Chords for Elvis Presley "Love Me Tender" (October 28, 1956) on The Ed Sullivan Show
Tempo:
75 bpm
Chords used:
D
E
A
G
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] Now Elvis is going to sing for [N] you the theme song of his new 20th Century Fox picture and
later in the evening I want you to meet Robert Webb who directed [G] it.
Now the song as he does in the picture, Love Me Tender, is when his three brothers have
come home from the [E] Confederate armies.
He's the younger brother who's been left back home and he sings this song to his mother
and his young bride.
This is Love Me Tender.
[D]
Love me tender, [E] love me sweet,
[A] never let me [D] go.
I'll [E] plead
[A] and I'll love you [D] so.
Love me [F#] tender, [Bm] love [D] me true, [G] all [Gm] my [D] dreams fulfilled.
[E] For [B] my darling [E] I love you [A] and I [D] always will.
Love [A] me [D] [E] tender, love me long, [A] [D]
I'll be [E] yours through all the [A] years, till the end.
[D]
Love [F#] me [Bm] tender, [D] love me true, [G] all [Gm] my [D] dreams fulfilled.
[C] For [B] my darling [E] I love [A] you and I [D]
[E]
[Am] always will.
We are [D]
[E]
[A] deep within you.
[D] [F#] [Bm] [D] [G]
[Gm] [D]
[B] [Em] [A]
[C#] [A] [D]
later in the evening I want you to meet Robert Webb who directed [G] it.
Now the song as he does in the picture, Love Me Tender, is when his three brothers have
come home from the [E] Confederate armies.
He's the younger brother who's been left back home and he sings this song to his mother
and his young bride.
This is Love Me Tender.
[D]
Love me tender, [E] love me sweet,
[A] never let me [D] go.
I'll [E] plead
[A] and I'll love you [D] so.
Love me [F#] tender, [Bm] love [D] me true, [G] all [Gm] my [D] dreams fulfilled.
[E] For [B] my darling [E] I love you [A] and I [D] always will.
Love [A] me [D] [E] tender, love me long, [A] [D]
I'll be [E] yours through all the [A] years, till the end.
[D]
Love [F#] me [Bm] tender, [D] love me true, [G] all [Gm] my [D] dreams fulfilled.
[C] For [B] my darling [E] I love [A] you and I [D]
[E]
[Am] always will.
We are [D]
[E]
[A] deep within you.
[D] [F#] [Bm] [D] [G]
[Gm] [D]
[B] [Em] [A]
[C#] [A] [D]
Key:
D
E
A
G
F#
D
E
A
[E] _ _ Now Elvis is going to sing for [N] you the theme song of his new 20th Century Fox picture and
later in the evening I want you to meet Robert Webb who directed [G] it.
Now the song as he does in the picture, Love Me Tender, is when his three brothers have
come home from the [E] Confederate armies.
He's the younger brother who's been left back home and he sings this song to his mother
and his young bride.
This is Love Me Tender.
[D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Love me tender, [E] love me sweet, _
[A] never let me [D] go. _ _
_ I'll _ [E] _ plead _
[A] and I'll love you [D] so. _
Love me [F#] tender, [Bm] love [D] me true, [G] all [Gm] my [D] dreams fulfilled. _ _
[E] For [B] my darling [E] I love you [A] and I [D] always will. _
Love [A] me [D] [E] tender, love me long, [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
I'll be [E] yours through all the [A] years, till the end.
[D] _ _ _ _
Love [F#] me [Bm] tender, [D] love me true, [G] all [Gm] my [D] dreams fulfilled. _ _
[C] For [B] my darling [E] I love [A] you and I _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Am] always will.
We are _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] deep within you.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
later in the evening I want you to meet Robert Webb who directed [G] it.
Now the song as he does in the picture, Love Me Tender, is when his three brothers have
come home from the [E] Confederate armies.
He's the younger brother who's been left back home and he sings this song to his mother
and his young bride.
This is Love Me Tender.
[D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Love me tender, [E] love me sweet, _
[A] never let me [D] go. _ _
_ I'll _ [E] _ plead _
[A] and I'll love you [D] so. _
Love me [F#] tender, [Bm] love [D] me true, [G] all [Gm] my [D] dreams fulfilled. _ _
[E] For [B] my darling [E] I love you [A] and I [D] always will. _
Love [A] me [D] [E] tender, love me long, [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
I'll be [E] yours through all the [A] years, till the end.
[D] _ _ _ _
Love [F#] me [Bm] tender, [D] love me true, [G] all [Gm] my [D] dreams fulfilled. _ _
[C] For [B] my darling [E] I love [A] you and I _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Am] always will.
We are _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] deep within you.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _