{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1802137,"song":"I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago","artist":"Elvis Presley","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1802137-i-was-born-about-ten-thousand-years-ago-chords-by-elvis-presley/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1802137?type=chord","rating":4.80619,"votes":13,"content":"I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago - Elvis Presley\r\n\r\nFrom the 1971 album \"Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old)\" \r\n\r\nOriginal key: Ab\r\n\r\nCapo I\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI saw old pharaoh's daughter bring Moses from the water[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll lick the guy that says it isn't so[/tab]\r\n\r\n#1:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was born about ten thousand years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThere ain't nothing in this world that I don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI saved King David's life and he offered me a wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI said now you're talking business have a chair[/tab]\r\n\r\n#2:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 \r\nYeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAin't nothing in this world that I don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaw Peter, Paul and Moses playing ring around the roses[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll lick the guy that says it isn't so[/tab]\r\n\r\n#3:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was born about ten thousand years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAin't nothing in this world that I don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI saw old pharaoh's daughter bring Moses from the water[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll lick the guy that says it isn't so[/tab]\r\n\r\n#4:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was there when old Noah built the ark[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd I crawled in the window after dark[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI saw Jonah eat the whale and dance with the lion's tail[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I crossed over Canaan on a log[/tab]\r\n\r\n#5:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was born about ten thousand years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAin't nothing in this world that I don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI saw old pharaoh's daughter bring Moses from the water[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll lick the guy that says it isn't so[/tab]\r\n\r\n#6:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nYeah there ain't nothing in this world that I don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaw Peter, Paul and Moses playing ring around the roses[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll lick the guy that says it isn't so[/tab]\r\n\r\n#7:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was there when old Noah built the ark[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd I crawled through the window after dark[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI saw Jonah eat the whale and dance with the lion's tail[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I crossed over Canaan on a log[/tab]\r\n\r\n#8:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAin't nothing in this world that I don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah, I saw old pharaoh's daughter bring Moses from the water[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll lick the guy that says it isn't so[/tab]\r\n\r\n#9:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was born about ten thousand years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThere ain't nothing in this world that I don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI saved king David's life and he offered me a wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI said now you're talking business have a chair[/tab]\r\n\r\n#10:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThere ain't nothing in this world that I don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaw Peter, Paul and Moses playing ring around the roses[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll lick the guy that says it isn't so [/tab]\r\n\r\n#11: Elvis sings \"scat\" to the tune of the verse:\r\n \r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n#12 (fade out):\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was born about ten thousand years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAin't nothing in this world that I don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI saw old pharaoh's daughter bring Moses from the water[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand I'll lick the guy that says it isn't so  dah dah dah dah dah[/tab]","plain_text":"I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago - Elvis Presley\n\nFrom the 1971 album \"Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old)\" \n\nOriginal key: Ab\n\nCapo I\n\nIntro:\n\n\n\n\n#1:\n\n\n\n\n\n#2:\n\n\n\n\n\n#3:\n\n\n\n\n\n#4:\n\n\n\n\n\n#5:\n\n\n\n\n\n#6:\n\n\n\n\n\n#7:\n\n\n\n\n\n#8:\n\n\n\n\n\n#9:\n\n\n\n\n\n#10:\n\n\n\n\n\n#11: Elvis sings \"scat\" to the tune of the verse:\n \nG\nG      D7\nG  G7  C\nG  D7  G\n\n\n#12 (fade out):","chords":["Ab","G","G7","C","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}