Hound Dog

by Elvis Presley · posted by Scott_Christensen

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

  

 8    8     8   8   8  8   7    7
You ain't noth-in' but a hound dog

 8   8   6  -6    7
cry-in' all the time.

 8    8     8   8   8  8   7    7
You ain't noth-in' but a hound dog

 8   8   6  -6    7
cry-in' all the time.

  8    8    8   -8  -8   -8  -8 -8  -8
Well, you ain't nev-er caught a rab-bit

-8  -8    8   -8  7  -8   7   7
and you ain't no fri-end of mine.

  8    8    8   8   8   8      8
When they said you was high classed,

  8     8   7    7  7  7
well, that was just a lie.

  8    8    8   8   8   8      8
When they said you was high classed,

  8     8   7    7  7  7
well, that was just a lie.

  8   8    8    -8 -8  -8   -8  -8 -8
Well you ain't nev-er caught a rab-bit

-8  -8    8   -8  7  -8   7   7
and you ain't no fri-end of mine.

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound