Chords for I Was Born About 10 000 Years Ago The Seekers
Tempo:
66.95 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
B
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] Keith and Bruce and myself were talking before the show and we were saying what a marvellous thing coincidence is
because we'd been singing together for [F#] about six or seven months before we finally discovered that we'd all gone to the same school together
at different times.
And after that [G] we also discovered that we'd all taken history as our number one subject.
We'd also had the same history master.
But the most fantastic coincidence of the whole lot was that we all failed history magnificently.
So we said to ourselves history is a drag, history is a very boring subject.
So we thought now what can we do about it to make it a little more interesting for the kids to learn.
So what we've done is we've written our own lyrics, quite factual, and we've put them to music.
So here is history put to music as seen by the three of us as if we were all born about 10,000 [A] years ago.
I was born about 10,000 years ago.
Oh there's nothing in this world that I don't know.
I saw Matthew, Mark and Moses playing ring around the roses.
I licked the guy that said it isn't so.
And I sheared off Samson's hair just for a laugh.
So I upped and ran [D] away to the good old USA [A] where I raced off of hunters in the dark.
I was born about 10,000 years ago.
Oh there's nothing in this world that I don't know.
I saw Matthew, Mark [D] and Moses playing ring around [A] the roses.
I licked the guy that said it isn't so.
In the boudoir with dear Empress Josephine when Napoleon was [E] nowhere to be seen.
[A] It was then I played my [D] part so much better than [A] Bonaparte.
Well I guess you know exactly what I mean.
I was born about 10,000 years ago.
Oh there's nothing in this [E] world that I don't know.
[A] I saw Matthew, Mark and Moses playing ring around the roses.
I licked the guy that said it isn't so.
I was in the garden when Eve made love to me.
I sent Cleopatra back [B] to Antony.
[A] I was there with Pompadour [D] when she said to Jules Amour.
[A] I took Julius' clothes up on the balcony.
I was born about 10,000 years ago.
Oh there's nothing in this [E] world that I don't know.
[A] I saw Matthew, Mark and [D] Moses playing ring around the [A] roses.
I licked the guy that said it isn't so.
I designed the pyramids along the Nile.
I was friendly with the [E] pharaohs for a while.
[A] Till they caught me playing Ramy [D] with an old Egyptian mummy.
[A] That's why the sphinxes got that famous smile.
I was born about 10,000 years ago.
Oh there's nothing in this world [B] that I don't know.
[A] I saw Matthew, Mark and Moses [D] playing ring around the [A] roses.
I licked the guy that said it isn't so.
Sing up, lad.
Sing up, you.
I taught William the Conqueror how to fight.
And I fluffed up Florence [B] Nightingale's light.
[A] And Robin Hood was carrying on for hours with
Maid Marian on the bed that I hid under for the night.
[A] I was born about 10,000 years ago.
[B] [A] I saw Matthew, Mark and Moses [D] playing ring around the roses.
[A] I licked the guy that said [N] it isn't so.
because we'd been singing together for [F#] about six or seven months before we finally discovered that we'd all gone to the same school together
at different times.
And after that [G] we also discovered that we'd all taken history as our number one subject.
We'd also had the same history master.
But the most fantastic coincidence of the whole lot was that we all failed history magnificently.
So we said to ourselves history is a drag, history is a very boring subject.
So we thought now what can we do about it to make it a little more interesting for the kids to learn.
So what we've done is we've written our own lyrics, quite factual, and we've put them to music.
So here is history put to music as seen by the three of us as if we were all born about 10,000 [A] years ago.
I was born about 10,000 years ago.
Oh there's nothing in this world that I don't know.
I saw Matthew, Mark and Moses playing ring around the roses.
I licked the guy that said it isn't so.
And I sheared off Samson's hair just for a laugh.
So I upped and ran [D] away to the good old USA [A] where I raced off of hunters in the dark.
I was born about 10,000 years ago.
Oh there's nothing in this world that I don't know.
I saw Matthew, Mark [D] and Moses playing ring around [A] the roses.
I licked the guy that said it isn't so.
In the boudoir with dear Empress Josephine when Napoleon was [E] nowhere to be seen.
[A] It was then I played my [D] part so much better than [A] Bonaparte.
Well I guess you know exactly what I mean.
I was born about 10,000 years ago.
Oh there's nothing in this [E] world that I don't know.
[A] I saw Matthew, Mark and Moses playing ring around the roses.
