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
[G#7] never caught a rabbit
and you
[F#7] 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
[G#7] never caught a rabbit
and you
[F#7] ain't no friend of
[C#] mine
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over CHORUS]
REPEAT VERSE 1:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over CHORUS]
REPEAT VERSE 1:
REPEAT CHORUS:
ENDING: ^
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