Elvis Presley

I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago

Elvis Presley

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I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago

Year: 1995 - Album: Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential 70's Masters

Written by Elvis Presley/Traditional

Capo on 1st fret
	  		From the 1971 album "Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old)"  

Original key: Ab 

Capo I 

Intro: 

G                   G7             C 
I saw old pharaoh's daughter bring Moses from the water 
     G                 D7            G 
I'll lick the guy that says it isn't so 

#1: 
G 
I was born about ten thousand years ago 
G                                              D7 
There ain't nothing in this world that I don't know 
  G                              C 
I saved King David's life and he offered me a wife 
       G                  D7              G 
I said now you're talking business have a chair 

#2: 
G                  
Yeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago 
G                                        D7 
Ain't nothing in this world that I don't know 
    G               G7            C 
Saw Peter, Paul and Moses playing ring around the roses 
     G                 D7            G 
I'll lick the guy that says it isn't so 

#3: 
G 
I was born about ten thousand years ago 
G                                        D7 
Ain't nothing in this world that I don't know 
G                   G7             C 
I saw old pharaoh's daughter bring Moses from the water 
     G                 D7            G 
I'll lick the guy that says it isn't so 

#4: 
G 
I was there when old Noah built the ark 
G                                 D7 
And I crawled in the window after dark 
G                   G7        C 
I saw Jonah eat the whale and dance with the lion's tail 
      G            D7          G 
And I crossed over Canaan on a log 

#5: 
G 
I was born about ten thousand years ago 
G                                        D7 
Ain't nothing in this world that I don't know 
G                   G7             C 
I saw old pharaoh's daughter bring Moses from the water 
     G                 D7            G 
I'll lick the guy that says it isn't so 

#6: 
G 
Yeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago 
G                                                   D7 
Yeah there ain't nothing in this world that I don't know 
    G               G7            C 
Saw Peter, Paul and Moses playing ring around the roses 
     G                 D7            G 
I'll lick the guy that says it isn't so 

#7: 
G 
I was there when old Noah built the ark 
G                                      D7 
And I crawled through the window after dark 
G                   G7        C 
I saw Jonah eat the whale and dance with the lion's tail 
      G            D7          G 
And I crossed over Canaan on a log 

#8: 
G 
Yeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago 
G                                        D7 
Ain't nothing in this world that I don't know 
G                         G7             C 
Yeah, I saw old pharaoh's daughter bring Moses from the water 
     G                 D7            G 
I'll lick the guy that says it isn't so 

#9: 
G 
I was born about ten thousand years ago 
            G                                  D7 
There ain't nothing in this world that I don't know 
  G                              C 
I saved king David's life and he offered me a wife 
       G                  D7              G 
I said now you're talking business have a chair 

#10: 
G 
Yeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago 
G                                             D7 
There ain't nothing in this world that I don't know 
    G               G7            C 
Saw Peter, Paul and Moses playing ring around the roses 
     G                 D7            G 
I'll lick the guy that says it isn't so  

#11: Elvis sings "scat" to the tune of the Verse: 
  
G 
G      D7 
G  G7  C 
G  D7  G 


#12 (fade out): 
G 
I was born about ten thousand years ago 
G                                        D7 
Ain't nothing in this world that I don't know 
G                   G7             C 
I saw old pharaoh's daughter bring Moses from the water 
         G                 D7            G 
and I'll lick the guy that says it isn't so  dah dah dah dah dah 
		  
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