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Love Me Tender-Elvis Presley

This document provides instructions for playing the acoustic classic song "Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley. It lists the chords used in the song, which include D, E7, A7, G, and F/C. It recommends strumming through each chord slowly to let the full sound ring out. It also notes that the song has an alternate bass strum pattern and recommends playing it at the same 80 bpm tempo as Elvis Presley's recording.

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Love Me Tender-Elvis Presley

This document provides instructions for playing the acoustic classic song "Love Me Tender" by Elvis Presley. It lists the chords used in the song, which include D, E7, A7, G, and F/C. It recommends strumming through each chord slowly to let the full sound ring out. It also notes that the song has an alternate bass strum pattern and recommends playing it at the same 80 bpm tempo as Elvis Presley's recording.

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