I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago tab by Elvis Presley

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I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago - Elvis Presley

From the 1971 album "Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old)"

Original key: AbAb

Capo I

Intro:

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

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

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

#3:
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I was born about ten thousand years ago
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Ain't nothing in this world that I don't know
G+G          G7G7       C majorC
I saw old pharaoh's daughter bring Moses from the water
   G+G         D7D7      G+G
I'll lick the guy that says it isn't so

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

#5:
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I was born about ten thousand years ago
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Ain't nothing in this world that I don't know
G+G          G7G7       C majorC
I saw old pharaoh's daughter bring Moses from the water
   G+G         D7D7      G+G
I'll lick the guy that says it isn't so

#6:
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Yeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago
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Yeah there ain't nothing in this world that I don't know
  G+G        G7G7      C majorC
Saw Peter, Paul and Moses playing ring around the roses
   G+G         D7D7      G+G
I'll lick the guy that says it isn't so

#7:
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I was there when old Noah built the ark
G+G                   D7D7
And I crawled through the window after dark
G+G          G7G7    C majorC
I saw Jonah eat the whale and dance with the lion's tail
   G+G      D7D7     G+G
And I crossed over Canaan on a log

#8:
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Yeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago
G+G                    D7D7
Ain't nothing in this world that I don't know
G+G             G7G7       C majorC
Yeah, I saw old pharaoh's daughter bring Moses from the water
   G+G         D7D7      G+G
I'll lick the guy that says it isn't so

#9:
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I was born about ten thousand years ago
      G+G                 D7D7
There ain't nothing in this world that I don't know
 G+G               C majorC
I saved king David's life and he offered me a wife
    G+G         D7D7       G+G
I said now you're talking business have a chair

#10:
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Yeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago
G+G                       D7D7
There ain't nothing in this world that I don't know
  G+G        G7G7      C majorC
Saw Peter, Paul and Moses playing ring around the roses
   G+G         D7D7      G+G
I'll lick the guy that says it isn't so

#11: Elvis sings "scat" to the tune of the verse:

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G+G D7D7 G+G


#12 (fade out):
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I was born about ten thousand years ago
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Ain't nothing in this world that I don't know
G+G          G7G7       C majorC
I saw old pharaoh's daughter bring Moses from the water
     G+G         D7D7      G+G
and I'll lick the guy that says it isn't so dah dah dah dah dah