How to Play Hound Dog on Ukulele?

Elvis Presley - Hound Dog can be played in the key of E7 using the E7, A, D7 chords. For E7, To play E7, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 3, leave E open. For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the C string with finger 2, leave E, A open. For D7, To play D7, barre fret 2 across G–E with finger 1, leave A open. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Hound Dog with the ↓-↓↓↑ strumming pattern.

Elvis Presley - Hound Dog Ukulele Chords

Chord reference E7, A, D7

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↓↑

[E7]You ain’t nothing but a [A]hound dog crying all the time You ain’t nothing but a [D7]hound dog crying all the [A]time Well you ain’t [E7]never caught a rabbit And you [D7]ain’t no friend of [A]mine

[E7]Well they said you was [A]high classed well that was just a lie Yeah they said you was [D7]high classed well that was just a [A]lie Well you ain’t [E7]never caught a rabbit And you [D7]ain’t no friend of [A]mine

[A] [A] [A] [A7] [D7] [D7] [A] [A] [E7] [D7] [A] [E7]Well they said you was [A]high classed well that was just a lie Yeah they said you was [D7]high classed well that was just a [A]lie Well you ain’t [E7]never caught a rabbit And you [D7]ain’t no friend of [A]mine

Artist Elvis Presley

Album Single

Genres Rock and roll, Rockabilly

Year 1956

Key E7

Elvis Presley - Hound Dog can be played in the key of E7 using the E7, A, D7 chords.

For E7, To play E7, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 3, leave E open.
For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the C string with finger 2, leave E, A open.
For D7, To play D7, barre fret 2 across G–E with finger 1, leave A open.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Hound Dog with the ↓-↓↓↑ strumming pattern.