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Baby Lets Play House by Elvis Presley - Guitar Chords

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                  Baby, Let’s Play House – Elvis Presley
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Written by: Arthur Gunter
Released as a single in 1955
Now on: “Elvis at Sun” and other compilation albums.

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Notes in lower case: single (bass) notes NOT chords

Time signature: 4/4
Tempo: 209 bpm

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Break at the end of the Verse
  E                                 N.C.
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|2---------------|----------------|2---2---1---0---|----------------|
A|2---------------|----------------|----------------|4---3---2---1---|
E|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
                                   (originally played by the bass;
                                    on guitar: palm muted sounds best)

CHORDS
     E-A-D-G-B-e
B7   x-2-1-2-0-2
C7   x-3-2-3-x-3

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[Intro]
             E
Oh, baby ... baby, baby, baby, baby
E
 Baby, baby baby, b-b-b-b-b-b ...
A7
 Baby baby, baby
E
 Baby baby baby
B7                 C7         B7         E
Come back, baby, I wanna play house with you


[Verse 1]
      E
Well, you may go to college
E
You may go to school
E
You may have a pink Cadillac
(break)
              N.C.
But don't you be nobody's fool, an’now, baby
A7
Come back, baby, come
A7
Come back, baby, come
B7                 C7         B7         E
Come back, baby, I wanna play house with you


[Verse 2]
    E
Now listen and I'll tell you baby
E
What I'm talkin' about
E
Come on back to me, little girl
(break)
   N.C.
So we can play some house, an’now, baby
A7
Come back, baby, come
A7
Come back, baby, come
B7                 C7         B7         E
Come back, baby, I wanna play house with you

[Solo]
| E | % | % | % |
| A | % | E | % |
| B7 | A7 | E | % |


[Verse 3]
    E
Now this is one thing, baby
     E
That I want you to know
E
Come on back and let's play a little house
(break)
           N.C.
And we can act like we did before, a-well, baby
A7
Come back, baby, come
A7
Come back, baby, come
B7                 C7         B7         E
Come back, baby, I wanna play house with you, hit it!


[Solo]
| E | % | % | % |
| E | % | % | % |
        (break)
| A7 | % | B7  C7 B7 | E | % |


[Verse 4]
      E
Well, listen to me, baby
E
Try to understand
    E
I'd rather see you dead, little girl
  (break)
        N.C.
Than to be with another man, and-a, baby
A7
Come back, baby, come
A7
Come back, baby, come
B7                 C7         B7         E
Come back, baby, I wanna play house with you


[Outro]
             E
Oh, baby ... baby, baby, baby, baby
E
 Baby, baby baby, b-b-b-b-b-b ...
A7
 Baby baby, baby
E
 Baby baby baby
                                         1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3
B7                 C7         B7         E                         E
Come back, baby, I wanna play house with you
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