Little Egypt:The Coasters.
#23 on Rock charts & #16 on R&B
in 1961.

#1.
DI (xx0232@1)went and bought myself a ticket and
                             D7 (xx0212@1)      DI (xx0232@1)sat down in the very first row, whoa whoa.
GThey (320003@1)pulled the curtain and then when
                                   G7 (320001@1)       Gthey (320003@1)turned the spotlight way down low, whoa, whoa.
       ALittle (x02220@1)Egypt came out strutting, wearing nothing but a
             A7 (x02020@1)       Abutton (x02220@1)and a bow, whoa, whoa.
          G (320003@1)                   DSinging, (xx0232@1) Ying yang, Ying Yang..Ying yang, Ying yang...

#2.
DShe (xx0232@1)had a ruby on her tummy and a diamond big 
                D7 (xx0212@1)       Das (xx0232@1)Texas on her toe, whoa, whoa.
GShe (320003@1)let her hair down and she did the hoochie-koochie 
     G7 (320001@1)        Greal (320003@1)slow, whoa, whoa.
AWhen (x02220@1)she did her special number on a Zebra skin,
                         A7 (x02020@1)        AI (x02220@1)thought she'd stop the show, whoa, whoa.
         G (320003@1)                   DSinging, (xx0232@1)Ying yang, ying yang..ying yang, ying, yang..

CHORUS:
D (xx0232@1)                             D#She (x43121@3)did a triple somersault and when she hit the ground,
    E (022100@1)                        Fshe (133211@1)winked at the audience and then she turned around.
          F# (244322@1)                GShe (320003@1)had a picture of a cowboy tattooed on her spine,
         G# (xx1114@1)it said, Phoenix, Arizona, nineteen forty-nine.

#3. 
           DYeah, (xx0232@1)but, let me tell you people, Little Egypt doesn't
               D7 (xx0212@1)        Ddance (xx0232@1)there anymore, whoa, whoa.
GShe's (320003@1)too busy mopping and taking care of shopping 
       G7 (320001@1)         Gat (320003@1)the store, whoa, whoa.
ACause (x02220@1)we got seven kids and all day long they
                 A7 (x02020@1)         Acrawl (x02220@1)around the floor, whoa, whoa.
         G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)Singing, Ying yang..ying yang..ying yang..ying yang(x2)(fade)


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