Hound Dog Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	C
Capo:	no capo

Author The_cool_one [a] 101.

6 contributors total, last edit on Mar 6, 2020

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C#7

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Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
 
 
[Verse 1]
                        C
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
 
Cryin' all the time
                        F
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
               C
Cryin' all the time
                G
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
        F                  C
And you ain't no friend of mine
 
 
[Verse 2]
                       C
When they said you was high classed
 
Well, that was just a lie
                       F
Yeah they said you was high classed,
                      C
Well, that was just a lie
                G
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
        F                  C
And you ain't no friend of mine
 
 
[Verse 3]
                        C
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
 
Cryin' all the time
                        F
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
               C
Cryin' all the time
                G
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
        F                  C
And you ain't no friend of mine
 
 
[Solo]
C C C C
F F C C
G F C C
 
 
[Verse 4]
                       C
When they said you was high classed
 
Well, that was just a lie
                       F
Yeah they said you was high classed,
                      C
Well, that was just a lie
                G
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
        F                  C
And you ain't no friend of mine
 
 
[Solo]
C C C C
F F C C
G F C C
 
 
[Verse 5]
                       C
When they said you was high classed
 
Well, that was just a lie
                           F
You know they said you was high classed,
                      C
Well, that was just a lie
                G
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
        F                  C
And you ain't no friend of mine
 
 
[Verse 6]
                        C
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
 
Cryin' all the time
                        F
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
               C
Cryin' all the time
                G        N.C.
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
  N.C.                         C#7 - C7
And you ain't no friend of mine
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Hound Dog – Elvis Presley

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14 comments

I like it! Good ol' 12 bar blues.

Lovely that there's not even room to mess up the placement of the chords, according to the rhythms in relation to the lyrics, haha. This is an excellent tab. (Personal note: -5 semitones, capo 1)

Nice tab except since it's a blues its more likely to be: C-F7-C-G7-F7-C If you play this to the song it sounds more fitting Just my opinion though! Great tab ofc