---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Elvis Presley (1956 album) – Elvis Presley
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Album tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Released March 23, 1956
Recorded July 1954 to January 1956
Genre Rock and Roll, Rockabilly, Rhythm and Blues, Country
Length 28:03
Label RCA Victor
Producer Sam Phillips (Sun recordings)
Stephen H. Sholes (RCA recordings)
Track List
A1. Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins) 2:00
A2. I'm Counting on You (Don Robertson) 2:25
A3. I Got a Woman (Ray Charles/Renald Richard) 2:25
A4. One Sided Love Affair (Bill Campbell) 2:11
A5. I Love You Because (Leon Payne) 2:43
A6. Just Because (Bob Shelton/Joe Shelton/Sydney Robin) 2:34
B1. Tutti Frutti (Dorothy LaBostrie/Richard Wayne Penniman) 1:59
B2. Tryin' to Get to You (Rose Marie McCoy/Charles Singleton) 2:31
B3. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You) (Howard Biggs/Joe Thomas) 2:01
B4. I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin') (Jimmy Wakely) 2:24
B5. Blue Moon (Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart) 2:40
B6. Money Honey (Jesse Stone) 2:35
Musicians
Elvis Presley – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano (on "Tryin' To Get to You")
Scotty Moore – electric guitar
Chet Atkins – acoustic guitar on "I'm Counting on You" and "Money Honey"
Floyd Cramer – piano
Shorty Long – piano
Bill Black – bass
D. J. Fontana – drums
Johnny Bernero – drums on "Tryin' to Get to You"
Gordon Stoker – backing vocals
Ben Speer – backing vocals
Brock Speer – backing vocals
Doug Poindexter - percussion/guitar on "Just Because"
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Blue Suede Shoes – Elvis Presley
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
A6 5-7-x-6-7-5
D7 x-5-7-5-7-5
E9 x-7-6-7-7-x
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Verse 1]
N.C.
Well, it's a-one for the money
Now go, cat, go
D7 A6
But don't you step on my blue suede shoes
E9 A6
Well, you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes
[Verse 2]
A6
Well, you can knock me down
A6 A6
Well, do anything that
A6 A6
But uh-uh, honey, lay off of them shoes
D7 A6
And don't you step on my blue suede shoes
E9 A6
Well, you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes - Let’s go, cat!
[Solo]
Oh, walk the dog!
[Verse 3]
A6
Well, you can burn my house
A6 A6
From an old fruit jar
A6 A6
Well, do anything that
A6 A6
But uh-uh, honey, lay off of my shoes
D7 A6
And don't you step on my blue suede shoes
E9 A6
Well, you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes – Rock it!
[Solo]
[Verse 3]
A6
Well, it's a-one for the money
Now go, go, go
D7 A6
But don't you step on my blue suede shoes
E9 A6
Well, you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes
[Coda]
A6
Well it's ... blue-blue, blue suede shoes
A6
Blue-blue, Blue suede shoes, yeah!
D7
Blue-blue, blue suede shoes, baby
A6
Blue-blue, blue suede shoes 1 e + e
Well, you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. I’m Counting On You – Elvis Presley
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
All the words that I let her know
How much I need you so in every way (break)
[Chorus 1]
I hope you will guide me
D
Hold my hands down beside me (Link)
[Bridge]
D7 G
I'm counting on you dear
D
From the dawn of each day
E7
To always come through dear
In your kind lovin' way (break)
[Chorus 2]
If you knew just how deeply
I feel the things you do
D
Then you know how completely (Link)
[Bridge]
D7 G
I'm counting on you dear
D
From the dawn of each day
E7
To always come through dear
In your kind lovin' way (break)
[Chorus 2]
If you knew just how deeply
I feel the things you do
D
Then you know how completely (Link)
A D
I'm counting on ... you
(break) (coda)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. I Got a Woman – Elvis Presley
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
E/G# 4-x-2-1-0-x
Bbdim x-1-2-0-2-x
E9 0-x-2-1-3-2 or 0-7-6-7-7-7
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Verse]
E B7
Well ... I got a woman way across town
E A E
She’s good to me, oh oh oh yeah
A
Say I got a woman way across town
B7
She’s good to me, oh yeah
E
She gives me money when I’m in need
A
Yeah she’s a kind of friend indeed
E B7
I got a woman way across town
E A E
She’s good to me, oh oh oh yeah
[Verse]
E B7
She say she love me early in the morning
E A E
Just for me, oh oh oh yeah
A
She say she love me early in the morning
E
She says she loves me just for me
A
Oh yeah, she loves me so tenderly
E B7
I got a woman way across town
E A E
She’s good to me, oh oh oh yeah
[Solo]
[Middle 8]
[N.C.]
