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Hound Dog

(Jerry Lieber / Mike Stoller)


Copyright MCA Music Inc./Williamson Music Co.

Original by Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton on August 13, 1952


RCA studio session - July 2, 1956 - RCA Studios - New York

 2-5 pm - 6-9 pm

G2WB 5935-31
July 1956 Single RCA 47-6604 Hound Dog / Don't Be Cruel
Computer enhanced version:
September 24, 2002 CD RCA BMG 07863 68079-2 Elvis 30 N° 1 Hits


Overdub sessions for Warner Brothers Motion Picture "This Is Elvis" - January 30, 1981 - T.B.S. - Hollywood

 LPA5 5809
April 14, 1981 LP RCA CPL-2-4031 This Is Elvis


Re-recording sessions - March 1996 - Signet Sound Studio - Hollywood

 LG2WB 5935 - Instrumental
February 16, 1998 CD RCA 07863-67458-2 Blue Suede Shoes A Ballet Set To The Music Of Elvis Presley


      Bluesy version  


Version 1          Version 2   




* You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine


* Repeat


** Repeat


When they said you was high classed
Well, that was just a lie
You know they said you was high classed
Well, that was just a lie
You ain't never caught a rabbit and you ain't no friend of mine 




Standard tuning.
Riff 1:                     C*
     F
e||-----1------------|      e||-------------------|
B||-----1----4--1----|      B||---4-/-5--5--5--5--|
G||------------------|      G||---4-/-5--5--5--5--|
D||------------------|      D||---4-/-5--5--5--5--|
A||------------------|      A||---2-/-3--3--3--3--|
E||--1---------------|      E||-------------------|


    [NC]                    C*
    You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
    C*
    cryin' all the time.
                            Riff 1
    You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
                   C*
    cryin' all the time.
                    G7
    Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
            F                  C
    and you ain't no friend of mine.
    When they said you was high classed,
    well, that was just a lie.
    When they said you was high classed,
    well, that was just a lie.
    You ain't never caught a rabbit
    and you ain't no friend of mine.



Version 2 

CHORDS
      C F9  G9             F*
  |---8--8--10--|    |--8---------|
  |---8--8--10--|    |--8---------|
  |---9--8--10--|    |--8----8-5--|
  |--10--7---9--|    |--7--7------|
  |--10--8--10--|    |--8---------|
  |---8---------|    |------------|
VERSE 1
                          C
  You ain't nothin' but a hound dog, cryin' all the time.
                          F9*                        C
  You ain't nothin' but a hound dog, cryin' all the time.
            G9                         F9
  You ain't never caught a rabbit, you ain't no friend of
     C
     mine.
VERSE 2 (same chords)
  They said you was high classed, that was just a lie.
  They said you was high classed, that was just a lie.
  You ain't never caught a rabbit, you ain't no friend
    of mine.
REPEAT VERSE 1
GUITAR SOLO 1
  |------------------------------------------------|
  |------------------------------------------------|
  |------------------------------------------------|
  |--------1---1---1--------------1-3-1---1--------|
  |----1-3---3---3---3-1-3----1-3-------3---3-1-3--|
  |--3----------------------3----------------------|
  |------------------------8-12-8--------------------|
  |-------------------8-10--------12-9----9-10-9-10--|
  |--------------8-10------------------11------------|
  |----------6-8-------------------------------------|
  |------6-8-----------------------------------------|
  |--3/8---------------------------------------------|
  |-----------------12-----------12-8------------|
  |--9--------------12-8/-8/-8/--12-8-10-8-10-8--|
  |----11-9----9-11----8/-8/-8/-------10-8-10-8--|
  |---------11-----------------------------------|
  |----------------------------------------------|
  |----------------------------------------------|
  |--12-8---------------------------|
  |--12-8---------------------------|
  |-------9-9-----------------------|
  |-------9-9----------10-------10--|
  |--------------10-12----12-10-----|
  |-----------12--------------------|
REPEAT VERSE 2
GUITAR SOLO 2
  |-------------11----11----13-----/11-9-----------10-|
  |----------------13----13----13--/11-9-10--8/-8/-10-|
  |--8/5--10/1---------------------------10--8/-8/----|
  |--7/4---9/1----------------------------------------|
  |--8/5--10/2----------------------------------------|
  |---------------------------------------------------|
  |--12-----12-----9----9-----12-12p10--8--------|
  |--12-10/-12-10/-9-7/-9-7/--12-12p10--8-10-----|
  |-----10/----10/---7/---7/--------------10-----|
  |------------------------------------------10--|
  |----------------------------------------------|
  |----------------------------------------------|
  |------------------------|
  |------------------------|
  |--10-12----------10-12/-|
  |--10----12-10-12----12/-|
  |------------------------|
  |------------------------|
REPEAT VERSE 2
REPEAT VERSE 1


 Bass Hound Dog 
The song's simple:
G------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------
A-0-4-7------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------

Then:
G-------------------------------------------------------
D-0-4-7-------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------

do the first one again, then:
G-------------------------------------------------------
D-------0-4-7-------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-0-4-7-------------------------------------------------

then do it all over again.