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Version 1--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Baby, Let’s Play House – Elvis Presley --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Arthur Gunter Released as a single in 1955 Now on: “Elvis at Sun” and other compilation albums. Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Notes in lower case: single (bass) notes NOT chords Time signature: 4/4 Tempo: 209 bpm --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Break at the end of the Verse E N.C. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|2---------------|----------------|2---2---1---0---|----------------| A|2---------------|----------------|----------------|4---3---2---1---| E|0---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| (originally played by the bass; on guitar: palm muted sounds best) CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e B7 x-2-1-2-0-2 C7 x-3-2-3-x-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] E Oh, baby ... baby, baby, baby, baby E Baby, baby baby, b-b-b-b-b-b ... A7 Baby baby, baby E Baby baby baby B7 C7 B7 E Come back, baby, I wanna play house with you [Verse 1] E Well, you may go to college E You may go to school E You may have a pink Cadillac (break) N.C. But don't you be nobody's fool, an’now, baby A7 Come back, baby, come A7 Come back, baby, come B7 C7 B7 E Come back, baby, I wanna play house with you [Verse 2] E Now listen and I'll tell you baby E What I'm talkin' about E Come on back to me, little girl (break) N.C. So we can play some house, an’now, baby A7 Come back, baby, come A7 Come back, baby, come B7 C7 B7 E Come back, baby, I wanna play house with you [Solo] | E | % | % | % | | A | % | E | % | | B7 | A7 | E | % | [Verse 3] E Now this is one thing, baby E That I want you to know E Come on back and let's play a little house (break) N.C. And we can act like we did before, a-well, baby A7 Come back, baby, come A7 Come back, baby, come B7 C7 B7 E Come back, baby, I wanna play house with you, hit it! [Solo] | E | % | % | % | | E | % | % | % | (break) | A7 | % | B7 C7 B7 | E | % | [Verse 4] E Well, listen to me, baby E Try to understand E I'd rather see you dead, little girl (break) N.C. Than to be with another man, and-a, baby A7 Come back, baby, come A7 Come back, baby, come B7 C7 B7 E Come back, baby, I wanna play house with you [Outro] E Oh, baby ... baby, baby, baby, baby E Baby, baby baby, b-b-b-b-b-b ... A7 Baby baby, baby E Baby baby baby 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 B7 C7 B7 E E Come back, baby, I wanna play house with you