Little Black Egg

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
        12-string [4X; drums enter second time, rhythm guitar third]:

{sot}        [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---|
        ------------------|-----------------|
        ------------------|-----------------|
        ------------------|-----------------|
        ------------------|-----------------|{eot}

        bass [enters fourth time]:

{sot}         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
        -----------------|-----------------|
        -----------------|-----------------|
        ---------7-------|-5-4-------------|
        -5---------------|-----7-6-5-------|{eot}

{section: Verse 1}
[12-string plays intro riff throughout]

        [A]I don't c[E]are w[D]hat they s[A]ay     [A]        [E]           [D]              [A]
        [A]I'm gonna k[E]eep it a[D]nyw[A]ay     [A]        [E]           [D]              [A]
        [A]I won't l[E]et them str[D]etch their ne[A]cks    [A]       [E]          [D]             [A]
        [A]To see my little black e[E]gg with the li[D]ttle white sp[A]ecks   [A]      [E]         [D]            [A]

{section: Chorus}
        F#m              E           [slide up to F#m throughout]
        I found it in a tree
        [F#m]Just the other d[E]ay
        [F#m]And now it's m[E]ine, 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]

{section: 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]

{section: 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

{section: Coda}
        The l[A]ittle black e[E]gg...[D]    [A]  [repeat to fade]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers