Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes bass tab
Title: Blue Suede Shoes
Artist: Elvis Presley
Tabbed by: Stephane Lapointe (slapointe11@sympatico.ca)
Date: July 2003
The King is dead but not his music!
Every bass player should have played at least one time
in his life such a song based on a very common blues riff.
I found no instance of a bass tab for this song on the Web.
The timing is correctly tabbed.
Thanks to email any corrections, improvements or comments
to slapointe11@sympatico.ca
Also, feel free to tell me if you like this tab.
VERSE 1
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|------3-5-----3-|5-------5-3-5-3-|
CHORUS
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|------4-7-4-----|----------------|------6-------4-|----------------|
D|--4-7-------7-4-|------4-7-4-----|--6-9-----4-7---|7-4-----7-4-----|
A|5---------------|--4-7-------7-4-|7-------5-------|----7-4-----7-4-|
E|----------------|5---------------|----------------|----------------|
VERSE 2
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|
D|----------------| 3 times, then
A|----------------|
E|5-----3-5-----3-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|5-------5-3-5-3-|
CHORUS
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SOLO 1
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|----------------|
D|7-4-----7-4-----|7-4-----7-5-4---|
A|----7-4-----7-4-|----7-4-------7-|
E|----------------|----------------|
then play the chorus riff once
VERSE 3: Same as VERSE 2
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CHORUS
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SOLO 2
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I didn't try to figure out the bass riff during the second guitar solo.
You can simply play the one below which is very similar to the one played
during the first guitar solo.
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|
D|------4-7-4-----| twice
A|--4-7-------7-4-|
E|5---------------!
then play the chorus riff once
VERSE 4
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|------3-5-----3-|5-------5.5.5.5.|
CHORUS
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OUTRO: Same as SOLO 2 except for the last bar on which you may improvise.
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