CLASSICS FOUR - "Traces" Tablature

"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