Stella Hurt

[ Elvis improvises the 0 and the last embellishment note throughout, with stabs of E7#9 chords] E G You should wear your red galoshes A C E Walking o'er the city pride G A Streets are paved with heaven's pennies C Intro Riff Gutters full of suicides E G Teddy steadily fell from grace A C Somewhere near Arcadia E G Once she overheard a voice A C That she didn't hear on the radio E G Velvet gloves and country clubs A C Were never going to hold her E G Ringing the necks of silly A Southern belles C Intro Riff Who wanted to scold her B Don't bring me down B I'm trouble bound A A Blue song C C Red Alert Dsus2 Intro Riff 2x Who made Stella Hurt? E G Teddy soon dropped out of sight A C Turned up in another town E G A Changed her name for the spotlight C Intro Riff Singing like a blue bird in a sequin gown E G She finally fell and married well A C But I knew it wouldn't last E G A Reversing back into the limelight C Intro Riff No one ever saw her even half-plastered B Don't bring me down B I'm trouble bound A A Blue song C C Red Alert Dsus2 Intro Riff 2x Who made Stella Hurt? A G Then she saw those soldier boys F#m Throw their bonnets in the air A G F#m Self-made men would pledge their fortunes Dsus2 And dream of her Dsus2 Intro Riff 2x And dream of her E G Generals in the commissary A C Opened up a case of wine E G A Checked the perfume of the cork C Intro Riff Said "Made in 1929" E G A They used her up, to raise morale for money C And Old Glory E G Her voice was shot beyond repair A C Intro Riff But this is not the last act of the story E G The night is black as cracked shellac A C Abandoned in an attic E G Stella is silent as the grave A C Intro Riff Until the needle drags her through the static B Don't bring me down B I'm trouble bound A A Blue song C C Red Alert Dsus2 Intro Riff 2x Who made Stella Hurt? Intro Riff (repeat)