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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
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This was a regional hit for the Nightcrawlers in a zillion different cities
from roughly 10/65 through 4/67, but never hit in enough areas simultaneously
to squeak any higher than #85 in Billboard. No, I don't know what it's about,
either. --AWR
"The Little Black Egg"
(Chuck Conlon)
Intro:
12-string [4X; drums enter second time, rhythm guitar third]:
[A] [E] [D] [A]
v v v v v v v v
----0---0---0---0-|---2---2---0---0-|
0h2--0h2- 0---0---|-3---3---2---2---|
------------------|-----------------|
------------------|-----------------|
------------------|-----------------|
------------------|-----------------|
bass [enters fourth time]:
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------|
-----------------|-----------------|
---------7-------|-5-4-------------|
-5---------------|-----7-6-5-------|
Verse 1: [12-string plays intro riff throughout]
A E D A (A) E D A
I don't care what they say
A E D A (A) E D A
I'm gonna keep it anyway
A E D A (A) E D A
I won't let them stretch their necks
A E D A (A) E D A
To see my little black egg with the little white specks
Chorus:
F#m E [slide up to F#m throughout]
I found it in a tree
F#m E
Just the other day
F#m E
And now it's mine, all mine
F# E [yes, F# major here]
They won't take it away
[my Kapp single goes directly to next verse; the version on the
Rhino "Nuggets" comp repeats intro riff twice]
Verse 2:
Here comes Mary, here comes Lee
I'll bet what they want to see
I won't let them stretch their necks
To see my little black egg with the little white specks
[repeat chorus]
Verse 3:
Oh, goldurn, what can I do?
The little black egg's gonna tell on you
I won't let them stretch their necks
To see my little black egg with the little white specks
Coda:
A E D A
The little black egg... [repeat to fade]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
I play a bar chord G in place of F# and bar chord F in place of E in the chorus. I the play E in place of F#, and bar chord A in place of E in the last line in the chorus.
Tom Hogg