Traces
-Buie, Cobb, Gordy
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Transcribed by Guitar Player Extraordinaire, Tim Stoll
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Some helpful chord voicings:

G#m7b5: G#, B, D, F#
C#m7b5: C#, G, B, E
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Intro (chorus):

Bm--Bm7/A--G#m7b5--Gmaj7

Bbmaj7--Ebmaj7--Em7--A7sus4--A7


Verse 1:

D------------Dmaj7
..Faded photographs

Am-----------------B7
..Covered now with lines and creases

Em----------------C
..Tickets torn in half

C#m7b5--------F#7
..Memories in bits and pieces

Chorus 1:

Bm----------Bm7/A------G#m7b5-------Gmaj7
..Traces of love long ago...that....didn?t

---------Bbmaj7--Ebmaj7
work out right...

----------Em7?--Asus4?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:

Bm7--------F#m7
I close my eyes

Bm7-------F#m7
And say a prayer

Bm7----------------------F#m7
That in her heart she'll find

G7--------------------Asus4--A7
A trace of love still there

----Bb7sus4--Bb7
Somewhere........oh...

(Modulate to Eb, Saxophone solo (verse)):

Eb--Ebmaj7--Bbm7--C7

Fm--Db--Dm7b5--G7

Chorus 3:

Cm--------Cm7/Bb------Am7b5
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

End:
(Saxophone solo over verse in Eb)

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