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BURNING LOVE
As recorded by Elvis Presley
(From the 1972 Album BURNING LOVE AND HITS FROM HIS MOVIES, VOL. 2)
Words and Music by Dennis Linde
Transcribed by Slowhand
x x x 1D1 10 10 x x xG 7 8 7 x x x A9 10 9 x x Bmx 7 7 7
AV GIII C
x x x 6 5 5 x x x 4 3 3 x x x 9 8 8
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 3'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 4'
Intro
Q=142
D
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ Dropped D-tuning - DADGBE)
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-2-----2---2-----|---2-------2-----|-----2-------2-----|
|-3-3---3---3---3-|-3-3-----3-3-3-3-|-(3)-3---3-3-3---3-|
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-(2)-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---0-0---0---0---|-0-0---0-0-----0-|-(0)---0---------0-|
|---------0---0---|-0---------------|-------------------|
1st - 3rd Verses
$
Gtr II D
W Q q Q q
| |
/ /
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E Q
|---2---------2-----||-------------------|
|---3---3-(3)-3-----||o-3-3-3-3-(3)---3--|
|-2-2-4-2-(2)-2-4-2-||--2-2-4-2-(2)-2-2--|
|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-||--0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0--|
|-0-------------0-0-||o-0-0--------------|
|-0-----------------||-------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|-------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------||o------------------|
|-------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------||-------------------|
|-------------------||o------------------|
|-------------------||-------------------|
Q Gq Q Aq Q Dq Q q
| | | |
/ / / /
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-2-|-(2)-2----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-3---3--3--3------|
|-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-2-|-(2)-2-4-2--2--2-4-2--|
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-0-|-(0)-0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|
|-----------------|-------------------0--|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~
| H Q E E E E E E +Q E E
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|---------------5-|-----5-7-5-(5)---2-0--|
|-----------------|----------------------|
Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | |
/ / / /
+E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-----2---2--2--------|------------------|
|-----3---3--3--------|--3-----3-3-3-----|
|-(2)-2-4-2--2--2-4-2-|--2---4-2-2-2-4-2-|
|-(0)---0-0--0--0-0-0-|--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-(0)--------0--0-0---|--0-------0-0-----|
|-----------------0---|--0---------------|
|
| ~~~~~~
| E E E E +Q E E +Q Q H
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|-----5-7-5-(5)---7-5-|-(5)--------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
Q Gq Q Aq Q Dq Q q
| | | |
/ / / /
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-2-|-(2)-2--------------|
|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-3---3-3-3---3--|
|-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-2-|-(2)-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--|
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-----------------|---------0-0---0----|
|-----------------|-----------0--------|
|
| W W
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
Q q Q q Q q Q q Q Gq Q Aq Q Dq Q q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E Q E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------2---|------------------|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-2-|-(2)-2--------------|
|-3-3---3-----3-3-|-3-3-3-3-(3)---3--|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-3---3-3-3------|
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-4-2-(2)-2-2--|-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-2-|-(2)-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0--|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-0-------0-0---0-|-0-0--------------|-----------------|-----------------0--|
|---------0-------|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
Q q Q q Q q Q q Q Gq Q Aq Q Dq Q q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
+E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----2---2-2-------|----------------|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-2-|-(2)-2--------------|
|-----3---3-3-------|-3----3-3-3-----|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-|-(3)-3---3-3-3---3--|
|-(2)-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2--4-2-2-2-4-2-|-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-2-|-(2)-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--|
|-(0)---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-(0)-------0-0-0---|-0------0-0-----|-----------------|---------0-0---0----|
|---------------0---|-0--------------|-----------------|-----------0--------|
Chorus
To Coda
Bm AV GIII Bm AV
Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q E E +E E Q Q E E E E E E
|-------------2----||-7--7--5--5-3-|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3/--|-7--7-7-5-5-5-3-|
|-3-3---3-----3-3--||-7--7--5--5-3-|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3/--|-7--7-7-5-5-5-3-|
|-2-2-4-2-2-2-2-2--||-7--7--6--6-4-|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4/--|-7--7-7-6-6-6-4-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-9--9--7--7-5-|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5/--|-9--9-9-7-7-7-5-|
