I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago

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

Original key: Ab 

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 
     G                 D7            G 
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                   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: 
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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 
      G            D7          G 
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                   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: 
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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               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: 
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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: 
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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 
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: 
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Yeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago 
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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: 
  
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#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                   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