Elvis Presley – Wooden Heart (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: Wooden Heart Artist: Elvis Presley Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.) Tempo: Q=120 Capo: 3 (optionally) Historical Note: When Elvis Presley served his time in Germany as a young GI, he came to know some traditional European songs. Well known is his "Wooden Heart", based on the German "Muss i denn zum Städtele hinaus", which Elvis underled with new lyrics, mixed of German and English. Look here for this clip from the famous Maintain a steady rhythm with the alternating bass line. Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths. Eigths are marked "+". The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. [Verse]
   G                                           D7                    G        +
E|---------------------|---------------------|----------------0----|----------0-------------|
B|---------------------|-0---------0---h3----|-1---------1---------|-3------------3---p1----|
G|-----------0---h2----|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0------------0----|
A|---------------------|---------------------|-0---------0---------|------------------------|
E|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|---------------------|-3------------3---------|
             Can't you   see,      I    love   you,     please don't break    my heart in 
             And  if     you       say  good-  bye,      then I      know     that I   would 
             Muss i      denn,     muss i      denn      zum         sta-     te-  le   hi-

                                  +                                     D7
E|---------------------|----------0-------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|-0-------------------|-3------------3---p1----|-0---------0---h3----|-1---------1---------|
G|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0------------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|
A|-----------2---------|------------------------|---------------------|-0---------0---------|
E|-3-------------------|-3------------3---------|-3---------3---------|---------------------|
   two,                  that's   not hard to     do,     'cause I      don't     have a
   cry,                  may-     be  I    would  die,    'cause I      don't     have a
   naus                  sta-     te- le   hi-    naus      und         du,       mein

                         G
E|---------------------|---------------------|
B|-----------3---------|-0-------------------|
G|-2-------------------|---------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|
A|-0---------0---------|-----------2---------|
E|---------------------|-3-------------------|
   woo-      den         heart.
   woo-      den         heart.
   Schatz    bleibst     hier?

[Chorus]
  G                      D7                                          G
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|-----------0----0----|----------------0----|-1-------------------|-0--------------1----|
G|---------------------|-2-------------------|-----------2---------|---------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|
A|---------------------|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|---------------------|
E|-3---------3---------|---------------------|---------------------|-3---------3---------|
             There's no  strings        u-     pon       this        love           of 
             There's no  strings        u-     pon       this        love           of

                         C                                            G
E|---------------------|-0---------0---------|-/3---------2---p0----|---------------------|
B|-3---------3----3----|---------------------|----------------------|-3-------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|-------2---------2----|------0---------0----|
A|---------------------|-3---------3---------|--3---------3---------|-----------2---------|
E|-3---------3---------|---------------------|----------------------|-3-------------------|
   mine,     it   was    al-       ways         you       from the    start.
   mine,     it   was    al-       ways         you       from the    start.

                                                                              +
E|---------------------|----------------0----|----------------3----|----------0-------------|
B|----------------0----|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3------------3---p1----|
G|-----------0---------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0------------0----|
A|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
E|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3------------3---------|
             Treat me    nice,     treat me    good,     treat me    like     you really
             Sei  mir    gut,      sei  mir    gut,      sei  mir    wie      du  wirk-lich  

                                  +                                     D7
E|---------------------|----------0-------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|-0-------------------|-3------------3---p1----|-0---------0---h3----|-1---------1---------|
G|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0------------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|
A|-----------2---------|------------------------|---------------------|-0---------0---------|
E|-3-------------------|-3------------3---------|-3---------3---------|---------------------|
   should,        'cause I'm      not made of     wood,     and  I      don't     have a 
   sollst,        'cause I'm      not made of     wood,     and  I      don't     have a

                         G
E|---------------------|---------------------|-3------|
B|-----------0---------|---------------------|-0------|
G|-2-------------------|-0-------------------|-0------|
D|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|--------|
A|-0---------0---------|-----------2---------|--------|
E|---------------------|-3-------------------|-3------|
   woo-      den         heart.
   woo-      den         heart.
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