Elvis Presley – I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago (Guitar)

Capo 1
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Chords

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