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Can't Help Falling In Love by Elvis Presley

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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
---------------
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



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