Notes:
^...bend (qquarter step)
pm..palm mute
/...slide up
\...slide down
~...vibrato
o
o...repeat
-Tuning: Standard
-bar lines indicate measures of 4/4 time
-the chords shown along the top of the staff in Figure 1 and
in the verses are played as follows:
[F] [G]
-for the first staff of the verses, the chords listed (at top
of staff) and the tabbed notation are two different guitar parts
(which is why the chords indicate G, but the tab shows G5)
INTRO:
Figure 1 - play 2x
[F] [F] [F] [F]
1ST VERSE:
You'd rather And only the
have wine than gin, finest by your skin,
[G] [F] [G] [F]
You're always Catching your fancy
running after time, with rhyme,
[F5] [Bb5]
Shining on the front page again
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| | |
| Ab5 |G5 |
CHORUS:
Now you're hot on the
presses today, Little Queen
[C5] [D5]
Making your passion play,
Little Queen
[F5] [D5] [C5] [D5]
Nobody knows your melancholy mind
[Bb5] [G5]
| |
| |
Bb | Gm |
Little Queen
[F] [F] [F] [F]
2ND VERSE: (played same as 1st Verse)
Away from the sellers, the papers said
Your crown was tight and heavy on your head
But still you danced and you sang
All night the telephone rang
And music kept on playing from your pen
CHORUS 2 (Play Chorus 1 up to "Nobody knows your melancholy mind")
Then:
Little Queen,yeah Little Queen,
[F] [F] [F] [F]
yeah Little Queen
[F] [F] [F] [F]
BRIDGE:
Ooooooo
Dm Am You better
Figure 2 -
1. shine, You better shine, shine, shine tonight
2. shine, You know, you better Ohhh
[Dm] [Am]
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Continue playing Figure 2 for rest of Bridge (next 5 lines of lyrics)
Raining - He knows your soul ain't free
Raining - Oh, and he feels you, Little Queen, yeah
Raining, raining - I see you, I see you
Raining - He knows you're raining
Oh yeah
Play FIGURE 1 1x
3RD VERSE: (played same as 1st Verse)
Now you're slipping away with your gypsy band
And you're hot on your music and playing a winning hand
He was standing in line
Thinking how you moved his mind
And feeling like he held you in his hand
Play CHORUS 2
Then:
1. Little Queen
2. Ooooo,
1. oh oh Little Queen
Play Figure 1 and fade...
their interpretation of the song.)
^...bend (qquarter step)
pm..palm mute
/...slide up
\...slide down
~...vibrato
o
o...repeat
-Tuning: Standard
-bar lines indicate measures of 4/4 time
-the chords shown along the top of the staff in Figure 1 and
in the verses are played as follows:
[F] [G]
E --8-----7--
B --10----8--
G --10----7--
D --x-----x--
A --x-----x--
E --x-----x--
-for the first staff of the verses, the chords listed (at top
of staff) and the tabbed notation are two different guitar parts
(which is why the chords indicate G, but the tab shows G5)
INTRO:
Figure 1 - play 2x
[F] [F] [F] [F]
E -------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
B -------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
G -------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
D -------------|----------------|-------------|-----------3----|
A ------5~-----|-----------3----|------5~-----|-------------5--|
E -1~----------|-1---3-4-5---5--|-1~----------|-1---3-4-5------|
pm----| pm----|
1ST VERSE:
You'd rather And only the
have wine than gin, finest by your skin,
[G] [F] [G] [F]
E -------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
B -------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
G -------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
D --5----------|----------------|--5----------|----------------|
A --5----------|-------5~-------|--5----------|-------5~-------|
E --3----------|-1~-------------|--3----------|-1~-------------|
You're always Catching your fancy
running after time, with rhyme,
[F5] [Bb5]
E ---------------|---------------|
B ---------------|---------------|
G --10------10\--|--3------------|
D --10------10\--|--3------------|
A --8--------8\--|--1------------|
E ---------------|---------------|
Shining on the front page again
E ---------------------|----------------------11-|-10---------10\--|
B ---------------------|---------------9--/13----|------------10\--|
G --------10---------9-|--------8--/10-----------|-----------------|
D -8-8/12-----7-7/11---|-6-6/10------------------|-----------------|
A ---------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
E ---------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
| | |
| | |
| Ab5 |G5 |
E ---------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
B ---------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
G ---------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
D ---------------------|--------------6--6--6--6-|-5--5--5--5--5---|
A --------8---------7--|--------6-----6--6--6--6-|-5--5--5--5--5---|
E -6-6/10-----5-5/9----|--4-4/8-------4--4--4--4-|-3--3--3--3--3---|
CHORUS:
Now you're hot on the
presses today, Little Queen
[C5] [D5]
E ----------------------|--------------------|
B ----------------------|--------------------|
G ----------------------|--5--------7--------|
D ------------------3---|--5--------7--------|
A --3-3---3---3-3-5-----|--3--------5--------|
E ----------------------|--------------------|
Making your passion play,
Little Queen
[F5] [D5] [C5] [D5]
E ----------------------|--------------------|
B ----------------------|--------------------|
G ---10-------7---------|--5--------7-7------|
