Heartbreak Hotel

Elvis Presley



Words and Music by Mae B. Axton, Tommy Durden, and Elvis Presley

(writer Axton is the mother of future country singer Hoyt Axton)



-the # 10 song of the 1955-1959 rock era

-was # 1 for 8 weeks in 1956





 E      

Ever since my baby left me,



I found a new place to dwell.

                             E7

It's down at the end of lonely street at Heartbreak Hotel.



(Chorus:)

           A7                          

          You make me so lonely baby, I get so lonely,

          B7                       E

          I get so lonely  I could die.





2.   And although it's always crowded,

     you still can find some room.

     Where broken hearted lovers do cry away their gloom.

(repeat chorus)



3.   Well, the Bell hop's tears keep flowin',

     and the desk clerk's dressed in black.

     Well they been so long on lonely street 

     They ain't ever gonna look back.

(repeat chorus)



4.   Hey now, if your baby leaves you,

     and you got a tale to tell.

     Just take a walk down lonely street to Heartbreak Hotel.

(repeat chorus and fade)



source: Mike A. Hall, credits by Robin Hood

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