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Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley - Guitar Chords

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          Heartbreak Hotel – Elvis Presley
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Written by: Mae Boren Axton/Thomas Durden
Released in 1956 as a 45” (B-side: “I Was the One”)
Now on “Elvis 30 #1 Hits”.

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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Lower case letters indicate the bass links - single notes not chords 
(D-string and A-string in the verses; D-string, A-string and E-string 
in the coda).
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[Verse 1]
      -                    E E
Well, since my baby left me
        -                         E E
Well, I found a new place to dwell
           -  
Well, it’s down at the end of lonely street
     e e    d     d c#   c#    c    b
At ... heartbreak hotel, where I'll be ..
A7
 I'll be so lonely baby
A7
 Well, I'm so lonely
B7                           E
 I'll be-e so lonely I could die


[Verse 2]
      E                            E  E
Oh, n'though it's always crowded
    -                       E E
You still can find some room
    -  
For broken-hearted lovers
   e   e     d  d   c#     c#  c  b
To cry there in the gloom, and be so ..
A7
 Well, they get so lonely baby
A7
 Well, they get so lonely
B7                                  E
 Well, they're so lonely they could die


[Verse 3]
         E                          E  E
Now, the bellhop's tears keep flowin
        -                              E E
And the desk clerk's dressed in black
          -  
Well they been so long on lonely street
        e      e       d     d    c#    c#  c#         b
They'll never, they'll never look back, and they'll be so ..
A7
 Well, they get so lonely baby
A7
 Well, they're so lonely
B7                                  E
 Well, they're so lonely they could die


[Verse 4]
          E                       E  E
Well now, if your baby leaves you
           -                  E E
And you've got a tale to tell
           - 
Well, just take a walk down lonely street
    e  e    d     d c#   c#    c#       b
To ... heartbreak hotel, where you will be ..
A7
 You will be lonely, baby
A7
 Well, you'll-a-be lonely
B7                             E
 You'll be so lonely you could die


[Solo]
| E | % | % | E7 |
| A7 | % | B7 | E |


[Verse 5]
        E                      E  E
Oh, n'although it's always crowded
    -                        E E
You still can find some room
    -  
For broken-hearted lovers
   e   e     d  d   c#     c#  c        b
To cry there in the gloom, and they get so
A7
Now, they get so lonely, baby
A7
 Well, they're so lonely
B7                             [ E ]
 They'll be so lonely they could die


[Coda]
e d#  c# b  a g#  f# e
                        Fmaj7  Emaj7
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