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How's The World Treating You – Elvis Presley
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Written by: Chet Atkins, Boudleaux Bryant
From: “Elvis” (1956)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
[Intro]
[F] C G C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|8---------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|-x-5-5--5-4-2---|2-0-------------|----------------|--------------9-|----------------|
D|-x-7-7--7-5-3---|3-2-------------|-x-5-5--5-4-3---|2---------------|----------------|
A|-x-8-8--8-7-5---|5-3-------------|-x-7-7--7-6-5---|3---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
(triplets)
[Solo]
C F
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|-x-5-5--5-5-5---|2-0-------------|-x-5-5--5-5-5---|5---------------|-x-5-5--5-4-2---|
D|-x-5-5--5-4-5---|3-2-------------|-x-5-5--5-4-5---|7---------------|-x-7-7--7-5-3---|
A|-x-7-7--7-6-7---|5-3-------------|-x-7-7--7-6-7---|8---------------|-x-8-8--8-7-5---|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
(triplets)
C G C F/C Fm/C C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|--------1---1---|----------------|
G|2-0-------------|----------------|--------2---1---|0---------------|
D|3-2-------------|---------0—1-2--|--------3---3---|2---------------|
A|5-3-------------|----012---------|3---------------|3---------------|
E|----------------|--3-------------|----------------|----------------|
[Coda]
[F G/C F C]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--------5--7--5-|3
B|--------6--8--6-|5
G|--------5--5--5-|5
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
(harmonies)
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[Intro]
[ F ] | C | G | C | % |
[Verse 1]
C
I've had nothing but sorrow
C G
Since you said we were through
G7
There's no hope for tomorrow
G C
How's the world treating you?
C
Every sweet thing that mattered
C7 F
Has been broken in two
F C
All my dreams have been shattered
G C
How's the world treating you?
[Interlude]
| C | % | F | % |
| C | G | C F/C Fm/C | C |
[Verse 2]
C
Got no plans for next Sunday
C G7
Got no plans for today
G7
Every day is blue Monday
C
Every day you're away
C
Every sweet thing that mattered
C7 F
Has been broken in two
F C
And I'm asking you darling
G [ F G/C F C ]
How's the world treating you? (ooh-ooh-ooh-oooooh)
(stop) (= coda)