If I Could Talk To Elvis
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: 1st traste
SONG: IF I COULD TALK TO ELVIS
ARTIST: JILLIAN CARDARELLI
VIDEO: https://soundcloud.com/jillian-cardarelli/if-i-could-talk-to-elvis
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM
CAPO: 1st FRET
[Intro]
A
E ---------|---------------|---------------|
B -0h2-2-2-|-3p2-0-0h2-2-2-|-3p2-0-0h2-2-2-|
G ---------|---------------|---------------|
D ---------|---------------|---------------|
A ---------|---------------|---------------|
E ---------|---------------|---------------|
[Verse]
A
E
I hope he'd have all day
A
I'd ask him all about Memphis
E
And that Vegas stage
F#m E Asus4 A
How'd he feel when he bought his mom with that pink Cadillac
E
Coming from the barefoot start of the Mississippi shack?
A Asus4 A
I'd make sure he knows at Graceland
E A
That people visit everyday
[Chorus]
D A
How is it that I miss somebody that I've never met?
E7 A
The years go by but none of us forget
D A
He felt like a friend to me and that's just what I'd tell him
E A
If I could talk to Elvis
A
E ---------|---------------|---------------|
B -0h2-2-2-|-3p2-0-0h2-2-2-|-3p2-0-0h2-2-2-|
G ---------|---------------|---------------|
D ---------|---------------|---------------|
A ---------|---------------|---------------|
E ---------|---------------|---------------|
[Verse]
A
I'd tell him the world remembers
E
Every song he sang
A
And that we all (that we all) really love him (really love him)
E
And not just know his name
F#m E
He changed a generation with one swing of his hips
A Esus4
We'd dreamed a little big 'cause of what he had to give
A
Only the good (only ther good) die young,(die young) they say
E A
But I wish he would've stayed
[Chorus]
D A
How is it that I miss somebody that I've never met?
E7 A
The years go by but none of us forget
D A
He felt like a friend to me and that's just what I'd tell him
E F#m7
If I could talk to Elvis
[Bridge]
E D
What was it like when you got to those gates?
F#m E Bm7 Bm
I bet you were asked to sing for all the saints
[Chorus]
D A
How is it that I miss somebody that I've never met?
E7 A
The years go by but none of us forget
D A
He felt like a friend to me there's so much I would tell him
E
There wouldn't be me without him
E N.C.
Yeah, I would thank him
A
If I could talk to Elvis
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SONG: IF I COULD TALK TO ELVIS
ARTIST: JILLIAN CARDARELLI
VIDEO: https://soundcloud.com/jillian-cardarelli/if-i-could-talk-to-elvis
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM
IF I COULD TALK TO ELVIS
JILLIAN CARDARELLI
CAPO: NONE
[Intro]
Bb
E ---------|---------------|---------------|
B -1h3-3-3-|-4p3-1-1h3-3-3-|-4p3-1-1h3-3-3-|
G ---------|---------------|---------------|
D ---------|---------------|---------------|
A ---------|---------------|---------------|
E ---------|---------------|---------------|
[Verse]
Bb
If I could talk to Elvis
F
I hope he'd have all day
Bb
I'd ask him all about Memphis
F
And that Vegas stage
Gm F Bbsus4 Bb
How'd he feel when he bought his mom with that pink Cadillac
F
Coming from the barefoot start of the Mississippi shack?
Bb Bbsus4 Bb
I'd make sure he knows at Graceland
F Bb
That people visit everyday
[Chorus]
Eb Bb
How is it that I miss somebody that I've never met?
F7 Bb
The years go by but none of us forget
Eb Bb
He felt like a friend to me and that's just what I'd tell him
F Bb
If I could talk to Elvis
Bb
E ---------|---------------|---------------|
B -1h3-3-3-|-4p3-1-1h3-3-3-|-4p3-1-1h3-3-3-|
G ---------|---------------|---------------|
D ---------|---------------|---------------|
A ---------|---------------|---------------|
E ---------|---------------|---------------|
[Verse]
Bb
I'd tell him the world remembers
F
Every song he sang
Bb
And that we all (that we all) really love him (really love him)
F
And not just know his name
Gm F
He changed a generation with one swing of his hips
Bb Fsus4
We'd dreamed a little big 'cause of what he had to give
Bb
Only the good (only ther good) die young,(die young) they say
F Bb
But I wish he would've stayed
[Chorus]
Eb Bb
How is it that I miss somebody that I've never met?
F7 Bb
The years go by but none of us forget
Eb Bb
He felt like a friend to me and that's just what I'd tell him
F Gm7
If I could talk to Elvis
[Bridge]
F Eb
What was it like when you got to those gates?
Gm F Cm7 Cm
I bet you were asked to sing for all the saints
[Chorus]
Eb Bb
How is it that I miss somebody that I've never met?
F7 Bb
The years go by but none of us forget
Eb Bb
He felt like a friend to me there's so much I would tell him
F
There wouldn't be me without him
E N.C.
Yeah, I would thank him
Bb
If I could talk to Elvis
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