Elvis Presley, Hound Dog (1956)
Key: :[C] (w: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) (Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, 1952)
BASS TIPS: [C](*4*) //
[F](*2*) [C](*2*) //
[G](*1*) [F](*1*) [C](*2*)
CHORUS:
You ain't nothin' but a
[C] hound dog, crying all the time
You ain't nothin' but a
[F] hound dog, crying all the
[C] time
Well, you ain't
[G7] never caught a rabbit
and you
[F7] ain't no friend of
[C] mine
VERSE 1:
When they say you are
[C] high classed, well that's just a lie
When they say you are
[F] high classed, well that's just a
[C] lie
Well, you ain't
[G7] never caught a rabbit
and you
[F7] ain't no friend of
[C] mine
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over CHORUS]
REPEAT VERSE 1:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over CHORUS]
REPEAT VERSE 1:
REPEAT CHORUS:
ENDING: ^
[Db6/9]^
[C6/9]
