READY TEDDY
As recorded by Elvis Presley
(From the 1956 Album ELVIS)
Words and Music by Robert Blackwell & John Marascalco
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Scotty Moore - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Elvis Presley - Acoustic Guitar'
Intro
Q=198(8=s8)
C7
4/4
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.)
Q Q Q Q H Q Q Q Q H W
|----8-----8--|---------8--|-8----------|------:
|----8-----8--|---------8--|-8----------|------:
|----9-----9--|---------9--|-9----------|------:
|----8-----8--|---------8--|-8----------|------:
|-------------|------------|------------|------:
|-------------|------------|------------|------:
Chorus
$
F9
Q Q E E Q Q E E +E E Q
||-----8---8-------|-8----8-(8)-8------|
||o----8---8-8-----|-8----8-(8)---10---|
||-----8---8-------|-8----8-(8)--------|
||-----7---7-------|-7----7-(7)--------|
||o----8---8-------|-8----8-(8)--------|
||-----------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Ac. Gtr.)
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8--8-8--8--8--8-8-|
||o-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8--8-8--8--8--8-8-|
||--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8--8-8--8--8--8-8-|
||--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7--7--7--7-7-|
||o-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8--8-8--8--8--8-8-|
||-----------------|-------------------|
C
E E Q E E Q Q E E +E E Q
|----8--------8----------|--8------8-(8)--8--------|
|----8--8-----8-10-------|--8------8-(8)--8-10-----|
|----9--9-----9----------|--9------9-(9)--9--------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8---8--8--8---8--8--8--|
|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8---8--8--8---8--8--8--|
|--9----9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9---9--9--9---9--9--9--|
|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--|
|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--|
|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8---8--8--8---8--8--8--|
To Coda
G9 F9 C
E Q E E E Q Q E E +E E Q Q Q H W
|----10-------10-10-------|-11----8-(8)-8-8---|--8----------|------||
|----10-------10-10-------|-10----8-(8)-8-8---|--8----------|------||
|----10-------10-10-------|-------8-(8)-8-8---|--9----------|------||
|-----9-------------------|-------------------|-------------|------||
|----10-------------------|-------------------|-------------|------||
|-------------------------|-------------------|-------------|------||
|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q H W
|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-|--8--8-8--8--8-8-8-|--8----------|------||
|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-|--8--8-8--8--8-8-8-|--8----------|------||
|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-|--8--8-8--8--8-8-8-|--9----------|------||
|--9-----9--9--9--9--9--9-|--7--7-7--7--7-7-7-|-10----------|------||
|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-|--8--8-8--8--8-8-8-|-10----------|------||
|-------------------------|-------------------|--8----------|------||
Verse
1.
N.C.
Q Q H H E Q. Q Q H W
|------------|-------------|------------|-------||
|------------|-------------|------------|------o||
|------------|-------------|------------|-------||
|------------|-------------|------------|-------||
|-3----------|--------3----|-3----------|------o||
|------------|-------------|------------|-------||
2nd Verse
2.
N.C.
Q Q H H E Q. Q Q H H E Q.
|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|-3----------|--------3----|-3----------|--------3----|
|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
D.S. al Coda
Q Q H H E Q. Q Q H W
|------------|-------------|------------|-------||
|------------|-------------|------------|-------||
|------------|-------------|------------|-------||
|------------|-------------|------------|-------||
|-3----------|--------3----|-3----------|-------||
|------------|-------------|------------|-------||
Guitar Solo
&
C6
H Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------11s||=12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11s|
|-----------12s||=13-13-13-13-13-13-13-12s|
|-----------13s||=14-14-14-14-14-14-14-13s|
|--------------||-------------------------|
|--------------||-------------------------|
|--------------||-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W Q E E E E E E
|--------------||--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|--------------||--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|--------------||--9-----9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|--------------||-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--------------||-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--------------||--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11s|=12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11s=|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-12s|=13-13-13-13-13-13-13-12s=|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-13s|=14-14-14-14-14-14-14-13s=|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8--|
|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8--|
|--9-----9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9-----9--9--9--9--9--9--|
|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8--|
F7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-10s|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-12s|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-13s|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|--9-----9--9--9--9--9--9-|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-|--7-----7--7--7--7--7--7-|
|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|-------------------------|
C6
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-10s|=12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10s=|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-11s|=13-13-13-13-13-13-13-11s=|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12s|=14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12s=|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8--|
|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8--|
|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|--9-----9--9--9--9--9--9--|
|--7-----7--7--7--7--7--7-|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|-------------------------|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8--|
G7
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12s|=13-13-13-13-13-17-13-17-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-14s|=15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-15s|=16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--9-----9--9--9--9--9--9-|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-|--9-----9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|-------------------------|
F7 C
E E E E E E E E Q Q H
|-11-11-11-11-11-15-11-11s|=12----------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-12s|=13----------|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-13s|=14----------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E Q Q H
|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8----------|
|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8----------|
|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|--9----------|
|--7-----7--7--7--7--7--7-|-10----------|
|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|-10----------|
