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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