Classics Four - Traces guitar chord

Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 17:20:55 -0500

From: Andrew Rogers

Subject: c/classics_four/traces.crd

                                "Traces"

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

Intro [chorus chords]:

Bm          Bm7/A       G#m7-5        Gmaj7

  /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

[top note of chords implied by vibes: C, C, D, D, C#]:

Bbmaj9        Eb6          Em7         A7sus4  A7

  /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

Verse 1:

D           F#m

Faded photographs

Am               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           Bbmaj9   Eb6

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

          Em7      A7sus4 A7     D

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       Bbm       C7

/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Fm       Db     Dm7-5      G7

/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

Chorus 3:

Cm       Cm7/Bb       Am7-5

Traces of hope in the night

     Abmaj7               Bmaj9   E6

That she'll come back and dry

                Fm7

These traces of tears

Bb7sus4 Bb7  Eb

From    my   eyes

Sax solo (verse chord pattern, in Eb) to fade

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers