Chords for How to Play Hound Dog - Elvis Presley (cover) - Easy 3 Chord Tune

[N] Hey guys, Party Marty here, Easy [G] Guitar Tunes.
I've got another great request by a bunch of my
subscribers.
This one's an oldie, by one of the world's greatest Elvis Presley.
It's called The
Hound Dog.
Real, [Gm] real fun and easy tune to play.
Now I've seen him [E] play it out of [G] C, F and G.
[E] I've
also seen it played out of E, A and B.
[G] I actually play it because of my voice, I play it out of G.
And I kind of put a bit of [Ab] a bluesy spin [Em] on it.
We'll get into that later.
This is a great tune
to play at a party, so I hope you guys enjoy this one.
There's [D] only three chords in it the way I
play it.
[G] It's G, _ _ _ _ C [C] _ _ _ and _ [D] D. _ _ _ _ _
Again, the chords are [G] G, _ _ _ _ [C] C _ _ _ and [D] D.
_ _ _ The way [Em] I play it, I kind of do a
four finger [Ab] G.
That makes it sound [G] a little better.
And I also kind of take this index finger
and I suspend the third string from the top [Ab] in the second fret.
So it sounds like this.
[G] _ _ _
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_ _ So your regular G shape is that second [E] string from the top.
What I do is take the kind of the
[A] fat of my middle finger and you [E] almost, you just kind of lightly lay [Bb] it over top of that second
string.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
And then you use your index finger to suspend the third string from the bottom.
So
basically what you're doing is deadening the [E] second string from the top and [Bm] then the third
string from the top is the one you're [Ab] riding for the blues riff.
So [G] it's like this. _ _ _
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_ And then for
the C, what [Eb] I do is alternate with the middle finger.
That's the regular [C] C shape. _
_ So then what
I do is _ _ string _ below the middle finger. _
_ So that would be the fourth [Bb] string from the [A] top in the
second fret.
So all it is [C] is a regular C shape and then the string below it. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And then [E] the D,
I just suspend the index [G] finger and all that is is just bringing it up and [D] down.
So it's like this.
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_ Now you can strum through this song.
[G] You don't need these little tricks, but these [Bb] are neat
little things to do.
This is just the way [Ab] that I've kind [G] of played this song [Bb] for years and it
seems to work every [E] time.
So again we'll go [G] G. _ _ _
Suspend that third string from the top in the
second fret and with your middle finger you did the second string from the top.
_ _ In C [E] you alternate
strings.
The [C] regular C shape and then the middle finger, the string below it. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] And then there's the
D.
You [D] just lift it. _ _
Lift in the index finger.
_ [G] _ [D] So when you put it all [G] together it kind of sounds
like this. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] So that's how it sounds fast.
So [E] I'll slow that [Abm] strum down.
It's pretty [Am] basic.
[Em] It's an
up and down [Abm] strum, but it's a [Bb] fast strum.
So [Ab] once you get onto it, it does sound pretty good and a
lot of fun [E] to play.
So we'll [Db] slow it down and then we'll get into [G] the song. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] So practice that strum, practice those chords and even use those techniques if you want and
then join us for the [Bb] song.
Hound Dog Elvis Presley.
Let's give [G] this one a go. _ _ _
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[A] _ Hound _ [C] _ _ _ _
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[G] _ Dog _ _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ Elvis Presley. _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] Hound _
_ [Gm] _ Dog _ _ _ _ [G] Elvis Presley. _ _ _ _
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Hound [G] Dog Elvis _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [G] Presley. _ _ _ _ _
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Hound [G] Dog _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] Elvis [Eb] Presley.
Elvis Presley Hound Dog.
[Gm] Like I said, I used [Ab] different chords there to fit my [E] voice, but it's
still a real [Ab] easy tune to play and an awful [D] lot of fun.
So thanks for that request.
[E] I hope you [G] guys
enjoyed that [Abm] one.
Get over to my [G] channel.
I've got all kinds of [Em] easy tunes over there [D] for all
levels of guitar players.
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I love hearing from you guys and I hope to see you
guys real [Em] soon.
Thanks so much for Party [Gm] Marty Easy Guitar Tunes on YouTube.
I hope to see you
next Thursday when I put a new one up.
Take care. _ _