|-0-------0-0---0--||--------------|------------------|----------------|
|---------0--------||--------------|------------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W H H Q E E +Q Q Q Q H
|------------------||--------------|------------------|----------------|
|------------------||--------------|----3-------------|----7-----------|
|------------------||-7-----6------|-4----5-(5)---5/--|----7---6-------|
|------------------||-9-----7------|-5----5-(5)---5/--|-9--9---7-------|
|------------------||-9-----7------|------------------|-9------7-------|
|------------------||--------------|------------------|----------------|
GIII Bm A GIII D
Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q H Q q Q q
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
E E E E +E E Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E +E E E E E E E E
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3/--|-7--7-7-5--5-3-|-3--3-3-5--5---|-----2---2---2------|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3/--|-7--7-7-5--5-3-|-3--3-3-5--5-3-|-(3)-3---3-3-3---3--|
|-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4/--|-7--7-7-6--6-4-|-4--4-4-6--6-2-|-(2)-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5/--|-9--9-9-7--7-5-|-5--5-5-7--7-0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|-----0-0-------0----|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|-------0------------|
|
| Q E E +Q Q H H Q E E H W
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|-----3-------------|---------------|----3----------|--------------------|
|-4-----------------|-7------6------|-4------6------|--7-----------------|
|-------5-(5)---5/--|-9------7------|-5----5-7------|--------------------|
|---------------5/--|-9------7------|---------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
Interlude
Q q Q q Q Bmq Q Aq Q Gq Q q Q Bmq Q Aq
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
+E E E E Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E +E E Q Q E E E E E E
|-----2-----2----2--||-7--7--5--5-3-|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3/--|-7---7-7-5-5-5-3--|
|-(3)-3---3-3----3-o||-7--7--5--5-3-|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3/--|-7---7-7-5-5-5-3--|
|-(2)-2-4-2-2--4-2--||-7--7--6--6-4-|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4/--|-7---7-7-6-6-6-4--|
|-(0)-0-0-0-0--0-0--||-9--9--7--7-5-|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5/--|-9---9-9-7-7-7-5--|
|-------0----------o||--------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------0-----------||--------------|------------------|------------------|
|
| W H H Q E E +Q Q Q Q H
|-------------------||--------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------o||--------------|----3-------------|-----7------------|
|-------------------||-7-----6------|-4----5-(5)---5/--|-----7---6--------|
|-------------------||-9-----7------|-5----5-(5)---5/--|-9---9---7--------|
|------------------o||-9-----7------|------------------|-9-------7--------|
|-------------------||--------------|------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
| W H H W E E q H
|-------------------||-7-----5------|-3----------------|-7---7---5--------|
|------------------o||-7-----5------|-3----------------|-7---7---5--------|
|-------------------||-7-----6------|-4----------------|-7---7---6--------|
|-------------------||--------------|------------------|---9--------------|
|------------------o||--------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------------||--------------|------------------|------------------|
Q Gq Q q Q Bmq Q Aq Q Gq H Q Dq Q q
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
E E E E +E E Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E +E E E E E E E E
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3/--|-7--7-7-5--5-3-|-3--3-3-5--5---|-----2----2------2------|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3/--|-7--7-7-5--5-3-|-3--3-3-5--5-3-|-(3)-3----3---3--3---3--|
|-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4/--|-7--7-7-6--6-4-|-4--4-4-6--6-2-|-(2)-2-4--2---2--2-4-2--|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5/--|-9--9-9-7--7-5-|-5--5-5-7--7-0-|-(0)-0-0--0---0--0-0-0--|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|-----0-0-----------0----|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|-------0----------------|
|
| Q E E +Q Q H H Q E E H W
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|------------------------|
|-----3-------------|---------------|----3----------|------------------------|
|-4-----------------|-7------6------|-4------6------|--7---------------------|
|-------5-(5)---5/--|-9------7------|-5----5-7------|------------------------|
|---------------5/--|-9------7------|---------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|------------------------|
|
| ~ ~~~~~~~
| W H H H Q e E q E E +H
|-3-----------------|-7------5------|-3------5--5---|--2/-----14-(14)--------|
|-3-----------------|-7------5------|-3------5--5---|--3/---x-15-(15)--------|
|-4-----------------|-7------6------|-4------6--6---|--2/-----14-(14)--------|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|------------------------|
D.S. al Coda &
Q q Q q Q Bmq Q Aq Q Gq Q q Q Bmq Q Aq
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
E E E E Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E +E E Q Q E E E E E E
