Classics Four - Traces (First Version) Chords and Tabs

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"Traces"
(Buddy Buie - J. R. Cobb - Emory Gordy, Jr.)

Intro:

Bbmaj7       Ebmaj7        Em7         A7sus4  A7
/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

Verse 1:

D           F#m
Faded photographs
Am6               B7
Covered now with lines and creases
Em               C
Tickets torn in half
C#m7-5               F#
Memories in bits and pieces

Chorus 1:

Bm        Bm7/A     G#m7-5
Traces of love long ago
Gmaj7           Bbmaj7   Ebmaj7
That didn't work out right
Em7     A7sus4 A7
Traces of love

Verse 2:

Ribbons from her hair
Souvenirs of days together
The ring she used to wear
Pages from an old love letter

Chorus 2:

Traces of love long ago
That didn't work out right
Traces of love with me tonight

Bridge:

Bm          F#m
I close my eyes
Bm         F#m
And say a prayer
Bm                 F#m
That in her heart she'll find
G                  A
A trace of love still there
Bb
Somewhere

[key modulates to Eb]

Sax solo (verse chord pattern, in Eb):

Eb  Gm  Bbm6   C7
Fm  Db  Dm7-5  G7

Chorus 3:

Cm       Cm7/Bb       Am7-5
Traces of hope in the night
Abmaj7               Bmaj7   Emaj7
That she'll come back and dry
Fm7
These traces of tears
Bb7sus4 Bb7  Eb
From    my   eyes

Sax solo (verse chord pattern) to fade


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers