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

I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago - Elvis Presley

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