell me who's the queen standin' over by the record machine,
D A
Lookin' like a model on the cover of a magazine.
E A
She's too cute to be a minute over seventeen.
BRIDGE II
But meanwhile, I was still thinkin', (Spoken)
D
If it's a slow song we'll omit it.
A
If it's a rocker, that'll get it,
E D
And if it's good, she'll admit it.
A
C'mon queenie, let's get with it. (Ahh-Ahw)
CHORUS II:
A
Go, go, go, little Queenie.
D A
Go, go, go, little Queenie.
E A
Go, go, go, little Queenie. (Ahh-Ahw)
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK II
A D A
| |
E A
| |
VERSE 3:
A
Tell me who's the queen standin' over by the record machine,
D A
Lookin' like a model on the cover of a magazine.
E A
She's too cute to be a minute over seventeen.
BRIDGE III
But meanwhile, I was st-ill thinkin', (Spoken)
D
She's in the mood, no need'n break it.
A
I got a chance, I oughta take it.
E D
If she'll dance, we can make it.
A
C'mon now queenie. (Ahh-Ahw)
CHORUS III:
A
Go, go, go, little Queenie.
D A
Go, go, go, little Queenie.
E A
Go, go, go, little Queenie. (Ahh-Ahw)
CHORUS IV (CODA):
A
Go, go, go, little Queenie.
D A
Go, go, go, little Queenie.
E A
Go, go, go, little Queenie. (Ahh-Ahw)
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 and lyrics

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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/

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