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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