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          Beginner’s Luck – Elvis Presley
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Elvis Presley
Beginner’s Luck (1966)
(Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper)
From: "Frankie And Johnny"
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LINK
  1 + A72 + G/B3 + A7/C#4 +  
e|----------------|
B|----2---3---5---|
G|----0---0---0---|
D|----------------|
A|----0---2---4---|
E|----------------|
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CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
Dsus2     x-x-7-7-5-5
Em9       x-x-5-4-3-2
Em7       x-x-2-0-3-0
A         x-x-7-6-5-5
A9        x(0)5-4-5-x
A7/C#     x-4-2-0-5-5
A6        x-x-2-2-2-2
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[Intro]
|    D   Em7   A7|  Em7   A7|
[Intro]
N.C.
First time I fell in love
I Dsus2fell in Em9love with Em7youA  
 D6(add9)First   Dtime I Em7dared to A9dream
  A7/C#My only A6dream Fdim7came  Dmaj7true
[Chorus]
  F#m7Must be Fdim7beginner's luck
  Em7To A13wish upon a Dmaj7star
  Bm7That E9opened up my Bm7eyesE9  
                 A7|   A7   G/B   A7/C#|
 And there you are    (= LINK)
[Verse]
  DI wave no Em7magic wand
  Dmaj7I own no Em7lucky charms
  Dmaj7How then G6can I explain
  A7An angel in my Darms
[Chorus]
  F#m7Must be Fdim7beginner's luck
  Em7What A7else can it CbeB7  
             E9            Em7         A7|  D|  Bb7|
  When someone wonderful as you loves me
[Verse]
  EbI wave no Fm7magic wand
  Ebmaj7I own no Fm7lucky charms
  Ebmaj7How then Ab6can I explain
  Bb7An angel in my Ebarms
[Chorus]
  Gm7Must be Gbdim7beginner's luck
  Fm7What Bb7else can it DbbeC7  
           F9            Fm7       Bb13[  Eb]
When someone wonderful as you loves me
[Coda]
|  Eb   Cm7|  Ab   Abm| Eb  

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Beginner’s Luck – Elvis Presley

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tabbed by: maguri

Tuning: Standard

Elvis Presley

Beginner’s Luck (1966)

(Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper)

From: "Frankie And Johnny"

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

LINK

A7 G/B A7/C#

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|----------------|

B|----2---3---5---|

G|----0---0---0---|

D|----------------|

A|----0---2---4---|

E|----------------|

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

CHORDS

E-A-D-G-B-e

Dsus2 x-x-7-7-5-5

Em9 x-x-5-4-3-2

Em7 x-x-2-0-3-0

A x-x-7-6-5-5

A9 x(0)5-4-5-x

A7/C# x-4-2-0-5-5

A6 x-x-2-2-2-2

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[Intro]

D Em7 A7 Em7 A7

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[Intro]

N.C.

First time I fell in love

Dsus2 Em9 Em7 A

I fell in love with you

D6(add9) D Em7 A9

First time I dared to dream

A7/C# A6 Fdim7 Dmaj7

My only dream came true

[Chorus]

F#m7 Fdim7

Must be beginner's luck

Em7 A13 Dmaj7

To wish upon a star

Bm7 E9 Bm7 E9

That opened up my eyes

A7 A7 G/B A7/C#

| |

And there you are (= LINK)

[Verse]

D Em7

I wave no magic wand

Dmaj7 Em7

I own no lucky charms

Dmaj7 G6

How then can I explain

A7 D

An angel in my arms

[Chorus]

F#m7 Fdim7

Must be beginner's luck

Em7 A7 C B7

What else can it be

E9 Em7 A7 D Bb7

| | |

When someone wonderful as you loves me

[Verse]

Eb Fm7

I wave no magic wand

Ebmaj7 Fm7

I own no lucky charms

Ebmaj7 Ab6

How then can I explain

Bb7 Eb

An angel in my arms

[Chorus]

Gm7 Gbdim7

Must be beginner's luck

Fm7 Bb7 Db C7

What else can it be

F9 Fm7 Bb13 Eb

[ ]

When someone wonderful as you loves me

[Coda]

Eb Cm7 Ab Abm Eb

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About Beginners Luck Chords by Elvis Presley

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