|-------------------------|--8----------|
H Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|------------------------|
|-------------|------10--8-------10----|
|-----------8s|==9-9-------10--9-----8s|
|-----------9s|=10-------------------9s|
|-------------|------------------------|
|-------------|------------------------|
|
| W Q E E E E E E
|-------------|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-------------|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-------------|--9----9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-------------|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------10--8-------10----|------10--8-------10-----|
|--9-9-------10--9-----8s|==9-9-------10--9-----8s=|
|-10-------------------9s|=10-------------------9s=|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8--|
|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8--|
|--9----9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9----9--9--9--9--9--9--|
|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8--|
F9
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----8-------------------|--------------------|
|------10--8-------10--7s|=8-8-10-8------10-7s|
|--9---------10--9-----7s|=8--------10-8----7s|
|-10-------------------6s|=7----------------6s|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8-|-8----8-8--8-8--8-8-|
|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8-|-8----8-8--8-8--8-8-|
|--9----9--9--9--9--9--9-|-8----8-8--8-8--8-8-|
|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-|-7----7-7--7-7--7-7-|
|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-|-8----8-8--8-8--8-8-|
|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8-|--------------------|
C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|-8-8-10-8------10---|------10--8-------10-----|
|-8--------10-8----8s|==9-9-------10--9-----8s=|
|-7----------------9s|=10-------------------9s=|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-8----8-8--8-8--8-8-|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8--|
|-8----8-8--8-8--8-8-|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8--|
|-8----8-8--8-8--8-8-|--9----9--9--9--9--9--9--|
|-7----7-7--7-7--7-7-|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|-8----8-8--8-8--8-8-|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|--------------------|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8--|
G9
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------------|-----10-10--------------|
|------10--8-------10--9s|=10-----------10-12\--7s|
|--9-9-------10--9-----9s|=10--------12---------7s|
|-10-------------------8s|==9-------------------6s|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8-|-10--10-10-10-10-10--10-|
|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8-|-10--10-10-10-10-10--10-|
|--9----9--9--9--9--9--9-|-10--10-10-10-10-10--10-|
|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-|--9---9--9--9--9--9---9-|
|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10-10--10-|
|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8-|------------------------|
F9 C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|--------------8-----|
|-8-8-10-8------10---|------10-8----------|
|-8--------10-8----8s|==9-9------10---9-9-|
|-7----------------9s|=10-----------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-8----8-8--8-8--8-8-|--8----8-8--8-8-8-8-|
|-8----8-8--8-8--8-8-|--8----8-8--8-8-8-8-|
|-8----8-8--8-8--8-8-|--8----8-8--8-8-8-8-|
|-7----7-7--7-7--7-7-|--7----7-7--7-7-7-7-|
|-8----8-8--8-8--8-8-|--8----8-8--8-8-8-8-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
3rd & 4th Verses
N.C.
E E E E E E Q Q Q H H E Q. Q Q H H E Q.
|------8-8-8-10-8\--||-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|-10-8-8------------||o------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|-------------------||-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|-------------------||-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|-------------------||o-3----------|--------3----|-3----------|--------3----|
|-------------------||-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|
| Q E E E E Q W W W W
|--8---8-8-8--8-8---||-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|--8---8-8-8--8-8---||o------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|--8---8-8-8--8-8---||-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|--7---7-7-7--7-7---||-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|--8---8-8-8--8-8---||o------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|-------------------||-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
Q Q H H E Q. Q Q H W
|------------|-------------|------------|------||
|------------|-------------|------------|------||
|------------|-------------|------------|------||
|------------|-------------|------------|------||
|-3----------|--------3----|-3----------|------||
|------------|-------------|------------|------||
Chorus
F9
Q Q E E Q Q E E +E E Q
|----8---8-------|-8----8-(8)-8------|
|----8---8-8-----|-8----8-(8)---10---|
|----8---8-------|-8----8-(8)--------|
|----7---7-------|-7----7-(7)--------|
|----8---8-------|-8----8-(8)--------|
|----------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8--8-8--8--8--8-8-|
|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8--8-8--8--8--8-8-|
|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8--8-8--8--8--8-8-|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7--7--7--7-7-|
|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8--8-8--8--8--8-8-|
|----------------|-------------------|
C
E E Q E E Q Q E E +E E Q
|----8--------8----------|--8------8-(8)--8-------|
|----8--8-----8-10-------|--8------8-(8)--8-10----|
|----9--9-----9----------|--9------9-(9)--9-------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8---8--8--8---8--8--8-|
|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8---8--8--8---8--8--8-|
|--9----9--9--9--9--9--9-|--9---9--9--9---9--9--9-|
|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10--10-10-10-|
|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10--10-10-10-|
|--8----8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8---8--8--8---8--8--8-|
G9 F9 C
E Q E E E Q Q E E +E E Q Q Q H
|----10-------10-10-------|-11----8-(8)-8-8---|--8----------|
|----10-------10-10-------|-10----8-(8)-8-8---|--8----------|
|----10-------10-10-------|-------8-(8)-8-8---|--9----------|
|-----9-------------------|-------------------|-------------|
|----10-------------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|-------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q H
|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-|--8--8-8--8--8-8-8-|--8----------|
|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-|--8--8-8--8--8-8-8-|--8----------|
|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-|--8--8-8--8--8-8-8-|--9----------|
|--9-----9--9--9--9--9--9-|--7--7-7--7--7-7-7-|-10----------|
|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-|--8--8-8--8--8-8-8-|-10----------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|--8----------|
1. 2.
C5/G
W H Q Q Q Q H
|-----------||------------|------------*|
|----------o||------------|------------*|
|-----------||------------|------------*|
|-----------||---------5--|-5----------*|
|----------o||---------3--|-3----------*|
|-----------||---------3--|-3----------*|
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
