Hound Dog
Elvis Presley (Leiber & Stoller, 1952)


     Swiss Army Strum
4/4 | d - D u - u D u |
      1   2 &   & 4 &

You ain't nothin' but a
| [C] hound dog, | cryin' all the time | [C] | [C]
You ain't nothin' but a
| [F] hound dog, | cryin' all the | [C] time | [C]
Well you ain't | [G7] never caught a rabbit
And you | [F] ain't no friend of | [C] mine | [C↓]

Well, they said you was
| [C] high-classed, | well, that was just a | lie | [C]
Yeah, they said you was
| [F] high-classed, | well, that was just a | [C] lie | [C]
Well you ain't | [G7] never caught a rabbit
And you | [F] ain't no friend of | [C] mine | [C↓]

You ain't nothin' but a
| [C] hound dog, | cryin' all the time | [C] | [C]
You ain't nothin' but a
| [F] hound dog, | cryin' all the | [C] time | [C]
Well you ain't | [G7] never caught a rabbit
And you | [F] ain't no friend of | [C] mine | [C↓]

Instrumental
| [C]   | [C] | [C] | [C]   |
| [F]   | [F] | [C] | [C]   |
| [G7] | [F] | [C] | [C↓] |

Well, they said you was
| [C] high-classed, | well, that was just a | lie | [C]
Yeah, they said you was
| [F] high-classed, | well, that was just a | [C] lie | [C]
Well you ain't | [G7] never caught a rabbit
And you | [F] ain't no friend of | [C] mine | [C↓]

Instrumental
| [C]   | [C] | [C] | [C]   |
| [F]   | [F] | [C] | [C]   |
| [G7] | [F] | [C] | [C↓] |

Well, they said you was
| [C] high-classed, | well, that was just a | lie | [C]
You know they said you was
| [F] high-classed, | well, that was just a | [C] lie | [C]
Well you ain't | [G7] never caught a rabbit
And you | [F] ain't no friend of | [C] mine | [C↓]

You ain't nothin' but a
| [C] hound dog, | cryin' all the time | [C] | [C]
You ain't nothin' but a
| [F] hound dog, | cryin' all the | [C] time | [C]
Well you ain't | [G7↓] never caught a rabbit
And you | [F↓] ain't no friend of | [C] mine | [C↓]

#Play along with Elvis in this key.

#Last Updated 11/10/18 JJ
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