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Heartbreak Hotel

(Mae Axton / Tommy Durden / Elvis Presley)


Copyright Tree Publishing Co., Inc.


RCA studio session - January 10-11, 1956 - Nashille

 January 10 - 2-5 pm

G2WB 0209-07
January 27, 1956 Single A side RCA 47-6420 Heartbreak Hotel / I Was The One
Computer enhanced version:
September 24, 2002 CD RCA BMG 07863 68079-2 Elvis 30 N° 1 Hits
Outtakes:
Splice of takes 4 and 5: May 15, 2004 CD FTD 82876-60931-2 Flashback
Takes 4 (Incomplete), 5 and 6: July 01, 2006 CD FTD 82876 86160-2 Elvis Presley
Take 5: April 1996 CD Single B side RCA 47-6420 Heartbreak Hotel / I Was The One
Take 5: April 16, 1996 CD 07863-66856-2 Elvis '56
Take 6: July 27, 1997 CD RCA 07863-67469-2 Platinum: A Life In Music


Warm-up Rehearsal for NBC TV Special "Elvis" - June 27 - NBC studios - Burbank

 - Unreleased


Overdub sessions for Warner Brothers Motion Picture "This Is Elvis" - January 30, 1981 - T.B.S. - Hollywood

 LPA5 5808
April 14, 1981 LP RCA CPL-2-4031 This Is Elvis


Re-recording sessions - March 1996 - Signet Sound Studio - Hollywood

 G2WB 1230
February 16, 1998 CD RCA 07863-67458-2 Blue Suede Shoes A Ballet Set To The Music Of Elvis Presley





Version 1          Version 2   



Well since my baby left me
Well I found a new place to dwell
Well it's down at the end of lonely street
At Heartbreak Hotel well I'll be


I'll be just so lonely baby,
Well I'll be so lonely,
I'll be so lonely I could die.


* And although it's always crowded,
You still can find some room.
For broken hearted lovers
To cry there in the gloom.


** They'll be just so lonely baby,
They'll be just so lonely,
They'll be so lonely they could die.


Now, the Bell hop's tears keep flowin',
And the desk clerk's dressed in black.
Well they been so long on lonely street
They'll never, they'll never look back.


** Repeat


Well now, if your baby leaves you,
And you got a tale to tell.
Just take a walk down lonely street
To Heartbreak Hotel.


Where you'll be just so lonely baby,
Where you will be lonely,
You'll be so lonely you could die.


* Repeat


** Repeat 



Standard tuning.
          E
    Well, since my baby left me,
      E
    I found a new place to dwell.
         E
    It's down at the end of lonely street
    E
    at Heartbreak Hotel.

                   A7
    Where I'll be, I'll be so lonely baby,
    A7
    Well, I'm so lonely
    B7                         E7
    I'll be so lonely, I could die.
    And although it's always crowded,
    You still can find some room.
    Where broken hearted lovers
    To cry there in the gloom.
    We'll be so, we'll be so lonely baby,
    We'll be so lonely,
    Well, they're so lonely, they could die.
    Well, the Bell hop's tears keep flowin',
    And the desk clerk's dressed in black.
    Well they been so long on lonely street
    They ain't ever gonna look back.
    And they're so, and they're so lonely baby,
    Well, they're so lonely,
    Well, they're so lonely, they could die.
    Hey now, if your baby leaves you,
    And you got a tale to tell.
    Just take a walk down lonely street
    To Heartbreak Hotel.
    Where you will be,
    You'll be so lonely baby,
    Well, you'll be so lonely,
    You'll be so lonely, you could die
Solo:
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A||----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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    And although it's always crowded,
    You still can find some room.
    Where broken hearted lovers
    To cry there in the gloom.
    We'll be so, we'll be so lonely baby,
    We'll be so lonely,
    Well, they're so lonely, they could die.
Ending: Fmaj7 Emaj7
  Fmaj7  Emaj7
e --5--  --4--
B --5--  --4--
G --5--  --4--
D --3--  --2--
A -----  -----
E -----  -----