Elvis Presley – Little Egypt (Guitar)

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Define: (X)= One hit of High Hat Drum and let it ring * = Single Strum
 (Ab7)Riff       Ab*  Eb*  E*   F*    Gb*   G*    Ab*   A*    A7*
e|--------------|4----6----7-----8-----9----10----11----12----12----|
B|--------------|4----8----9----10----11----12----13----14----14----|
G|--------------|5----8----9----10----11----12----13----14----12----|
D|--4-6-8-6-4---|6----8----9----10----11----12----13----14----14----|
A|6-----------6-|6----6----7-----8-----9----10----11----12----12----|
E|--------------|4--------------------------------------------------|

                 [Bridge] Chord Progression - Chord Shapes that climb up the fretboard
************************************************************************************ [Intro] (X) [Verse 1]
N.C.       Eb                                                        Eb7 Eb
I went and bought myself a ticket and I sat down in the very first ro-o-ow

Ab                                                                            Ab7 Ab
  They pulled the curtain, but then when they turned the spotlight way down lo-o-ow

       Bb                                                               Bb7 Bb*
Little Egypt came out a-struttin', wearin' nothin' but a button and a bo-o-ow
[Chorus]
N.C.        Ab     Ab7   Ab         Ab7       Eb     Eb7   Eb         Eb7*
Singing and yi-i-i-ing,      yi-i-i-ing,      yi-i-i-ing,      yi-i-i-ing
[Verse 2]
(Ab7)       Eb                                                      Eb7 Eb
  She had a ruby on her tummy and a diamond big as Texas on her toe-oe-oe

Ab                                                              Ab7 Ab
  She let her hair down and she did the hoochie-coochie real slo-o-ow

Ab*      Bb                                                                  Bb7 Bb*
When she did her special number on a zebra skin, I thought she'd stop the sho-o-ow
[Chorus]
N.C.        Ab     Ab7   Ab         Ab7       Eb     Eb7   Eb         Eb*  (Ab7)
Singing and yi-i-i-ing,      yi-i-i-ing,      yi-i-i-ing,      yi-i-i-ing
[Bridge]
Ab* Eb*                         E*
She did a triple somersault and when she hit the ground

    F*                         Gb*
She winked at the audience and then she turned around

          G*                   Ab*                          A*                        A7* N.C.
She had a picture of a cowboy, tattooed on her spine, said: Phoenix, Arizona nineteen-forty-nine (yeah)
[Verse 3]
Eb                                                            Eb7 Eb
Let me tell you people, Little Egypt doesn't dance there anymo-o-ore

Ab                                                            Ab7 Ab
She's too busy moppin' and a-takin' care o'shoppin' at the sto-o-ore

Bb                                                                   Bb7 Bb*
Cause we've got seven kids and all day long they crawl around the flo-o-or
[Outro]
N.C.            Ab     Ab7   Ab         Ab7       Eb     Eb7   Eb            Eb7
Ha, singing and yi-i-i-ing,      yi-i-i-ing,      yi-i-i-ing,      yi-i-i-ing

Ab     Ab7   Ab         Ab7
Yi-i-i-ing,      yi-i-i-ing
(Fades out.................)