Elvis Presley – Are You Lonesome Tonight (Bass Tab)
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This song, originally recorded by Charles Hart in 1927, was covered by
Elvis Presley in 1960. It was a worldwide hit reaching number 1 in several
countries including the UK. Upright bass performance Bob Moore.
Tab by bass50611. Not exact to Moore’s recorded version, especially in
the spoken verse. And I’ve included a few bass runs in Verse 1.
[Intro:]
G|---------------------------------| D|---------5---------------5--3--2-| A|-5---------------3---------------| E|---------------------------------|
[Verse:]
Are you lonesome tonight...do you miss me tonight...are you sorry... G|--------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------2-------------------------------------------------| A|--------3--------------------------0--------0----------------3------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| We drifted apart...Does your memory stray to a brighter summer day G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----0--2----3----3-----------5------------------5-----------------| A|-3-----------------------------------5--------------------------5-| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| When I kissed you and called you sweetheart...Do the chairs in your G|--------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------5------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------0----2----3---3----------3-------------| E|----------------------3---------------------------------------------| Parlour seem empty and bare? ..Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture G|------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------3----------3-----------------------------------------------| A|-3-------------------------------------5------------5-----------5-------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| Me there?..Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again, tell G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----5--------------------------------2---------------------------------| A|--------------------3------------------------------5----------5--------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| Me dear Are You Lonesome Tonight?.. G|------------------------------------| D|-----------------5------------------| A|---5----------------------3---------| E|----------------------------------3-|
[Verse 2 – Spoken With Approx. Positioning of Notes To Lyrics]
I wonder if you are lonesome tonight...You know someone said that G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------2--------------------------------------------------------| A|-3---------------------0---------------------------0---------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| The world’s a stage and each must play a part...Fate had me playing G|--------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------3-------| A|--------------3----------------------3-----------3------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| In love with you as my sweetheart...Act one was where we met... G|--------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------3--------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------| I loved you at first glance...You read your lines so cleverly and never G|------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-5-------------------------------------------5--------------------------| A|---------------------5--------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| Missed a cue...Then came act 2, you seemed to change, you acted strange G|------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------5-----------------5------------------------| A|---------5----5---------------------------------------------------3-----| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| And why, I’ll never know...Honey you lied when you said you loved me, and G|------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------5--------------------------------------3-----| A|-------------------3------------------3---------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| I had no cause to doubt...But I’d rather go on hearing your lies than G|---------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------3--------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------5-------------------5--------------------5--| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| To go on living without you...Now the stage is bare and I’m standing G|--------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------5------------------------------------------2--------| A|------------------------------3-----------------3-------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| There with emptiness all around...And if you won’t come back to me, G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------5---------| A|-5---------5---------------------5---------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| Then they can bring the curtain down... G|--------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------5--3--2----| A|-3----------------------------------3-------------| E|--------------------------------------------------|
[Outro:]
Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?.. G|---------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------2------------------------------| A|--------3-------------------------------5----------5-----| E|---------------------------------------------------------| Tell me dear...Are You Lonesome Tonight. [END] G|------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------5-----------------------| A|--------5---------------------------------3-----| E|------------------------------------------------|