Hound Dog Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Hound Dog guitar chart chart by Elvis Presley.
This is a super fun song and it uses a 12-Bar blues pattern. Unlike blues songs, it doesn't use a lot of 7 chords.
That means this song has a 12-Bar pattern that repeats throughout the song:
C C C C
F F C C
G F C C
That's a total of 12 measures of music the repeats over and over and over and over again. You will see this pattern in the Hound Dog guitar chord chart below. You can also reference the short "Simple Song" video that goes over the basic structure of the song.
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Hound Dog Guitar Chords:
Hound Dog Strumming Patterns:
Strum:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D D D D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
DUDU DUDU
Shuffle Pattern:
> >
1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a
D UD UD UD U
Hound Dog Guitar Lesson:
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Hound Dog Chord Chart:
VERSE 1:
C (4 times)
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Cryin' all the time
F (2 times)
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
C (2 times)
Cryin' all the time
G
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
F C C (strum and hold)
And you ain't no friend of mine
VERSE 2:
C (4 times)
Well they said you was high-classed Well, that was just a lie
F (2 times)
Yeah they said you was high-classed
C (2 times)
Well, that was just a lie
G
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
F C C (strum and hold)
And you ain't no friend of mine
VERSE 1:
C (4 times)
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Cryin' all the time
F (2 times)
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
C (2 times)
Cryin' all the time
G
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
F C C (strum and hold)
And you ain't no friend of mine
INSTRUMENTAL:
C C C C
F F C C
G F C C
VERSE 2:
C (4 times)
Well they said you was high-classed Well, that was just a lie
F (2 times)
Yeah they said you was high-classed
C (2 times)
Well, that was just a lie
G
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
F C C (strum and hold)
And you ain't no friend of mine
INSTRUMENTAL:
C C C C
F F C C
G F C C
VERSE 2:
C (4 times)
Well they said you was high-classed Well, that was just a lie
F (2 times)
Yeah they said you was high-classed
C (2 times)
Well, that was just a lie
G
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
F C C (strum and hold)
And you ain't no friend of mine
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