|------2-----2----2--||-7--7--5--5-3-|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3/--|-7--7-7-5-5-5-3-|
|---3--3---3-3----3--||-7--7--5--5-3-|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3/--|-7--7-7-5-5-5-3-|
|---2--2-4-2-2--4-2--||-7--7--6--6-4-|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4/--|-7--7-7-6-6-6-4-|
|---0--0-0-0-0--0-0--||-9--9--7--7-5-|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5/--|-9--9-9-7-7-7-5-|
|--------0-----------||--------------|------------------|----------------|
|--------0-----------||--------------|------------------|----------------|
|
| W H H Q E E +Q Q Q Q H
|--------------------||--------------|------------------|----------------|
|--------------------||--------------|----3-------------|----7-----------|
|--------------------||-7-----6------|-4----5-(5)---5/--|----7---6-------|
|--------------------||-9-----7------|-5----5-(5)---5/--|-9--9---7-------|
|--------------------||-9-----7------|------------------|-9------7-------|
|--------------------||--------------|------------------|----------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +W H H W H H
|-(14)---------------||-7-----5------|-3----------------|-7------5-------|
|-(15)---------------||-7-----5------|-3----------------|-7------5-------|
|-(14)---------------||-7-----6------|-4----------------|-7------6-------|
|--------------------||--------------|------------------|----------------|
|--------------------||--------------|------------------|----------------|
|--------------------||--------------|------------------|----------------|
Q Gq Q q Q Bmq Q Aq Q Gq H Q Dq Q q
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
E E E E +E E Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E +E E E E E E E E
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3/--|-7--7-7-5--5-3-|-3--3-3-5--5---|-----2----2------2--------|
|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3/--|-7--7-7-5--5-3-|-3--3-3-5--5-3-|-(3)-3----3---3--3---3----|
|-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4/--|-7--7-7-6--6-4-|-4--4-4-6--6-2-|-(2)-2-4--2---2--2-4-2----|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5/--|-9--9-9-7--7-5-|-5--5-5-7--7-0-|-(0)-0-0--0---0--0-0-0----|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|-----0-0-----------0------|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|-------0------------------|
|
| Q E E +Q Q H H Q E E H W
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------------|
|-----3-------------|---------------|----3----------|--------------------------|
|-4-----------------|-7------6------|-4------6------|--7-----------------------|
|-------5-(5)---5/--|-9------7------|-5----5-7------|--------------------------|
|---------------5/--|-9------7------|---------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W H H W Q E E +Q. S S
|-3-----------------|-7------5------|-3-------------|--2/-----14-(14)-------15-|
|-3-----------------|-7------5------|-3-------------|--3/-----15-(15)----------|
|-4-----------------|-7------6------|-4-------------|--2/-----14-(14)----------|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------------|
Outro
Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Q q Dq q CE E E GE
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E +E E E Q E E E Q Q E Q E
|------2-----2----2-|------2---------|---------2---2-----||--2-----------3--|
|---3--3---3-3----3-|----3-3---3---3-|-(3)-3---3---3-3-3-||o-3--3--3-3---3--|
|---2--2-4-2-2--4-2-|-2--2-2-0-2-4-2-|-(2)-2-4-2---2-2-2-||--2--2--2-2---4--|
|---0--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)-0-0-0---0-0-0-||--0--0--0-0---5--|
|--------0----------|-0--0---0-----0-|-(0)---------------||o-0--0-----------|
|--------0----------|-0------0-----0-|-(0)---------------||--0--------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| +W W W W
|-(15)--------------|----------------|-------------------||-----------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------||o----------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------||-----------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------||-----------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------||o----------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------||-----------------|
Q q Q q D q q CE E E GE Q q Q q
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q E E +E E E E 4x
|-3-3-3-3--3---3-3---|--------2---2---|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3----||
|-3-3-3-3--3---3-3---|--3--3--3---3-3-|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3---o||
|-4-4-4-4--4---4-4---|--2--2--2---2-4-|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4----||
|-5-5-5-5--5---5-5-0-|--0--0--0---0-5-|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5----||
|------------------0-|--0--0--------5-|----------------0-o||
|--------------------|----------------|----------------0--||
|
| ~~
| Q Q +H W W 4x
|-----3---(3)/-------|-14-------------|-------------------||
|-----3---(3)/-------|-15-------------|------------------o||
|-----4---(4)/-------|-14-------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|----------------|-------------------||
|--------------------|----------------|------------------o||
|--------------------|----------------|-------------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
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. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths