Elvis Presley – Heartbreak Hotel (Bass Tab)

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HEARTBREAK HOTEL (Bassline) As recorded by Elvis Presley (From the 1956 Album ELVIS PRESLEY) Words and Music by Mae Boren Axton, Thomas Durden & Elvis Presley Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Black - Upright Bass'

               1st - 3rd Verses
   Q=96(8=s8)
  4/4
   Gtr I
   W            Q  Q  H      W
G|----------||-------------|------|
D|----------||o------------|------|
A|----------||o-7----------|------|
E|----------||-------------|------|

   W          E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|----------|-9-9-7-7-6-6-6-4-|-------------|--------------|
D|----------|-----------------|-7--4--------|--------------|
A|----------|-----------------|-------7--4--|----4--7--4---|
E|----------|-----------------|-------------|-5------------|

                1.,2.           3.
   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q   3x Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-4-----------|--------------||-------------||
D|----7--6--4--|----6--9--6--o||----6--9--6--||
A|-------------|-7-----------o||-7-----------||
E|-------------|--------------||-------------||

  4th Verse
   Q  Q  H      W          W          E E E E E E E E
G|------------|----------|----------|-9-9-7-7-6-6-6-4--|
D|------------|----------|----------|------------------|
A|-7----------|----------|----------|------------------|
E|------------|----------|----------|------------------|

   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-------------|-------------|-4-----------|--------------||
D|-7--5--------|-------------|----7--6--4--|----6--9--6---||
A|-------7--4--|----4--7--4--|-------------|-7------------||
E|-------------|-5-----------|-------------|--------------||

  Guitar Solo
   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|----------6--|----------6--|----------6--|----------6---||
D|----6--9-----|----6--9-----|----6--9-----|----6--9------||
A|-7-----------|-7-----------|-7-----------|-7------------||
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||

  Piano Solo
   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-------------|-------------|-4-----------|--------------||
D|-7--4-----4--|-7--4-----4--|----7--6--4--|----6--9--6---||
A|-------7-----|-------7-----|-------------|-7------------||
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||

  5th Verse
   Q  Q  H      W          W          E E E E E E E E
G|------------|----------|----------|-9-9-7-7-6-6-6-4--|
D|------------|----------|----------|------------------|
A|-7----------|----------|----------|------------------|
E|------------|----------|----------|------------------|

   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
G|-------------|-------------|-4-----------|
D|-7--5--------|-------------|----7--6--4--|
A|-------7--4--|----4--7--4--|-------------|
E|-------------|-5-----------|-------------|

   |3|                  |3|
   Q E E E E E E E   Q  Q E +H       +W
G|---9-7-6---------|---------------|--------*|
D|---------9-7-6---|---------------|--------*|
A|---------------9-|-7--8-7-(7)----|-(7)----*|
E|-----------------|---------------|--------*|

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