I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago Chords
I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago by Elvis Presley is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Ab with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords Ab, G, G7, C and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the 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