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Hound Dog

Elvis Presley


Verse 1:

                                    C (4)

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog

 

Cryin' all the time

                                   F (2)

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog

                    C (2)

Cryin' all the time

                      G

Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit

              F                      C (2, hold 2nd measure)

And you ain't no friend of mine

 

Verse 2:

                                  C (4)

Well they said you was high-classed

                    

Well, that was just a lie

                                     F (2)

Yeah they said you was high-classed

                                C (2)

Well, that was just a lie

                       G

Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit

               F                      C (2, hold 2nd measure)

And you ain't no friend of mine

 

Repeat Verse 1

 

Instrumental Verse

 

Repeat Verse 2

 

Instrumental Verse

 

Repeat Verse 2

 

                         C (4)

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog

 

Cryin' all the time

                        F (2)

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog

                      C (2)

Cryin' all the time

                        G (2, hold 2nd measure)

Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit

                                             C     C9 (hold)

And you ain't no friend of mine


This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.