Hound Dog (3rd pos hi-lo)

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+: 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)

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Tab

HOUND DOG 3rd pos hi-lo
By: Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller
Elvis Presley
Key: Bb
Harp: Ab

-5   -5    -5  -5  -5 -5  -4   -4
-9   -9    -9  -9  -9 -9  -8   -8
You ain't noth-in' but a hound dog 

-5  -5  -3” -3   -4
-9  -9  -6  -7   -8
cry-in' all the time. 

-5   -5    -5  -5  -5 -5  -4   -4
-9   -9    -9  -9  -9 -9  -8   -8
You ain't noth-in' but a hound dog 

-5  -5  -3” -3   -4
-9  -9  -6  -7   -8
cry-in' all the time. 

 -5   -5   -5    5  5    5    5  5   5
 -9   -9   -9    8  8    8    8  8   8
Well, you ain't nev-er caught a rab-bit 

 5   5   -5   5  -4  5  -4  -4
 8   8   -9   8  -8  8  -8  -8
and you ain't no friend of mine. 


 -5   -5   -5  -5  -5   -5    -5
 -9   -9   -9  -9  -9   -9    -9
When they said you was high classed, 

 -4    -5  -5   -4 -3 -4
 -8    -9  -9   -8 -7 -8
well, that was just a lie. 

 -5   -5   -5  -5  -5   -5    -5
 -9   -9   -9  -9  -9   -9    -9
When they said you was high classed, 

 -4    -5  -5   -3”-3 -4
 -8    -9  -9   -6 -7 -8
well, that was just a lie. 

 -5   -5   -5    5  5    5    5  5   5
 -9   -9   -9    8  8    8    8  8   8
Well, you ain't nev-er caught a rab-bit 

 5   5   -5   5   -4 5  -4  -4
 8   8   -9   8   -8 8  -8  -8
and you ain't no friend of mine.

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