Elvis Presley, Hound Dog (1956)
Key: :[B] (w: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) (Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, 1952)
BASS TIPS: [B](*4*) //
[E](*2*) [B](*2*) //
[F#](*1*) [E](*1*) [B](*2*)
CHORUS:
You ain't nothin' but a
[B] hound dog, crying all the time
You ain't nothin' but a
[E] hound dog, crying all the
[B] time
Well, you ain't
[F#7] never caught a rabbit
and you
[E7] ain't no friend of
[B] mine
VERSE 1:
When they say you are
[B] high classed, well that's just a lie
When they say you are
[E] high classed, well that's just a
[B] lie
Well, you ain't
[F#7] never caught a rabbit
and you
[E7] ain't no friend of
[B] mine
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over CHORUS]
REPEAT VERSE 1:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over CHORUS]
REPEAT VERSE 1:
REPEAT CHORUS:
ENDING: ^
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