Elvis Presley – Dont Be Cruel (Guitar Tab)

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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 B E) - 'Scotty Moore - Electric Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Shorty Long - Piano' Intro Q=170(8=s8) D 4/4 Gtr I (El. Gtr.) Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------7-9-7-|--------------7-9-7-|
|-5------9-(9)-------|-5------9-(9)-------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
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| Gtr II (Piano arr. for Gtr.)
| E  E E E  E  E E E   E  E E E  E  E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|----4---4-----4---4-|----4---4-----4---4-|
|----5---5-----5---5-|----5---5-----5---5-|
|----5---5-----5---5-|----5---5-----5---5-|

  Q.     E +E  E E E   Q.     E +E  E E E
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------7-9-7-|--------------7-9-7-||
|-5------9-(9)-------|-5------9-(9)-------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
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| E  E E E  E  E E E   E  E E E  E  E E E
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|----4---4-----4---4-|----4---4-----4---4-||
|----5---5-----5---5-|----5---5-----5---5-||
|----5---5-----5---5-|----5---5-----5---5-||

   1st - 4th Verses
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    D
    W                 W               W               W
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||o-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
||------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
||------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
||o-----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
||--5---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
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|   E E E E E E E E   E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E Q
||------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
||o-----------------|---7----7------|---7----7------|---7----7------|
||------------------|---7----7------|---7----7------|---7----7------|
||----4---4---4---4-|---7----7------|---7----7------|---7----7------|
||o---5---5---5---5-|---------------|---------------|---------------|
||----5---5---5---5-|---------------|---------------|---------------|

  G                                   D
    Gtr II
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4--||
|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5--||
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5--||

 Chorus
                                                       1.
  Em                  A               D
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|---0---0---0---0-|---2---2---2---2-|-----------------|-------------------||
|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4---||
|---2---2---2---2-|---4---4---4---4-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5--o||
|-----------------|-----------------|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5---||

                    Bridge
  2.,D.S.,D.S.S.
                     G                 A                 G
  E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|---2---2---2---2-|------------------|
|---4---4---4---4-||---5---5---5---5-|---2---2---2---2-|---5---5---5---5--|
|---5---5---5---5-||---5---5---5---5-|---4---4---4---4-|---5---5---5---5--|
|---5---5---5---5-||---7---7---7---7-|-----------------|---7---7---7---7--|

                             To Coda               D.S. &
                                                   D.S.
  A                 D                                      D
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E     E E Q  H
|-----------------|------------------|------------------||-------------||
|-----------------|------------------|------------------||-------------||
|---2---2---2---2-|------------------|------------------||-------------||
|---2---2---2---2-|---4---4---4---4--|---4---4---4---4--||-4-----------||
|---4---4---4---4-|---5---5---5---5--|---5---5---5---5--||-5-----------||
|-----------------|---5---5---5---5--|---5---5---5---5--||-5-----------||

 Chorus
  Em                A                 D
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---0---0---0---0-|---2---2---2---2-|-----------------|------------------|
|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4--|
|---2---2---2---2-|---4---4---4---4-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5--|

  Em                A                 D
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|---0---0---0---0-|---2---2---2---2-|-----------------|------------------||
|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4--||
|---2---2---2---2-|---4---4---4---4-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5--||
|-----------------|-----------------|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5--||

 Outro
  G                 A                 G                 A
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---2---2---2---2-|-----------------|---2---2---2---2--|
|---5---5---5---5-|---2---2---2---2-|---5---5---5---5-|---2---2---2---2--|
|---5---5---5---5-|---4---4---4---4-|---5---5---5---5-|---4---4---4---4--|
|---7---7---7---7-|-----------------|---7---7---7---7-|------------------|

  D                     D6
  Gtr I
  W               H      H       +W
|---------------|-------10----|-(10)----*|
|---------------|-------10----|-(10)----*|
|---------------|-------------|---------*|
|---------------|--------9----|--(9)----*|
|---------------|--------9----|--(9)----*|
|---------------|-------10----|-(10)----*|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E Q  Q    Q  Q   H        W
|---------------|-------------|---------*|
|---------------|-------------|---------*|
|---------------|-------------|---------*|
|---4---4-7--4--|-------------|---------*|
|---5---5-------|-5-----------|---------*|
|---5---5-------|-------------|---------*|
Duration Legend --------------- 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 ---------------- 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 ----------- | - 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