Elvis Presley – Good Rockin Tonight (Guitar Tab)
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Chords
As recorded by Elvis Presley
(From the 1976 Album THE SUN SESSIONS)
Words and Music by Roy Brown
Arranged by Elvis Presley
Transcribed by Slowhand
E7 A7 B7
0 2 2 1 3 0 x 0 2 0 2 0 x 2 1 2 0 2
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Scotty Moore - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Elvis Presley - Acoustic Guitar'
Chorus
Q=168(8=s8)
E7
4/4
Gtr II (Ac. Gtr.)
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Gtr I (El. Gtr.) W E E E E E e E e E e E e E E E e E e E E +E E E e |----------|-x-x-x-------------|-------0-----0---|-------0-(0)---0----| |----------|-x-x-x-(3)---3---0-|---3---0---3-3-0-|---3---------3-3-0--| |----------|-x-x-x-------------|-------------1---|---------------1----| |----------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------| |----------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------| |----------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
A7 E7
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
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PM PM E E E E +E e Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E e E E +E E E E |-------0-(0)-------|--------3-------3-|-------3-----2-0-|---0---------0-0-0--| |---3---------3-----|-----^2-----2-2---|---2-------2-2-0-|-------3-(3)--------| |-1---1-------------|-----^2-------2---|-----2-----------|--------------------| |-------------------|-----^2-----------|-----------------|--------------------| |-------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------| |-------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
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
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E Q E +E E e E E E E E E E Q e Q E +E Q E +E E Q E E E E |-------0-(0)-----0-|---0-0-----------|-0-----0-(0)-----0-|-(0)---------7---7--| |---3---------3-3---|-----3-0---3p0---|---3---------3-----|-----0-------7---7--| |---------------1---|-----1-----------|-------------------|-------------7---7--| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
A7 B7 E7
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
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+E E q E e Q q Q +E E Q Q Q +E E Q E E E E E E Q |-(7)-7-7-----------|-------------5-----|-------------------|---3s4---3s4------| |-(7)-7-7-----0-----|-----8---(8)---8---|-----0---(0)-------|---4s5---4s5------| |-(7)-7-7-----------|-----6---(6)---6---|-----2---(2)---2---|---3s4---3s4------| |-------------------|---------------7---|-----1---(1)-------|------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|-----2---(2)-2-----|------------------| |-------------------|-5-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
1st Verse
E7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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E E E E E E Q Q E E +E Q. |---3s4---3s4-----||--------------------| |---4s5---4s5-----||-------3-(3)p0------| |---3s4---3s4-----||--------------------| |-----------------||--------------------| |-----------------||--------------------| |-----------------||--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Q E E +E Q E +E E E E +E Q E |-0-----0-(0)-----0-|-(0)-----0-(0)--------| |-----3-------3-----|-----0h3-------3------| |-------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|----------------------| |-------------------|----------------------|
B7 E7
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
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E E E E E E E E +E E q E E E E E E E E q E E q Q H |-------2---2-2-0-|-(0)-0-----x-x---x-|-x-----x-x-----0-|------------------| |---0---0---0-0---|-------1---x-x---x-|-x-----x-x-------|------------------| |---2---2---2-2---|-------------------|-----------------|------------------| |---1-1-1-1-1-1---|-------------------|-----------------|------------------| |-2---2---2---2---|-------------------|-----------------|-2----------------| |-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-0----------------|
A7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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W Q Q +E E q |-----------------|-----3---(3)-3-3---| |-----------------|-----2---(2)-2-2---| |-----------------|-------------2-2---| |-----------------|-----2---(2)-------| |-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-------------------|
B7 E7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Q Q +E E Q Q Q +E E E E |-------------------|-----0---(0)---------| |-----0---(0)-0-0---|-----0---(0)-3-------| |-----2---(2)-2-2---|-----1---(1)---1-^1--| |-----1---(1)-1-1---|-----------------^2--| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|-0-------------------|
Guitar Solo
E7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E |-0---------12-12-12-||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\-| |-0---------12-12-12-||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\-| |--------------------||--------------------------| |--------------------||--------------------------| |--------------------||--------------------------| |--------------------||--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-0---0---0---0----| |-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|---5---5---5---5--| |-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------------|
$
A7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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E E E E E E Q +E E E E E E Q |-0---0---0---0---|-(0)-------------------| |---5---5---5-----|-----------------------| |-----------------|-----11s12---11s12-----| |-----------------|-----10s11---10s11-----| |-----------------|-----------------------| |-----------------|-----------------------|
E7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q |---------------------|------------------| |---------------------|---8s9---8s9------| |---11s12---11s12-----|---8s9---8s9------| |---10s11---10s11-----|------------------| |---------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------|
B7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q |-----------------|---------------------| |---8s9---8s9-----|----9s10----9s10-----| |---8s9---8s9-----|---10s11---10s11-----| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------|