Both day and night
[N.C.]
No rows or fusses
[N.C.]
Just treats me right
[N.C.]
Never running in the streets
[N.C.]
Leavin’ me alone
[N.C.]
She knows a woman’s place
[N.C.]
Right there with her hand around the home
[Verse] (variation)
A B7
I got a woman way across town
E A E
She’s good to me, oh oh oh yeah
A A
Say I got a woman way across town
B7
She’s a-good to me, oh yeah
E
She’s my baby, don’t you understand
A
I, I , I, I, I’m her loving man
E B7
I got a woman way across town
E A E
She’s good to me, oh oh oh yeah
E
Don’t you know it’s all right
E
Don’t you know it’s all right
[Coda]
F#7 B7
I got a woman way over town
She’s good to me
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
4. One-Sided Love Affair – Elvis Presley
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
G
Baby, you've got to love me too
C7
If you want to be loved
G
Baby, you've got to love me too, oh yeah
D7 G
'Cause I ain't for no one-sided love affair
[Verse 2]
G
Well, you gotta kiss me too
C7
Oh, yeah, if you wanna be kissed
G
Well, you gotta kiss me too, oh yeah
D7 G
'Cause I ain't for no one-sided love affair
[Bridge]
G
Well, fair exchange bears no robbery
G
And the whole world will know that it's true
G
Understanding solves all problems, baby
D7 G
That's why I'm telling you
[Verse 3]
G
Well, you gotta hug me too, oh yeah
C7
Oh, yeah, if you wanna be hugged
G
Well, you've gotta hug me too, oh yeah
D7 G
'Cause I ain't for no one-sided love affair
[Solo]
[Verse 4]
G
Well, if you know you can't take it
G
Well then, baby, why try to give it?
C7
If you know you can't take it
G
Well then, baby, why try to give it?
D7 G
'Cause I ain't for no one-sided love affair
[Bridge]
G
Well, fair exchange bears no robbery
G
And the whole world will know that it's true
G
Understanding solves all problems, baby
D7 G
That's why I'm telling you
[Verse 5] = Verse 3
G
Well, you gotta hug me too, oh yeah
C7
Oh, yeah, if you wanna be hugged
G
Well, you've gotta hug me too, oh yeah
D7 G
'Cause I ain't for no one-sided love affair
[Coda]
D7 G
'Cause I ain't for no one-sided love affair
'Cause I ain't for no one-sided love affair
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
5. I Love You Because – Elvis Presley
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
(whistling)
[Verse]
C F
I love you because you understand dear
C G7
Every single thing I try to do
C F
You're always there to lend a helping hand, dear
C G7 C
I love you most of all because you're you.
[Bridge]
F C
No matter what the world may say about me
D7 G7
I know your love will always see me through.
[Verse]
C F
I love you for the way you never doubt me.
