Elvis Has Left The Building chords
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ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING
Old Dogs (Jennings, Tillis , Reed, & Bare)
Recorded in Bb
Notes: CAPO 3 Fret
The G- C G chord group is a quick C to G back to one full bar of G
Feel :Basic Honky Tonk Blues
INTRO: Sounds like intro to Elvis’s shows
G - C G - C G -- C G - G
VERSE ONE
G
Well, wake up pretty momma ...and hear what I’m sayin’
You gotta stop them non-stop Elvis records you’ve keep playin’
C G
Take off your headphones baby...and pay a little mind to me.
D D7 G
Elvis has left....but he’s livin in your memo-ry.
BRIDGE : ALL VOCALS EXCEPT CHORD STRIKE
G
It’s love me tender every morning
G
Don’t be cruel every night
G
Hound-dog while we’re makin’ love
G
You know that ain’t right
VERSE ( BAND BACK IN FULL)
C G
I’m all shook up.......and momma that ain’t all right with me.
D
Elvis has left the building,
D
Elvis has left the building,
D G
Elvis has left.....and all you got left is me.
TURNAROUND : G - C G - C G -- C G - G
VERSE TWO
D
I can twirl my hips (he can twirl those hips)
G
I can curl my lips (he can curl that lip)
A
I can squint my eyes..wiggle my voice
D D7
Come on baby...you ain’t got no choice
INSTRUMENTAL BLUES : 12 BAR
G - G - G - G - C - C - G - G - D - D - G - G
BRIDGE : ALL VOCALS EXCEPT CHORD STRIKE
G
I don’t want your money honey ....won’t be your teddy bear.
G
...But I’ll love you so tender...you’ll swear the king is there
G
...I’ll buy some blue suede shoes.....tight white jeans
G
...I’ll eat them jelly donuts.....till I bust out the seams
VERSE TWO ( BAND BACK IN FULL)
C G
Oh, baby.... wake up to reali-ty
D
Elvis has left the building,
D
Elvis has left the building,
D
Elvis has left the building....but you can seeeeee
D STOP G G - C G - C G - C G - G
Elvis has left.....and all you got left is me.