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             For Ol' Times Sake – Elvis Presley
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Written by: Tony Joe White
From: "Raised on Rock" (1973)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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capo: 1st fret
play: A
key: Bb
for original chords transpose this tab +1
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CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
E/G#      4-x-2-2-1-0
D/E       0-2-2-2-3-2
E9        x-x-2-1-3-2
E6        x-x-2-1-2-0
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[Intro]
|  A| % |
[Verse]
BeAfore you go walk Amaj7out on me
Em7Take a look aA7round tell me Dwhat you see
AHere I stand like an Amaj7open book
Em7Is there something A7here you might have Doverlooked?
'Cause Dit would be a Eshame if you should Aleave
And find that Bmfreedom ain't what Eyou thought it would Abe
[Verse]
The Ayears we had were Amaj7not all bad
In Em7fact I know the A7good outweighed the Dbad
And Anow you say that Amaj7you've grown tired
You Em7want to be A7by yourself a Dwhile
But Dit would be a Eshame if you should Ago
And find that Bmfreedom was a Elong time aAgo
[Middle 8]
I Dknow that you can't Estand the chains to Abind you
But Bm7they just keep on Edrivin' us aApart
And Dyou could go where EI could never Afind you
                  E/G#        F#m                 A/C#       D/E    E7(  E9   E   E7)
But could you go far enough to get away from your heart?
[Interlude]
|  A|  Amaj7|  Em7   A7|  D| 
[Verse]
So, Aone more time, for Amaj7ol' times sake
Em7Come and lay your A7head upon my Dchest
APlease don't throw this Amaj7moment away
Em7We can forget the A7bad and take the Dbest
But Dif you don't have Enothing else to AsayE/G#  
                       Bm                   E[  A]
Let me hold you one more time for ol' times sake
[Interlude]
|  A|  Amaj7|  Em7   A7|  D| 
[Coda]
But Dif you don't have Enothing left to AsayE/G#  
                       Bm                   E|  A|  Amaj7|  A| A  
Let me hold you one more time for ol' times sake

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For Old Times Sake

by Elvis Presley

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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

For Ol' Times Sake – Elvis Presley

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

Written by: Tony Joe White

From: "Raised on Rock" (1973)

Tabbed by: maguri

Tuning: Standard

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

capo: 1st fret

play: A

key: Bb

for original chords transpose this tab +1

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

CHORDS

E-A-D-G-B-e

E/G# 4-x-2-2-1-0

D/E 0-2-2-2-3-2

E9 x-x-2-1-3-2

E6 x-x-2-1-2-0

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

[Intro]

| | % |

[Verse]

A Amaj7

Before you go walk out on me

Em7 A7 D

Take a look around tell me what you see

A Amaj7

Here I stand like an open book

Em7 A7 D

Is there something here you might have overlooked?

D E A

'Cause it would be a shame if you should leave

Bm E A

And find that freedom ain't what you thought it would be

[Verse]

A Amaj7

The years we had were not all bad

Em7 A7 D

In fact I know the good outweighed the bad

A Amaj7

And now you say that you've grown tired

Em7 A7 D

You want to be by yourself a while

D E A

But it would be a shame if you should go

Bm E A

And find that freedom was a long time ago

[Middle 8]

D E A

I know that you can't stand the chains to bind you

Bm7 E A

But they just keep on drivin' us apart

D E A

And you could go where I could never find you

E/G# F#m A/C# D/E E7 E9 E E7

( )

But could you go far enough to get away from your heart?

[Interlude]

A Amaj7 Em7 A7 D

| | | | |

[Verse]

A Amaj7

So, one more time, for ol' times sake

Em7 A7 D

Come and lay your head upon my chest

A Amaj7

Please don't throw this moment away

Em7 A7 D

We can forget the bad and take the best

D E A E/G#

But if you don't have nothing else to say

Bm E A

[ ]

Let me hold you one more time for ol' times sake

[Interlude]

A Amaj7 Em7 A7 D

| | | | |

[Coda]

D E A E/G#

But if you don't have nothing left to say

Bm E A Amaj7 A A

| | | |

Let me hold you one more time for ol' times sake

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