On the verses where the backing vocals sing (doo-wap) sing the doo on top of the last
word of the line.
Intro
riff
e|-----------------------------------------------------------||-------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------||-------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------||-------------------|
D|------8-11-8--------------8-11-8--------------8-11-8-------||------8-11-8-------|
A|-9-11-------11-9-11~-9-11-------11-9-11~-9-11-------11-9-9~||-9-11-------11-9-9~|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------||-------------------|
F# G#m B F#
I can see Elvis... skinny like he was... back in fifty-seven
F# G#m B
razor-quiffed and leather-squeezed... sideburns flickering in the breeze
F#
that blows across the vale of heaven (riff)
F# G#m B F#
I can see Elvis... throned like a king... astride a golden Harley
F# G#m B
smoking a reefer he just rolled... full of acapulco gold
F#
with Hendrix, Dean and Marley (riff)
F# G#m B
I can see Elvis(doo-wap) prowling like a cat(doo-wap)
F#
across a funky bandstand (doo-wap)
F# G#m
Keith Moon behind him banging drums (doo-wap)
B
Charlie Parker all thumbs (doo-wap)
F#
John Lennon doing handstands (doo-wap) (riff)(doo-wap)
Solo on acoustic
F# G#m B F# G#m
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------9---------------------------------------------9~|
G|-----8~--8-11-8----11-8----11-8--8-------8----8-----8----8-11-8---|
D|-8-11-------------------11-----11----8-11-8-11--8-11-8-11---------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#m B F#
e|--------------------9r-------------------------------|
B|-11-9--9-11---11-9------11-9--9-11---9br-------------|
G|-----11-----------11--------11----8-----11-8---------|
D|--------------------------------------------11-8-----|
A|------------------------------------------------11-9-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
F# G#m B
I can see Elvis... talking philosophy and law
F#
with Joan Of Arc and Plato
F# G#m
quizzing Shakespeare on his plays
B
showing Crazy Horse and Marvin Gaye
F#
how to dance the mashed potato (riff)
F# G#m
I can see Elvis (doo-wap)
B
high and low and high (doo-wap)
F#
and low and high he's hunting (doo-wap)
F# G#m
looking for a special prey (doo-wap)
B
who only just arrived up here today (doo-wap)
F#
break out the bunting (doo-wap) (riff) (doo-wap)
F# G#m (mute) B
I can see Elvis... he's writin' something down
F#
in a litle leather journal
F# G#m
and here are all the words he wrote:
B F# (riff)
"I am gonna slit the throat of that skinflint, the Colonel"
F# G#m (riff) B (riff) F# (riff)
I can see Elvis... I can see Elvis... I can see Elvis...
F# G#m (riff) B (riff) F# (riff)
I can see Elvis... I can see Elvis... I can see Elvis... Elvis... Elvis
solo organ + electric guitar over F# G#m B F#
