King Creole Tab

KING CREOLE
As recorded by Elvis Presley
(From the 1958 Album KING CREOLE)
 
Words and Music by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Scotty Moore - Electric Guitar'
 
  [Intro]
  Q=174
  4/4
   Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
    E E E  E +E  E E E    E E E  E +E  E E E
E|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-/6-----/6-(6)-1-3-1-|-/6-----/6-(6)-1-3-1-|
 
 
    E E E  E +E  E E E    E E E  E +E  E E E
E|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-/6-----/6-(6)-1-3-1-|-/6-----/6-(6)-1-3-1-|
 
 
    E E E  E +E  E E E    E E E  E +E  E E E
E|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-/6-----/6-(6)-1-3-1-|-/6-----/6-(6)-1-3-1-|
 
 
    E E E  E +E  E E E   E E  Q  H
E|---------------------|--------------||
B|---------------------|--------------||
G|---------------------|-----10-------||
D|---------------------|--------------||
A|---------------------|--------------||
E|-/6-----/6-(6)-1-3-1-|-6------------||
 
 
   [1st - 4th Verses]
   Segno $
      E E E  E +E  E E E    E E E  E +E  E E E
E||----------------------|---------------------|
B||o---------------------|---------------------|
G||----------------------|---------------------|
D||----------------------|---------------------|
A||o---------------------|---------------------|
E||--/6-----/6-(6)-1-3-1-|-/6-----/6-(6)-1-3-1-|
 
 
    E E E  E +E  E E E    E E E  E +E  E E E
E|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-/6-----/6-(6)-1-3-1-|-/6-----/6-(6)-1-3-1-|
 
 
                                                   To Coda
    E E E  E +E  E E E    E E E  E +E  E E E   E E Q  H      W
E|---------------------|---------------------|-------------|------||
B|---------------------|---------------------|-------------|------||
G|---------------------|---------------------|-------------|------||
D|---------------------|---------------------|-------------|------||
A|---------------------|---------------------|-------------|------||
E|-/6-----/6-(6)-1-3-1-|-/6-----/6-(6)-1-3-1-|-6-----------|------||
 
 
  [Chorus]
   q  q  e S S +S  S E   q  q  e S S +S  S E
E|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|
G|-------3-3-5-(5)p3---|-------3-3-5-(5)p3---|
D|----5--------------5-|----5--------------5-|
A|-6-------------------|-6-------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|
 
 
   q  q  e S S +S  S E   q  q  e S S +S  S E
E|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|
D|-------3-3-5-(5)p3---|-------3-3-5-(5)p3---|
A|----5--------------5-|----5--------------5-|
E|-6-------------------|-6-------------------|
 
 
   q  q  e S S +S  S E   q  q  e S S +S  S E
E|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|
G|-------5-5-7-(7)p5---|-------3-3-5-(5)p3---|
D|----7--------------7-|----5--------------5-|
A|-8-------------------|-6-------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|
 
 
  1.,2.
   q  q  e S S +S  S E   q  q  e S S +S  S E  3x
E|---------------------|----------------------||
B|---------------------|---------------------o||
G|---------------------|----------------------||
D|-------3-3-5-(5)p3---|-------3-3-5-(5)p3----||
A|----5--------------5-|----5--------------5-o||
E|-6-------------------|-6--------------------||
 
 
   3.
   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E E Q  H
E|---------------------------------|-------------||
B|---------------------------------|-------------||
G|---------------------------------|-------------||
D|---------------------------------|-------------||
A|---------------------------------|-------------||
E|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-----------||
 
 
  [Guitar Solo]
    TP  TP  TP  TP    TP  TP  TP  TP
    Q   Q   Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   Q     E   E  E  E      +E   E  E E
E|-18--18--18--18--|-18--18--18--18--|-18---------------------6----6-|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------10b11==(10)r---10---|
G|-----------------|-----------------|----(11)-----------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|
 
 
   E E E E E E E E      +Q    E E E Q  E   E E E E E E E E   E a Q  E E E a Q
E|---6---6---6---6b8==|=(6)r--6----------|-----------------|--------------------|
B|-9---8---7---6------|---------9-6----6-|-5-6-4-6---6-----|--------------------|
G|--------------------|-------------9----|---------7---6h7-|--------6---6-------|
D|--------------------|------------------|-----------------|-8-7s8----8---7s8---|
A|--------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
 
