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Hound Dog

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Hound Dog:Willie Mae (Big Mama) Thornton.
#1 on R&B Charts on PEACOCK Records in
1953.
CHORUS:
GYou ain't Abnothing but a Ebhound dog, been
snoopin' 'round the Bbdoor.
EbYou ain't Bbnothing but a Abhound Ebmdog, Abbeen
snoopin' 'Ebround my door.
BbYou can Ebwag Bbyour Ebtail Fmbut BbI ain't gonna
Ebfeed you no more.
#1.
EbYou told me you was Abhigh Ebclass, but I
could see through that.
Yes, you Abtold me you was high class,
but I could Ebsee through Ebmthat.
And Abdaddy, I Bbknow, Dbyou Abain't no real
cool Ebcat.
CHORUS:
GYou ain't Abnothing but a Ebhound dog, been
snoopin' 'round the Bbdoor.
EbYou ain't Bbnothing but a Abhound Ebmdog, Abbeen
snoopin' 'Ebround my door.
BbYou can Ebwag Bbyour Ebtail Fmbut BbI ain't gonna
Ebfeed you no more.
INTERLUDE: Ebm   Eb   Ab   Eb   Ab   Ebm   Bb   Abm  Ebm  
Bb Eb Bb Eb Ebm Abm Bb Eb Gb Fm
Ab Bb Ebm Eb Db Eb Gb Ab Ebm Abm
Ebm Bb Ebm Fm Ebm Db Bbm
#2.
DbYou Bbmade me feel Ebmso Bbblue..you made me
Ebweep and moan.
DbYou Ebmade me feel Abso blue..well, you
made me Ebweep and Ebmmoan.
Cause you Bbain't lookin for a woman, Ebmall you're
Ablookin' for is a Ebmhome.
CHORUS:OUTRO:
EbYou ain't nothing Bbbut a Ebhound dog, been
snoopin' 'round my Ebmdoor.
AbYou ain't nothing but a hound dog, been
Ebsnoopin' 'round my Ebmdoor.
BbYou can Fmwag your Abtail but I ain't gonna
feed you no Ebmmore.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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