Traces Chords
by Cleo Laine
Traces by Cleo Laine is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords Bm, Bm7/A, G#m5-/7, G7M, Bb7M/9, Eb6, Em7, A4/7, A7, D, F#m7, Am, B7, C, C#m5-/7, F#, Bm7, G, A, Bb, Eb, Gm7, Bbm7, C7, Fm7, Db, Dm5-/7, G7, Cm, Cm7/Bb, Am5-/7, Ab7M, E6, Bb4/7 and Bb7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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