C G G7 C
But most of all I love you 'cause you're you
[Bridge]
F C
No matter what may be the style or season,
I know your heart will always be true
[Verse]
C F
I love you for a hundred thousand reasons,
But most of all I love you 'cause you're you
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. Just Because – Elvis Presley
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
F#dim7 2-x-1-2-1-x
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Verse 1]
C
Well, well, well, just because you think you're so pretty
G
And just because your momma thinks you're hot
G
Well, just because you think you've got something
C
That no other girl has got
C
You caused me to spend all my money
F7
You laughed and called me old Santa Claus
F F#dim7 C/G A7
Well, I'm telling you, baby, I'm through with you
D7 G C
Because, well, well, just because
[Solo]
FF#dim7C/GA7 D7G C
| | | | |
[Verse 2]
C
Well, well, well, there'll come a time when you'll be lonesome
G
And there'll come a time when you'll be blue
G
Well, there'll come a time when old Santa
C
He won't pay your bills for you
C
You've caused me to lose all o’ my women
F
And now that you say we are through
F F#dim7 C/G A7
Well, I'm telling you, Baby, I was through with you
D7 G C
A long, long, long time ago
[Solo]
FF#dim7C/GA7 D7G C
| | | | |
[Verse 3] = Verse 1
C
Well, just because you think you're so pretty
G
And just because your momma thinks you're the hottest thing in town
G
Well, just because you think you've got something
G C
That nobody else has got
(break)
C
You caused me to spend all o’ my money, honey
F
You laughed and called me old Santa Claus
F F#dim7 C/G A7
Well, I'm telling you, baby, I'm through with you
1 + 2 + 3 + 4
D7 G C C
Because, well, well, just because
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
7. Tutti Frutti – Elvis Presley
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A-wop-bob-a-looa-ba-lop-bam-boom!
[Chorus]
C
A-wop-bob-a-looa-ba-lop-bam-boom
(break)
[Verse 1]
C
She know just what to do
C
She know just what to do
C C
She rock to the east, she roll-a to the west
(break) (break)
C
She's the gal that I love best
(break)
[Chorus]
C
A-wop-bob-a-looa-ba-lop-bam-boom
(break)
[Verse 2]
C
I got a gal, named Daisy
C
She almost drive me crazy
F7
I've got a gal, named Daisy
C
She almost drive me crazy
C C
She know how to love me - yes indeed
(break) (break)
C
Boy you don't know what she's doin' to me
(break)
[Chorus]
G G7
Tutti frutti, aw rooty
C
A-wop-bob-a-looa-ba-lop-bam-boom – hey!
(break)
[Solo]
[Chorus]
C
Well, Tutti frutti, aw rooty
G G7
Tutti frutti, aw rooty
C
A-wop-bob-a-looa-ba-lop-bam-boom
(break)
[Verse 3] = Verse 2
C
I got a gal, named Daisy
C
She almost drive me crazy
F7
I've got a gal, named Daisy
C
She almost drive me crazy
C C
She know how to love me - yes indeed
(break) (break)
C
Boy you don't know what she doin' to me
(break)
[Chorus]
C
Tutti frutti, aw rooty - oooh
C
A-wop-bob-a-looa-ba-lop-bam-boom!
(break)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
8. Trying To Get To You – Elvis Presley
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Verse]
F
I've been traveling over mountains
F
Even through the valleys, too
Bb
I've been traveling night and day
C
I've been running all the way
F
Baby, trying to get to you
[Verse]
F
Ever since I read your letter
F
Where you said you loved me true
Bb
I've been traveling night and day
C
I've been running all the way
F
Baby, trying to get to you
[Middle 8]
Bb7
When I read your loving letter
F
Then my heart began to sing
Bb7
There were many miles between us
C
But they didn't mean a thing
[Verse]
F
I just had to reach you, baby
F
In spite of all that I've been through
Bb
I kept traveling night and day
C
I kept running all the way
F
Baby, trying to get to you
[Solo]
[Verse]
F
Well if I had to do it over
F
That’s exactly what I’d do
Bb
I would travel night and day
C
And I’d still run all the way
F
Baby, trying to get to you
[Middle 8]
Bb7
Well, there's nothing that could hold me
F
Or that could keep me away from you
Bb7
When your loving letter told me
C
That you really loved me true
[Verse]
F
Lord above me knows I love you
F
It was He who brought me through
Bb
When my way was darkest night
C
He would shine His brightest light
When I was trying to get to you
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
9. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry Over You – Elvis Presley
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
F9 1-3-1-2-1-3 or x-7-6-7-7-x
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Verse]
G7 C
I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you
C G
I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you
C F7 F9
And if you ever say good-bye, if you ever even try
C G C
I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you
[Verse]
C G C
I'm gonna love you more and more every day
C G
I'm gonna love you more and more in every way
C F7 F9
And if you ever say good-bye, if you ever even try
C G C
I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you
[Middle 8]
F7 C
I'm gonna tell my mama, tell my papa, too
F7 G7
So they'll know exactly what I’m gonna do
[Verse] (chorus part)
C F7 F9
And if you ever say good-bye, if you ever even try
C G C
I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you
[Solo]
[Verse]
C G C
I'm gonna love you more and more every day
C G
I'm gonna love you more and more in every way
C F7 F9
And if you ever say good-bye, if you ever even try
C G C
I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you
[Middle 8]
F7 C
I'm gonna tell my mama, tell my papa, too
F7 G7
So they'll know exactly what I’m gonna do
[Verse] (chorus part)
C F7 F9
And if you ever say good-bye, if you ever even try
C G C
I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you
[Outro]
C G C
I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you
C G C
I'm gonna sit right down and cry over you
(repeat and fade)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
10. I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin') – Elvis Presley
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Coda]
D Dmaj7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 +
e|----10--9---8---|7-8-9-10--------
B|----10--9---8---|7-8-9-10------10
G|----11--10--9---|8-9-1011------11
D|----------------|--------------11
A|----------------|----------------
E|----------------|----------------
CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
D-5 x-x-0-1-3-2
D6 x-x-0-4-3-2
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
[Verse] (ballad)
G D
I'll never let you go little darlin'
I'm so sorry cause I made you cry
G D
I'll never let you go cause I love you
A A7 D
So please don't ever say goodbye
[Middle 8] (ballad)
D A A7
The stars all look down beside me
A7 D
The moon would hang its head and cry
D D-5 D6 D A A7
My arms would ne-ver hold another little darlin'
A7 D
If we should ever say goodbye
[Verse] (Rock’n’Roll)
G7 D7
Oh I'll never let you go cause I love you baby
A A7 D
I'm so sorry cause I made you cry - I made you cry
G7 D
And I'll never let you go cause I love you baby
A A7 D Dmaj7
So please don't ever say goodbye
[= Coda]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
11. Blue Moon – Elvis Presley
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Blue moon,
You saw me standing alone.
Without a dream in my heart,
Without a love of my own.
[Verse 2]
Blue moon,
You knew just what I was there for,
You heard me saying a prayer for,
Someone I really care for.
[Verse 3]
Oooooooooh
Ooooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, ooh, ooh
Oooo-ooooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Without a love of my own.
[Verse 4]
Blue moon,
You saw me standing alone.
Without a dream in my heart,
Without a love of my own.
[Verse 5]
Ooooooooo-ooooooooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah-wah-wah
Without a love of my own.
[Verse 6]
Blue moon,
Blue-ue-ue-ue
Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah-wah-wah
Without a love of my own.
[Verse 7]
Blue, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah-wah-wah
Hm, hm, hm, hm-hm, hm-hm
(fade out over last bars)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
12. Money Honey – Elvis Presley
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
E
You know, the landlord rang my front door bell
E
I let it ring for a long, long spell
E
I went to the window and I peeped through the blind
E
And asked him to tell me what was o-o-on his mind, he said:
(break)
[Chorus]
A
“Money, honey! Uh huh, huh
Money, honey, if you want to get along with me ...”
[Verse 2]
E
Well, I screamed and I hollered
E
I called the woman that I loved the best
E
I finally got my baby bout-a half past three
E
She said: “I got to know what you want with me”, I said:
(break)
[Chorus]
A
“Money, honey! Uh huh, huh
Money, honey, if you want to get along with me ...”
[Solo]
(break)
[Verse 3]
E
Well, I said: “Tell me baby, what's wrong with you?
E
From this day on our romance is through.”
E
I said: “Tell me baby, face to face -
E
How could another man take my place?” She said
(break)
[Chorus]
A
“Money, honey! Uh huh, huh
Money, honey, if you want to get along with me ...”
[Verse 4]
E
Well, I learned my lesson and now I know
E
The sun may shine and the winds may blow
E
The women may come and the women may go
E
But before I say ‘I love you so’ I want
(break)
[Chorus]
A
“Money, honey! Uh huh, huh
Money, honey, if you want to get along with me ...”