Written by Budy Buye, J.R. Cobb and Emory Gordy Jr.
Intro: Bm Bm7/A G#m5-/7 G7M Bb7M/9 Eb6 Em7 A4/7 A7 D F#m7 Am B7 Faded photographs, covered now with lines and creases Em7 C C#m5-/7 F# Tickets torn in half, memories and bits and pieces Bm Bm7/A G#m5-/7 G7M Bb7M/9 Eb6 Traces of love, long ago, that didn't work out right Em7 A4/7 A7 Traces of love D F#m7 Am B7 Ribbons from her hair, souvenirs of days together Em7 C C#m5-/7 F# The rings she used to wear, pages from an old love letter Bm Bm7/A G#m5-/7 G7M Bb7M/9 Eb6 Traces of love, long ago, that didn't work out right Em7 A4/7 A7 D Traces of love, with me tonight Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 I close my eyes and say a prayer Bm7 F#m7 That in her heart she'll find G A Bb A trace of love still there, somewhere Interlude: Eb Gm7 Bbm7 C7 Fm7 Db Dm5-/7 G7 Cm Cm7/Bb Am5-/7 Traces of hope, in the night Ab7M Bb7M/9 E6 That she'll come back and dry Fm7 Bb4/7 Bb7 Eb These traces of tears, from my eyes