Traces - Classics IV

                               Traces 

               Buddy Buie - J. R. Cobb - Emory Gordy, Jr.

 Am  Am7 F#m7 Fmaj7 G#maj9 C#6 Dm7 G7

 C           Em

 Faded photographs

 Gm               A7

 Covered now with lines and creases

 Dm               A#

 Tickets torn in half

 Bm7                   E

 Memories in bits and pieces

 Am        Am7        F#m7

 Traces of love long ago

      Fmaj7           G#maj9   C#6

 That didn't work out right

           Dm7       G7     C

 Traces of love with me tonight

C                Em

Ribbons from her hair

Gm            A7

Souvenirs of days together

Dm                    A#

The ring she used to wear

Bm7                     E

Pages from an old love letter

Am         Am7        F#m7

Traces of love long ago

      Fmaj7           G#maj9   C#6

That didn't work out right

          Dm7       G7     C

Traces of love with me tonight

Am          Em

I close my eyes

Am         Em

And say a prayer

Am                 Em

That in her heart she'll find

    F                  G

A trace of love still there

    G#

Somewhere

Instrumental solo (verse chord pattern)

Am         Am7         F#maj7

Traces of hope in the night

     Fmaj7                G#maj9   C#6

That she'll come back and dry

                 Dm7

These traces of tears

G7       C

From my eyes