D ---10-------7---------|--5--------7-7------|
A ---8--------5---------|--3--------5-5------|
E ----------------------|--------------------|
Nobody knows your melancholy mind
[Bb5] [G5]
E -------------------|-------------------|
B -------------------|-------------------|
G -------------------|-------------------|
D -8-8-8-8-8-8-------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|
A -8-8-8-8-8-8-------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|
E -6-6-6-6-6-6-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|
| |
| |
Bb | Gm |
E ---------6---------|---------3---------|
B ---------6---------|---------3---------|
G ---------7---------|---------3---------|
D ---------8---------|---------5---------|
A ---------8---------|---------5---------|
E ---------6---------|---------3---------|
Little Queen
[F] [F] [F] [F]
E -------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
B -------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
G -------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
D -------------|----------------|-------------|-----------3----|
A ------5~-----|-----------3----|------5~-----|-------------5--|
E -1~----------|-1---3-4-5---5--|-1~----------|-1---3-4-5------|
pm----| pm----|
2ND VERSE: (played same as 1st Verse)
Away from the sellers, the papers said
Your crown was tight and heavy on your head
But still you danced and you sang
All night the telephone rang
And music kept on playing from your pen
CHORUS 2 (Play Chorus 1 up to "Nobody knows your melancholy mind")
Then:
Little Queen,yeah Little Queen,
[F] [F] [F] [F]
E -------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
B -------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
G -------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
D -------------|----------------|-------------|-----------3----|
A ------5~-----|-----------3----|------5~-----|-------------5--|
E -1~----------|-1---3-4-5---5--|-1~----------|-1---3-4-5------|
pm----| pm----|
yeah Little Queen
[F] [F] [F] [F]
E -------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
B -------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
G -------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
D -------------|----------------|-------------|-----------3----|
A ------5~-----|-----------3----|------5~-----|-------------5--|
E -1~----------|-1---3-4-5---5--|-1~----------|-1---3-4-5------|
pm----| pm----|
BRIDGE:
Ooooooo
Dm Am You better
|---------0-1--|--------0-1---1-0---||---------0----|--------0-------0---|
|o------3------|------3-----3------o||o------1---0--|------1---0---0----o|
|-----2--------|----2---------------||-----2--------|----2-------2-------|
|--(0)---------|-(0)----------------||--------------|--------------------|
|o-------------|-------------------o||o-(0)---------|-(0)---------------o|
|--------------|--------------------||--------------|--------------------|
Figure 2 -
1. shine, You better shine, shine, shine tonight
2. shine, You know, you better Ohhh
[Dm] [Am]
|---------0-1--|--------0-1---1-0---||---------0----|--------0-------0---|
|o------3------|------3-----3------o||o------1---0--|------1---0---0----o|
|-----2--------|----2---------------||-----2--------|----2-------2-------|
|--(0)---------|-(0)----------------||--------------|--------------------|
|o-------------|-------------------o||o-(0)---------|-(0)---------------o|
|--------------|--------------------||--------------|--------------------|
| | || | |
| | || | |
| | || | |
|--------------|--------------------||---------0----|--------0-----------|
|o-------------|-------------------o||o------1---0--|------1---0---0-1--o|
|---------0-2--|--------0-2---2-0---||-----2--------|----2-------2-------|
|-----0-3------|----0-3-----3-------||--------------|--------------------|
|o-------------|-------------------o||o-------------|-------------------o|
|--------------|--------------------||--------------|--------------------|
Continue playing Figure 2 for rest of Bridge (next 5 lines of lyrics)
Raining - He knows your soul ain't free
Raining - Oh, and he feels you, Little Queen, yeah
Raining, raining - I see you, I see you
Raining - He knows you're raining
Oh yeah
Play FIGURE 1 1x
3RD VERSE: (played same as 1st Verse)
Now you're slipping away with your gypsy band
And you're hot on your music and playing a winning hand
He was standing in line
Thinking how you moved his mind
And feeling like he held you in his hand
Play CHORUS 2
Then:
1. Little Queen
2. Ooooo,
E -----------------10-10-|--------------------------------|
B -----------------10-10-|-------------------------------o|
G --10^q-----------------|--------------------------------|
D --10^q----12~----------|---------------------10----10---|
A -----------------------|--------------8--/12----12-----o|
E -----------------------|--8-8--8--10--------------------|
1. oh oh Little Queen
E -----------------10-13-|--------------------------------|
B -----------------10-13-|-------------------------------o|
G -----------------------|--------------------------------|
D --10^q----12~----------|---------------------10----10---|
A -----------------------|--------------8--/12----12-----o|
E -----------------------|--8-8--8--10--------------------|
Play Figure 1 and fade...
their interpretation of the song.)