 
   E Q  E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   E E Q  E E  E E
E|------------------|------------------|---6-9--6--------|
B|------------------|----6-------6---6-|-8--------9------|
G|-6----6-(6)---6---|-8----8-(8)---8---|------------10-9-|
D|---8--------8---8-|------------------|---------------9-|
A|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
E|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
 
 
                                        Dal Segno al Coda   Coda &
   +E  E S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S E +E  E Q     H    Q  E  E
E|-------------------------------|------------------------||-----------18--||
B|-----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|------------------------||---------------||
G|-(9)---9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-|------------------------||---------------||
D|-(9)---------------------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-(8)------||---------------||
A|-------------------------------|------------------------||---------------||
E|-------------------------------|------------------------||---------------||
 
 
  [Guitar Solo]
    TP
    W          S S S S S S S S E E E E   a Q  E E E E E E   E a Q  E E E E E
E|-18--------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------|------------------|------------------|
B|-----------|-----------------9-6-8-7-|------6-----6-----|-6-8s9--8-6-------|
G|-----------|-------------------------|-6s7----6-7---6-7-|------------8-6-7-|
D|-----------|-------------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|-----------|-------------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|-----------|-------------------------|------------------|------------------|
 
 
                                           |-3-| |-3-|
   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E S S S S S S S S
E|-------------------|-------------------|------------------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|------------------------------|
G|-------6-(6)-------|-6---6-8-(8)-6-7-6-|------------------------------|
D|-8-7-8-------8-7-8-|---8---------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
A|-------------------|-------------------|------------------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|------------------------------|
 
 
                            [Outro]
   S S S S S S S S E Q  E    q  q  e S S +S  S E   q  q  e S S +S  S E
E|------------------------||---------------------|---------------------|
B|------------------------||---------------------|---------------------|
G|------------------------||-------5-5-7-(7)p5---|-------3-3-5-(5)p3---|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--------||----7--------------7-|----5--------------5-|
A|-----------------8------||-8-------------------|-6-------------------|
E|-------------------6----||---------------------|---------------------|
 
 
                                        TP
   Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   +Q   H.        +E  E Q  H
E|---------------|-----------5-6-|-(6)--6-------|-(6)-----------*|
B|---------------|-----------5-6-|-(6)--6-------|-(6)-----------*|
G|-----------6-7-|----5-6--------|------7-------|-(7)-----------*|
D|----7-8----7-8-|----6-7--------|--------------|---------------*|
A|----7-8--------|---------------|--------------|---------------*|
E|---------------|---------------|--------------|---------------*|
 
[Lyrics]
King Creole, go
 
There's a man in New Orleans who plays rock and roll
He's a guitar man with a great big soul
And he lays down a beat like a ton of coal
He goes by the name of King Creole
 
You know he's gone, gone, gone
Jumpin' like a catfish on a pole, yeah
You know he's gone, gone, gone
And hip shaking King Creole
 
When the King starts to do it it's as good as done
He holds his guitar like a tommy gun
He starts to growl from way down his throat
He bends a string and that's all she wrote
 
You know he's gone, gone, gone
Jumpin' like a catfish on a pole
You know he's gone, gone, gone
And hip shaking King Creole
 
He sings a song about a crowded hole
He sings a song about a jelly roll
He sings a song about pork and greens
He sings some blues about New Orleans
 
You know he's gone, gone, gone
Jumpin' like a catfish on a pole, yeah
You know he's gone, gone, gone
And hip shaking King Creole
 
He plays something evil then he plays something sweet
No matter how he plays you got to get up on your feet
And when he gets the rockin' fever baby, heaven sakes
He don't stop playin' 'til his guitar breaks
 
You know he's gone, gone, gone
Jumpin' like a catfish on a pole, yeah
You know he's gone, gone, gone
And hip shaking King Creole
 
You know he's gone, gone, gone
Hip shaking King Creole
 
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Duration Legend
 
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
 
|  (n)  -  note tied to previous
|   h   -  hammer-on
|   p   -  pull-off
|   b   -  bend
|   r   -  bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
|  /\   -  slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
|   ~   -  vibrato
| |-3-| -  triplet
|   s   -  legato slide
|   S   -  shift slide
|  TP   -  tremolo picking
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