Elvis Presley – Dont Be Cruel (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: Don't Be Cruel Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.) Time: 4/4, Tempo: Q=155, Beats on eignths are marked "+". Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes. Use thumb-fretting. Let ring. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. "!" marks chords with bar/half-bar shape. [Intro] /--------3x------------------\

   G        +       +       +              +       +
E|------------------------------|----------------------0----|
B|------------------------------|---------------------------|
G|------------------------------|---------------------------|
D|----------0-------0--h2--p0---|----------0-------0--------|
A|------2---------------2-------|------2---------------2----|
E|-3------------3---------------|-3------------3------------|

[Verse]     (2x)
   G      +         +       +     +                  +         +       +     +           C      +         +
E|---------------0--3--|-----------------0--|---------------0--3--|--------------------|-0a--0-----0------0--|
B|-3a--3-----3---------|----0m-------0------|-3---3-----3---------|----0m-------0---3--|-1a------------3-----|
G|-0a-----0------------|----0m----0---------|--------0------------|----0m----0---------|-0------0------------|
D|-----0---------0-----|-------0---------0--|-----0---------0-----|-------0---------0--|-----2---------2-----|
A|-----------2---------|-------------2------|-----------2---------|-------------2------|-3a--------3---------|
E|-3a------------------|-3------------------|-3-------------------|-3------------------|---------------------|
You know I   can be found,                    sitting home all alone,               If   you can't come around
   Baby, if I made you mad               for  something I might have said,       Please, let's forget the past

      +      +            G      +         +       +     +            Am                D  +     +
E|------------------0---|---------------0--3--|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
B|----1m--------1-------|-3---3-----3---------|----0m-------0---3---|-----------------|----0----------------|
G|----0m-----0----------|--------0------------|----0m----0----------|-2---------------|----------2-p0---2---|
D|-------2----------2---|-----0---------0-----|-------0---------0---|-----2-------2---|-------0---------0---|
A|-3------------3-------|-----------2---------|-------------2-------|-0---------------|-------------0-------|
E|----------------------|-3-------------------|-3-------------------|---------0-------|-2-------------------|
                    at    least please telephone.           Don't be  cruel                to   a heart that's
                    the   future looks bright ahead,        Don't be  cruel                to   a heart that's

  /--------------1st pass---------------\ /------------2nd pass-------------\
   G      +                   +            G
E|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-0-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|--------0----------|--------0----------|-0---------------|-------------0---|
D|-----0---------0---|-----0---------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
A|-----------2-------|-----------2-------|---------2-------|---------2-------|
E|-3-----------------|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|
   true.                                   true.                         I don't

[Chorus]
   C     +          D    +     +      C     +          D     +       +    G    +    +            +   +
E|-0a--0---0---0--|-2a--------------|-0a--0---0---0--|-2a--2------------|-3a-------------|------------[0]-|
B|-1a--1---1---1--|-3a---3m----3----|-1a--1---1---1--|-3a--3------------|-0a-------------|--------(0---3)-|
G|-0a----0--------|-2a---2m----2----|-0a----0--------|-2a--2-2----------|-0a---0----0----|-------0---0----|
D|-----2-------2--|----0---------0--|-----2-------2--|-----0-------2/4--|----0--------0--|-----0-------0--|
A|-3a------3------|---------0-------|-3a------3------|---------0--------|---------2------|---------2------|
E|----------------|-2a--------------|----------------|-2a---------------|-3a-------------|-3--------------|
   want no other    love,             Baby it's just   you I'm   thinking of.                    (Don't be)

[Verse] (1x) ... as above ... 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. [Chorus] ... as above ... Why should we be apart? I really love you baby, cross my heart. [Verse] (1x) ... as above ... 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. [Chorus] ... as above ... I don't want no other love, Baby it's just you I'm thinking of.

[FinalVerse]    (2x)
                                    /-----------1st pass------------\ /-----------2nd pass------------\
   Am               D +   +          G     +                +   +      G
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|---------0---3--|---0------------|-0--------------|---------0---3--|----------------|----------------|
G|-2--------------|-2-----2p0---2--|-------0--------|-------0---0----|-0--------------|-------------0--|
D|-----2-------2--|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|
A|-0--------------|---------0------|---------2------|---------2------|---------2------|---------2------|
E|---------0------|-2--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|
   cruel             to a heart that's true..                          true.                        I don't

[Chorus]
   C     +          D    +     +      C     +          D     +       +    G     +   +
E|-0a--0---0---0--|-2a--------------|-0a--0---0---0--|-2a--2------------|-3a-p0----------|---------3a-----|
B|-1a--1---1---1--|-3a---3m----3----|-1a--1---1---1--|-3a--3------------|-0a------3--p0--|---------0a-----|
G|-0a----0--------|-2a---2m----2----|-0a----0--------|-2a--2-2----------|-0a----0---0----|-0-------0a-----|
D|-----2-------2--|----0---------0--|-----2-------2--|-----0-------2/4--|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|
A|-3a------3------|---------0-------|-3a------3------|---------0--------|---------2------|---------2a-----|
E|----------------|-2a--------------|----------------|-2a---------------|-3a-------------|-3--------------|
   want no other    love,             Baby it's just   you I'm   thinking of.