DON'T BE CRUEL (Bassline)

As recorded by Elvis Presley
(From the 1958 Album ELVIS' GOLDEN RECORDS)

Words and Music by Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley
Transcribed by Slowhand


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


 Intro
  Q=170(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||


   1st - 4th Verses
    $
    $$
    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||o-------7-----|-------7-----|-------7-----|----------4--|
||o-5-----------|-5-----------|-5-----------|-5-----7-----|
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-5-----5-----|-5-----5-----|-------7-----|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-5-----------|-5-----5------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||


 Chorus
                                           1.
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|-7-----7-----|-------7-----|-------7------o||
|-7-----7-----|-------------|-5-----------|-5------------o||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||


                Bridge
  2.,D.S.,D.S.S.
  Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-7--5--4-----||-------------|-------------|--------------|
|----------7--||-5-----5-----|-7-----7-----|-5-----5------|
|-------------||-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------||-------------|-------------|--------------|


                    To Coda          D.S. &
                                     D.S.
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q     E E Q  H
|-------------|-------------|-------------||-------------||
|-7-----7-----|-------7-----|-------7-----||-------------||
|-------------|-5-----------|-5-----------||-------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------||-5-----------||


 Chorus
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-7-----7-----|-------------|--------------|
|-7-----7-----|-------------|-5-----5-----|-5-----5------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|


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


 Outro
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-5-----5-----|-7-----7-----|-5-----5-----|-7-----7------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  H      W
|-7--5--------|------------|------*|
|-------7--4--|------------|------*|
|-------------|-5----------|------*|
|-------------|------------|------*|


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