HEARTBREAK HOTEL (Bassline)

As recorded by Elvis Presley
(From the 1956 Album ELVIS PRESLEY)

Words and Music by Mae Boren Axton, Thomas Durden & Elvis Presley
Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Black - Upright Bass'



              1st - 3rd Verses
  Q=96(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W            Q  Q  H      W
|----------||-------------|------|
|----------||o------------|------|
|----------||o-7----------|------|
|----------||-------------|------|


  W          E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|----------|-9-9-7-7-6-6-6-4-|-------------|--------------|
|----------|-----------------|-7--4--------|--------------|
|----------|-----------------|-------7--4--|----4--7--4---|
|----------|-----------------|-------------|-5------------|


               1.,2.           3.
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q   3x Q  Q  Q  Q
|-4-----------|--------------||-------------||
|----7--6--4--|----6--9--6--o||----6--9--6--||
|-------------|-7-----------o||-7-----------||
|-------------|--------------||-------------||


 4th Verse
  Q  Q  H      W          W          E E E E E E E E
|------------|----------|----------|-9-9-7-7-6-6-6-4--|
|------------|----------|----------|------------------|
|-7----------|----------|----------|------------------|
|------------|----------|----------|------------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-4-----------|--------------||
|-7--5--------|-------------|----7--6--4--|----6--9--6---||
|-------7--4--|----4--7--4--|-------------|-7------------||
|-------------|-5-----------|-------------|--------------||


 Guitar Solo
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|----------4--|----------4--|----------4--|----------4---||
|----6--9-----|----6--9-----|----6--9-----|----6--9------||
|-7-----------|-7-----------|-7-----------|-7------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||


 Piano Solo
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-4-----------|--------------||
|-7--5-----5--|-7--5-----5--|----7--6--4--|----6--9--6---||
|-------7-----|-------7-----|-------------|-7------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||


 5th Verse
  Q  Q  H      W          W          E E E E E E E E
|------------|----------|----------|-9-9-7-7-6-6-6-4--|
|------------|----------|----------|------------------|
|-7----------|----------|----------|------------------|
|------------|----------|----------|------------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-4-----------|
|-7--5--------|-------------|----7--6--4--|
|-------7--4--|----4--7--4--|-------------|
|-------------|-5-----------|-------------|


  |3|                  |3|
  Q E E E E E E E   Q  Q E +H       +W
|---9-7-6---------|---------------|--------*|
|---------9-7-6---|---------------|--------*|
|---------------9-|-7--8-7-(7)----|-(7)----*|
|-----------------|---------------|--------*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths