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:
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
