LITTLE QUEENIE
LITTLE QUEENIE
As recorded by Chuck Berry
(From the 1990 Album THE ORIGINAL CHESS CLASSICS)
Words and Music by Chuck Berry
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Chuck Berry'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=152
4/4
Gtr I
H Q Q E E E E E E S S E
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|---------5/--|-8-8-8-8-8-10-8------|
|---------5/--|-----------10-8h9----|
|-------------|------------------10-|
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E E E E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E
|-8-8-8-8-8-----------|-8-----------8-------8-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-10-8------|-8-10-8------8-------8-|
|-----------10-8h9----|---10-8h9-------9--9---|
|------------------10-|----------10---10-10---|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
Verse
E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E
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|-------8----8-10b12==(10)r--||-----------------|
|--9--9----9-----------------||-----------------|
|-10-10---10-----------------||-----------------|
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-----------------|---5-7---5---7---|
|-----------------|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|
|-3-3-5-3-3-3-5-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------o||
|---5-7---5---7---|-----------------|-----------------||----5-7---5---7----||
|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|-----------------|-----------------||--5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5--||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||----5-7---5---7---|-----------------|---5-7---5---7---|---5-7---5---7----|
||--5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|-----------------|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5--|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-5-3-3-3-5-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|
|-3-3-5-3-3-3-5-3-|-3-3-5-3-3-3-5-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|
|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---5-7---5---7---|---5-7---5---7---|---5-7---5---7---|---5-7---5---7---|
|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|---10-12---10-10-12---|-13---12---10-10-10--|
|-8--8--8-8--8--8--8-8-|--8-8--8-8--8--8-10--|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/chuck_berry/little_queenie_tab.html ]
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-10-10-12-10-10-10-12-10-|-13-10-12-10-10-10-12-10-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-----------------|-----------------|
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|-5-5-7-5-8-5-7-5-|-5-5-7-5-5-5-7-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-------------------------|-----------------------8-||
|-10-10-12-10-13-10-12-10-|-10-10-12-10-10-10-12-10-||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||
Chorus
+Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E
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|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--(8)----------------8-|--(8)----------------8-|
|-(10)--12--10-10-12-10-|-(10)--12--10-10-12-10-|
|--(8)---8---8--8--8--8-|--(8)---8---8--8--8--8-|
+Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E
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|-----------------------|---------------------8-|
|--(8)----------------8-|--(8)---------------10-|
|-(10)--12--10-10-12-10-|-(10)--12--10-10-12--8-|
|--(8)---8---8--8--8--8-|--(8)---8---8--8--8----|
+Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--(8)----------------8-|--(8)------------------|
|-(10)--12--10-10-12-10-|-(10)--12--10-10-12--8-|
|--(8)---8---8--8--8--8-|--(8)---8---8--8--8-10-|
|-----------------------|---------------------8-|
+Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E
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|--(8)----------------8-|--(8)-----------------|
|-(10)--12--10-10-12-10-|-(10)--12--10-10-12-5-|
|--(8)---8---8--8--8--8-|--(8)---8---8--8--8-3-|
Q E E Q Q +Q E E E E Q
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|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|
|--------3--3--|-(3)-------------|
|-5--7-5-5--5--|-(5)--7-5-5-5-7--|
|-3--3-3-3--3--|-(3)--3-3-3-3-3--|
1.
E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E Q
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|-----------------------8-|--(8)-------------------||
|-10-10-12-10-10-10-12-10-|-(10)--12-10-10-10-12--o||
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--(8)---8--8--8--8--8---||
2.
E E E E E E E E +Q E E Q E S S
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|-------------------------|-------------------8---|
|-------------------------|-------------------8h9-|
|-----------------------8-|--(8)------------------|
|-10-10-12-10-10-10-12-10-|-(10)--12-10-10--------|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--(8)---8--8--8--------|
Guitar Solo
E Q E Q E S S E Q E Q E S S
||-----8----8---------|----8----8-----------||
||o----8----8--10-8---|----8----8--10-8----o||
||--------9----10-8h9-|-------9----10-8h9---||
||--10----------------|-10------------------||
||o-------------------|--------------------o||
||--------------------|---------------------||
E Q. Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q E S S E Q E Q E S S
|----8----8-----|---8----8-----|----8----8---------||-----8----8----------||
|----8----8-----|---8----8-----|----8----8--10-8---||o----8----8--10-8---o||
|----8-------8--|---8--8-------|-------9----10-8h9-||--------9----10-8h9--||
|-10---------7--|------7-------|-10----------------||--10-----------------||
|---------------|--------------|-------------------||o-------------------o||
|---------------|--------------|-------------------||---------------------||
E Q E Q Q E E Q E Q E
|----8----8-----||---11b12----11b12----11b12-|
|----8----8-----||---10b11----10b11----10b11-|
|-------9-------||---------------------------|
|-10------------||---------------------------|
|---------------||---------------------------|
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Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E E
|----11b12----11b12----|-11b12----11b12----11b12---*|
|----10b11----10b11----|-10b11----10b11----10b11---*|
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I got lumps in my throat
When I saw her comin down the aisle
I got the wiggles in my knees
When she looked at me and sweetly smiled
Well there she is again
Standin over by the record machine
Well she looks like a model
On the cover of a magazine
But she's too cute
To be a minute over seventeen
Meanwhile I was thinkin'
Well if she's in the mood
No need to break it
I got the chance and I oughta take it
If she can dance we can make it
C'mon queenie let's shake it
I said go, go, go, little queenie
I said go, go, go, little queenie
I said go, go, go, little queenie
Won't someone tell me
Who's the queen standin over by the record machine
Well she looks like a model
On the cover of a magazine
But she's too cute
To be a minute over seventeen
I said go, go, go, little queenie
I said go, go, go, little queenie
I said go, go, go, little queenie
Meanwhile, I was still thinkin, hmmmm,
Well if it's a slow one
We'll omit it
If it's a rocker, then we'll get it
If it's a good one, she'll admit it
C'mon queenie, let's get with it
I said go, go, go, little queenie
I said go, go, go, little queenie
I said go, go, go, little queenie
I said go, go, go, little queenie
I said go, go, go, little queenie
I said go, go, go, little queenie...