Capo: 1 Tuning: E A D G B E

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:

^GI saw old pharaoh's ^G7daughter bring ^CMoses from the water I'll ^Glick the guy that ^D7says it isn't ^Gso

#1:

^GI was born about ten thousand years ago ^GThere ain't nothing in this world that I don't ^D7know I ^Gsaved King David's life and he ^Coffered me a wife I said ^Gnow you're talking ^D7business have a ^Gchair

#2:

^GYeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago ^GAin't nothing in this world that I don't ^D7know Saw ^GPeter, Paul and ^G7Moses playing ^Cring around the roses I'll ^Glick the guy that ^D7says it isn't ^Gso

#3:

^GI was born about ten thousand years ago ^GAin't nothing in this world that I don't ^D7know ^GI saw old pharaoh's ^G7daughter bring ^CMoses from the water I'll ^Glick the guy that ^D7says it isn't ^Gso

#4:

^GI was there when old Noah built the ark ^GAnd I crawled in the window after ^D7dark ^GI saw Jonah eat the ^G7whale and ^Cdance with the lion's tail And I ^Gcrossed over ^D7Canaan on a ^Glog

#5:

#6:

^GYeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago ^GYeah there ain't nothing in this world that I don't ^D7know Saw ^GPeter, Paul and ^G7Moses playing ^Cring around the roses I'll ^Glick the guy that ^D7says it isn't ^Gso

#7:

^GI was there when old Noah built the ark ^GAnd I crawled through the window after ^D7dark ^GI saw Jonah eat the ^G7whale and ^Cdance with the lion's tail And I ^Gcrossed over ^D7Canaan on a ^Glog

#8:

^GYeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago ^GAin't nothing in this world that I don't ^D7know ^GYeah, I saw old pharaoh's ^G7daughter bring ^CMoses from the water I'll ^Glick the guy that ^D7says it isn't ^Gso

#9:

^GI was born about ten thousand years ago There ain't ^Gnothing in this world that I don't ^D7know I ^Gsaved king David's life and he ^Coffered me a wife I said ^Gnow you're talking ^D7business have a ^Gchair

#10:

^GYeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago ^GThere ain't nothing in this world that I don't^D7 know Saw ^GPeter, Paul and ^G7Moses playing ^Cring around the roses I'll ^Glick the guy that ^D7says it isn't ^Gso

#11: Elvis sings "scat" to the tune of the verse: G G D7 G G7 C G D7 G #12 (fade out):

^GI was born about ten thousand years ago ^GAin't nothing in this world that I don't ^D7know ^GI saw old pharaoh's ^G7daughter bring ^CMoses from the water and I'll ^Glick the guy that ^D7says it isn't ^Gso dah dah dah dah dah

Elvis Presley - I was born about ten thousand years ago