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