CLASSICS FOUR - "traces" Tablature

Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 17:20:55 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com>
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