Chord/Tab song: I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago

Original key: Ab

Capo I

Intro:

[G]I saw old pharaoh's [G7]daughter bring [C]Moses from the water
I'll [G]lick the guy that [D7]says it isn't [G]so

#1:
[G]I was born about ten thousand years ago
[G]There ain't nothing in this world that I don't [D7]know
I [G]saved King David's life and he [C]offered me a wife
I said [G]now you're talking [D7]business have a [G]chair

#2:
[G]Yeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago
[G]Ain't nothing in this world that I don't [D7]know
Saw [G]Peter, Paul and [G7]Moses playing [C]ring around the roses
I'll [G]lick the guy that [D7]says it isn't [G]so

#3:
[G]I was born about ten thousand years ago
[G]Ain't nothing in this world that I don't [D7]know
[G]I saw old pharaoh's [G7]daughter bring [C]Moses from the water
I'll [G]lick the guy that [D7]says it isn't [G]so

#4:
[G]I was there when old Noah built the ark
[G]And I crawled in the window after [D7]dark
[G]I saw Jonah eat the [G7]whale and [C]dance with the lion's tail
And I [G]crossed over [D7]Canaan on a [G]log

#5:
[G]I was born about ten thousand years ago
[G]Ain't nothing in this world that I don't [D7]know
[G]I saw old pharaoh's [G7]daughter bring [C]Moses from the water
I'll [G]lick the guy that [D7]says it isn't [G]so

#6:
[G]Yeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago
[G]Yeah there ain't nothing in this world that I don't [D7]know
Saw [G]Peter, Paul and [G7]Moses playing [C]ring around the roses
I'll [G]lick the guy that [D7]says it isn't [G]so

#7:
[G]I was there when old Noah built the ark
[G]And I crawled through the window after [D7]dark
[G]I saw Jonah eat the [G7]whale and [C]dance with the lion's tail
And I [G]crossed over [D7]Canaan on a [G]log

#8:
[G]Yeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago
[G]Ain't nothing in this world that I don't [D7]know
[G]Yeah, I saw old pharaoh's [G7]daughter bring [C]Moses from the water
I'll [G]lick the guy that [D7]says it isn't [G]so

#9:
[G]I was born about ten thousand years ago
There ain't [G]nothing in this world that I don't [D7]know
I [G]saved king David's life and he [C]offered me a wife
I said [G]now you're talking [D7]business have a [G]chair

#10:
[G]Yeah, I was born about ten thousand years ago
[G]There ain't nothing in this world that I don't[D7] know
Saw [G]Peter, Paul and [G7]Moses playing [C]ring around the roses
I'll [G]lick the guy that [D7]says it isn't [G]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]Ain't nothing in this world that I don't [D7]know
[G]I saw old pharaoh's [G7]daughter bring [C]Moses from the water
and I'll [G]lick the guy that [D7]says it isn't [G]so dah dah dah dah dah