Traces

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"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