Biografía:
Eva Narcissus Boyd, más conocida como Little Eva, nació en Bellhaven (EE UU) el 29 de junio de 1943 y murió el 9 de abril del 2003, en Kinston (EE. UU), después de una larga enfermedad. Trabajó como niñera para Carole King y Gerry Goffin. Estos escribieron "The Loco-Motion" inspirándose en un baile que ella solía hacer mientras cuidaba a su hija. "The Loco-Motion" fue nº 1 en Estados Unidos en 1962. El mismo año, Little Eva grabó otro éxito, "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby".
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Uptown:Little Eva.
Album - Llllloco-Motion -
on DIMENSION Records in 1962.
INTRO: Bm
Bm
He gets up each morning and he goes downtown,
D
where everyone's his boss and he's lost in an angry land..
Gb
he's a little man..
#1.
B
But then, he comes uptown each evening to my tenement,
Abm
uptown where folks don't have to pay much rent.
E Abm
And when he's there with me he can see that he's everything,
G Em Dbm B
then he's tall, he don't crawl, he's a king.
#2.
Bm
Downtown he's just one of a million guys,
D
he don't get no breaks and he takes all they got to give..
Gb
cause he's got to live.
CHORUS:
B
But then he comes uptown where he can hold his head up high,
Abm
uptown he knows that I'll be standing by.
E Abm
And when I take his hand there's no man who could put him down.
G B
The world is sweet, it's at his feet, when he's uptown.
(INTERLUDE:) Bm D Gb
CHORUS:
B
Let me tell ya now, uptown where he can hold his head up high,
Abm
uptown he knows that I'll be standing by.
E Abm
And when I take his hand there's no man who could put him down.
G Em B
The world is sweet, it's at his feet, when he's uptooooown.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
Album - Llllloco-Motion -
on DIMENSION Records in 1962.
INTRO: Bm
Bm
He gets up each morning and he goes downtown,
D
where everyone's his boss and he's lost in an angry land..
Gb
he's a little man..
#1.
B
But then, he comes uptown each evening to my tenement,
Abm
uptown where folks don't have to pay much rent.
E Abm
And when he's there with me he can see that he's everything,
G Em Dbm B
then he's tall, he don't crawl, he's a king.
#2.
Bm
Downtown he's just one of a million guys,
D
he don't get no breaks and he takes all they got to give..
Gb
cause he's got to live.
CHORUS:
B
But then he comes uptown where he can hold his head up high,
Abm
uptown he knows that I'll be standing by.
E Abm
And when I take his hand there's no man who could put him down.
G B
The world is sweet, it's at his feet, when he's uptown.
(INTERLUDE:) Bm D Gb
CHORUS:
B
Let me tell ya now, uptown where he can hold his head up high,
Abm
uptown he knows that I'll be standing by.
E Abm
And when I take his hand there's no man who could put him down.
G Em B
The world is sweet, it's at his feet, when he's uptooooown.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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