Bass tabs
CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE (Bassline)
As recorded by Elvis Presley
(From the 1961 Album BLUE HAWAII)
Words and Music by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss
Gtr I (E A D G) - ’Bob Moore - Double Bass’
Intro 1st Verse
Q=67
4/4
Gtr I (Double Bass)
|-3-|
H H H Q E E E H H
|-----------|---------------||-----------|
|-----------|---------------||-----------|
|-5---------|-5-----------4-||-5---------|
|------5----|------5--5-7---||------2----|
H H H H H H H H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-2---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|------5----|-3----2----|-0----5----|-3----5----|
2nd Verse
|-3--|
Q +E E E Q Q H H H Q Q H H
|------------------|-----------|------------||-----------|
|----------4-5--2--|-----------|------7-----||-----------|
|-2--(2)-5---------|-----------|-5----------||-5---------|
|------------------|-5----5----|---------5--||------2----|
H Q Q H H H H H H
|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-2----2--0--|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|------------|-3----2----|-0----5----|-3----5----|
Bridge
|-3--|
Q +E E E Q Q H H H Q Q H Q Q
|------------------|-----------|------------||------------|
|----------4-5--2--|-----------|------------||------------|
|-2--(2)-5---------|-----------|-5-------5--||------4--4--|
|------------------|-5----5----|------5-----||-2----------|
|-3-| |-3-|
H Q Q H Q Q Q Q Q E E E Q E E E Q Q
|------------|------------|----------------|-------------2---||
|------------|------------|-4----------1-4-|-2--2-0----------||
|------4--4--|------4--4--|-------2--2-----|--------2-0------||
|-2----------|-2----------|----2-----------|-----------------||
3rd Verse
H H H Q Q H H H H
|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|------------|-----------|-----------|
|-5---------|-2----2--0--|-----------|-----------|
|------2----|------------|-3----2----|-0----5----|
|-3--|
H H Q +E E E Q Q H H H Q Q
|-----------|------------------|-----------|------------||
|-----------|----------4-5--2--|-----------|------------||
|-----------|-2--(2)-5---------|-----------|-5-------5--||
|-3----5----|------------------|-5----5----|------5-----||
Bridge
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
H Q E E E H Q E E E H Q E E E
|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------3-4-|-----------3-4-|-----------3-4--|
|------4--4-----|------4--4-----|------4--4------|
|-2-------------|-2-------------|-2--------------|
4th Verse
|-3--| |-3-|
Q Q Q +E E E Q E E E Q Q H H H Q Q
|------------------|-------------2--||-----------|-------------|
|--------------1-4-|-2--2-0---------||-----------|-------------|
|-------2--(2)-----|--------2-0-----||-5---------|-2----2--0---|
|-2--2-------------|----------------||------2----|-------------|
|-3--|
H H H Q Q H H Q +E E E Q Q
|-----------|------------|-----------|------------------|
|-----------|------------|-----------|----------4-5--2--|
|-----------|------------|-----------|-2--(2)-5---------|
|-3----2----|-0----5--5--|-3----5----|------------------|
Outro
|-3--|
H H H Q Q H H Q +E E E Q Q
|-----------|------------||-----------|------------------|
|-----------|------------||-----------|----------4-5--2--|
|-----------|-5-------5--||-----------|-2--(2)-5---------|
|-5----5----|------5-----||-3----5----|------------------|
H.=H
H H W +W
|-------------|------------|--------*|
|-------------|------------|--------*|
|-------------|-(5)--------|-(5)----*|
|-5----(5)----|------------|--------*|
Duration 🏷Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
Wise men say
Only fools rush in
But I can’t help falling in love with you
Shall I stay?
Would it be a sin
If I can’t help falling in love with you?
Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand,
Take my whole life, too
For I can’t help falling in love with you
Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand,
Take my whole life, too
For I can’t help falling in love with you
