HOUND DOG

Elvis Presley



Words and Music by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller



-along with flip side "Don't Be Cruel", the # 1 song of the 1955-1959 rock era

-#1 for 11 weeks in 1957

-Elvis first heard Willa "Big Mama" Thornton sing it in Las Vegas





 V1:	You ain't nothing but a hound dog

	You're crying all the time

	You ain't nothing but a hound dog

	You're crying all the time

	Well you ain't never caught a rabbit

	And you ain't no friend of mine



	C - - - /    /    /    / F - - - /    / C - - - /    / 

	G - - - / F - - - / C - - - / (G) - - - //



 V2:	Well they said you was high class

	Well that was just a lie

	Well they said you was high class

	Well that was just a lie

	Well you ain't never caught a rabbit

	And you ain't no friend of mine



 V1:	You ain't nothing but a hound dog

	You're crying all the time

	You ain't nothing but a hound dog

	You're crying all the time

	Well you ain't never caught a rabbit

	And you ain't no friend of mine



	(Solo)



 V2:	Well they said you was high class

	Well that was just a lie

	Well they said you was high class

	Well that was just a lie

	Well you ain't never caught a rabbit

	And you ain't no friend of mine



	(Solo)



 V2:	Well they said you was high class

	Well that was just a lie

	Well they said you was high class

	Well that was just a lie

	Well you ain't never caught a rabbit

	And you ain't no friend of mine



 V1:	You ain't nothing but a hound dog

	You're crying all the time

	You ain't nothing but a hound dog

	You're crying all the time

	Well you ain't never caught a rabbit

	And you ain't no friend of mine





© 1988 BMG Music:: originally released in 1956 

(Elvis Presley Music, Duchess Music Corp.::  

on his 1988 CD "50 Worldwide Gold Hits - Vol. 1 Part 1"



credits by Robin Hood

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