Elvis Presley – Dont Be Cruel (Bass Tab)
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DON'T BE CRUEL (Bassline)
As recorded by Elvis Presley
(From the 1958 Album ELVIS' GOLDEN RECORDS)
Words and Music by Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Black - Upright Bass'
Intro
Q=170(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|--------------4---|--------------4---|--------------4---|--------------4---||
|------4-(4)-7---7-|------4-(4)-7---7-|------4-(4)-7---7-|------4-(4)-7---7-||
|-5----------------|-5----------------|-5----------------|-5----------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||
1st - 4th Verses
$
$$
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--------------|-------4-----|-------------|-------------|
||o----4--7--4--|----4-----7--|----4--7--4--|-------3--4--|
||o-5-----------|-5-----------|-5-----------|-5--7--------|
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------4------||
|-5-----------|-5-----------|----4--7--4--|----4-----7---||
|----7--5--7--|----7--5--7--|-5-----------|-5------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
Chorus
1.
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------|--------------|----------4--|-7--4----------||
|--------------|--------------|----4--7-----|-------7--4---o||
|-7------7--7--|-----------4--|-5-----------|--------------o||
|--------------|-5------7-----|-------------|---------------||
Bridge
2.,D.S.,D.S.S.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-7--5--4-----||-------------|-------------|--------------|
|----------7--||-5-----5--6--|-7-----7-----|-5-----5------|
|-------------||----5--------|----7-----7--|----5-----5---|
|-------------||-------------|-------------|--------------|
To Coda D.S. &
D.S.
Q Q Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q E E Q H
|-------------|--------------|--------------||-------------||
|-7--5--4-----|--------4--7--|--------4--7--||-------------||
|----------7--|-5------------|-5------------||-------------||
|-------------|--------------|--------------||-5-----------||
Chorus
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------|--------------|----------4--|-7--4---------|
|--------------|--------------|----4--7-----|-------7--4---|
|-7------7--7--|-----------4--|-5-----------|--------------|
|--------------|-5------7-----|-------------|--------------|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------|--------------|----------4--|-7--5--4------||
|--------------|-7------7--7--|----4--7-----|----------7---||
|-7------7--7--|--------------|-5-----------|--------------||
|--------------|--------------|-------------|--------------||
Outro
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-5-----5--6--|-7-----7-----|-5-----5-----|-7--5--4------|
|----5--------|----7-----7--|----5-----5--|----------7---|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q H W
|----4--------|------------|------*|
|-------7--4--|------------|------*|
|-5-----------|-5----------|------*|
|-------------|------------|------*|Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
You know I can be found,
sitting home all alone,
If you can't come around,
at least please telephone.
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
Baby, if I made you mad
for something I might have said,
Please, let's forget the past,
the future looks bright ahead,
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
I don't want no other love,
Baby it's just you I'm thinking of.
Don't stop thinking of me,
don't make me feel this way,
Come on over here and love me,
you know what I want you to say.
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
Why should we be apart?
I really love you baby, cross my heart.
Let's walk up to the preacher
and let us say I do,
Then you'll know you'll have me,
and I'll know that I'll have you,
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
I don't want no other love,
Baby it's just you I'm thinking of.
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
I don't want no other love,
Baby it's just you I'm thinking of.