E7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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E E E E E E e E Q Q E E E E |----------------------|-----0------------| |----9s10----9s10s=9---|-----0-----3------| |---10s11---10s11s10---|-----1-------1-1--| |----------------------|-----2---2--------| |----------------------|------------------| |----------------------|-0----------------|
2nd & 3rd Verses
E7
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
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PM------------------------------------------------|
E E E E +Q Q 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)-------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |---3p0---------0---||-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |---------------1---||-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-------------------||-----------------|-2-2-------------|------------------| |-------------------||---------2-2-4-4-|-----4-4-2-2-----|---------2-2-4-4--| |-------------------||-0-0-4-4---------|-------------4-0-|-0-0-4-4----------|
A7 E7
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
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PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E q q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-------------|------------------| |-2-2-------------|---------2-2-4-4-|-----4-4-2-2-----|------------------| |---------2---4---|-0-0-4-4---------|-------------4---|---------2-2-4-4--| |-----4-4---------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-4-4----------|
To Coda
B7 E7
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
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PM-----------------------------------------------------|
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 Q e Q e |-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----4---------------| |-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------3-------| |-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---------(4)-----(4)-| |-2-2-------------|-----------------|------------------|---------------------| |---------2-2-----|-2-2-------------|-2-2-0-0----------|---------------------| |-----4-4-----4-4-|-----4-4-2-2-4-4-|---------4-4-2-2--|-0-------------------|
Chorus
E7
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
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PM---------------------------------------------------------|
Q E E +Q q q q E E q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e |-0-----0-(0)-------||-----------0-----|-------0-------(0)-|-------0-------0--| |-----3-------------||-----------------|---3-------3-------|---3-------3------| |-------------------||-----------------|-------------------|------------------| |---------------x---||-----------------|-------------------|------------------| |---------------x---||-2-------2-------|---------2---------|---------2--------| |-------------------||-0---4-------4---|-0---4-------4-----|-0---4-------4----|
A7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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PM----------|
e e e E +E e Q q e E e e e e
|-------0-(0)-------|-------3-(3)-----3-|
|-------------3-----|-------------2-----|
|---1---------------|-----2---------2---|
|-------------------|-2---2---------2---|
|-------------------|-0--------0--------|
|-0---4-------------|-------------------|E7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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q e e E E e E +E e E e E e E e |-(3)-----3---3---0-|-(0)-0---0-------0--| |-------------------|-------------3------| |-------2-------2---|--------------------| |-------2-------2---|--------------------| |--0--------0-------|--------------------| |-------------------|--0-----------------| W
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
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E e E e E e Q H E e Q E e E E +Q E e E e E e E e Q |---------0---------|-----------0-----|---------0-(0)-------|---0---0----------| |-----3-------0-----|-----------------|-----3-------------0-|-----------0------| |-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|------------------| |-(0)---------------|---------0-------|-(0)-----------------|------------------| +W H H +W
A7 B7 E7
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
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q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E Q q E E E E E E Q |-----------------|-------5-------0-|------------------|-----3s4---3s4------| |-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----4s5---4s5------| |-----------------|-----------6-----|-------11---------|-----3s4---3s4------| |-2---2-----------|-----------------|---9----9-----9---|--------------------| |-2---2-----------|-----7-----------|------------------|--------------------| |---------7---6---|-5-------5---6---|-7--------7-------|-(0)----------------|
Guitar Solo
E7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E |---3s4---3s4---0-||-(0)-0---0---0---0-| |---4s5---4s5---5-||-(5)---5---5---5---| |---3s4---3s4-----||-------------------| |-----------------||-------------------| |-----------------||-------------------| |-----------------||-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--| |-/8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--| |------------------|--------------------------| |------------------|--------------------------| |------------------|--------------------------| |------------------|--------------------------|
Outro
D.S. al Coda &
E7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E e H
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E E E E E E q E E E E Q E E E E E e H |-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----||---------0-------|-0-----0------*| |-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----||---------3---3-3-|-0-3-0-0------*| |-------------------------||---1-1-1-----1-1-|-1-1-1-1------*| |-------------------------||---2-2-2-----2-2-|-2-2-2-2------*| |-------------------------||-----------------|--------------*| |-------------------------||-----------------|--------------*|
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