I licked the guy that said it isn't so.
I was in the garden when Eve made love to me.
I sent Cleopatra back [B] to Antony.
[A] I was there with Pompadour [D] when she said to Jules Amour.
[A] I took Julius' clothes up on the balcony.
I was born about 10,000 years ago.
Oh there's nothing in this [E] world that I don't know.
[A] I saw Matthew, Mark and [D] Moses playing ring around the [A] roses.
I licked the guy that said it isn't so.
I designed the pyramids along the Nile.
I was friendly with the [E] pharaohs for a while.
[A] Till they caught me playing Ramy [D] with an old Egyptian mummy.
[A] That's why the sphinxes got that famous smile.
I was born about 10,000 years ago.
Oh there's nothing in this world [B] that I don't know.
[A] I saw Matthew, Mark and Moses [D] playing ring around the [A] roses.
I licked the guy that said it isn't so.
Sing up, lad.
Sing up, you.
I taught William the Conqueror how to fight.
And I fluffed up Florence [B] Nightingale's light.
[A] And Robin Hood was carrying on for hours with
Maid Marian on the bed that I hid under for the night.
[A] I was born about 10,000 years ago.
[B] [A] I saw Matthew, Mark and Moses [D] playing ring around the roses.
[A] I licked the guy that said [N] it isn't so.
Key:
A
D
E
B
F#
A
D
E
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ Keith and Bruce and myself were talking before the show and we were saying what a marvellous thing coincidence is
because we'd been singing together for [F#] about six or seven months before we finally discovered that we'd all gone to the same school together
at different times.
And after that [G] we also discovered that we'd all taken history as our number one subject.
We'd also had the same history master.
But the most fantastic coincidence of the whole lot was that we all failed history magnificently.
So we said to ourselves history is a drag, history is a very boring subject.
So we thought now what can we do about it to make it a little more interesting for the kids to learn.
So what we've done is we've written our own lyrics, quite factual, and we've put them to music.
So here is history put to music as seen by the three of us as if we were all born about 10,000 [A] years ago.
_ _ I was born about 10,000 years ago.
Oh there's nothing in this world that I don't know.
I saw Matthew, Mark and Moses playing ring around the roses.
I licked the guy that said it isn't so. _
_ _ And I sheared off Samson's hair just for a laugh.
So I upped and ran [D] away to the good old USA [A] where I raced off of hunters in the dark.
I was born about 10,000 years ago.
Oh there's nothing in this world that I don't know.
I saw Matthew, Mark [D] and Moses playing ring around [A] the roses.
I licked the guy that said it isn't so. _
In the boudoir with dear Empress Josephine when Napoleon was [E] nowhere to be seen.
[A] It was then I played my [D] part so much better than [A] Bonaparte.
Well I guess you know exactly what I mean.
I was born about 10,000 years ago.
Oh there's nothing in this [E] world that I don't know.
[A] I saw Matthew, Mark and Moses playing ring around the roses.
I licked the guy that said it isn't so.
I was in the garden when Eve made love to me.
I sent Cleopatra back [B] to Antony.
[A] I was there with Pompadour [D] when she said to Jules Amour.
[A] I took Julius' clothes up on the balcony.
I was born about 10,000 years ago.
Oh there's nothing in this [E] world that I don't know.
[A] I saw Matthew, Mark and [D] Moses playing ring around the [A] roses.
I licked the guy that said it isn't so.
I designed the pyramids along the Nile.
I was friendly with the [E] pharaohs for a while.
[A] Till they caught me playing Ramy [D] with an old Egyptian mummy.
[A] That's why the sphinxes got that famous smile.
I was born about 10,000 years ago.
Oh there's nothing in this world [B] that I don't know.
[A] I saw Matthew, Mark and Moses [D] playing ring around the [A] roses.
I licked the guy that said it isn't so.
Sing up, lad.
Sing up, you.
I taught William the Conqueror how to fight.
And I fluffed up Florence [B] Nightingale's light.
[A] And Robin Hood was carrying on for hours with
Maid Marian on the bed that I hid under for the night.
[A] I was born about 10,000 years ago.
_ _ _ [B] [A] I saw Matthew, Mark and Moses [D] playing ring around the roses.
[A] I licked the guy that said _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] it isn't so.
because we'd been singing together for [F#] about six or seven months before we finally discovered that we'd all gone to the same school together
at different times.
And after that [G] we also discovered that we'd all taken history as our number one subject.
We'd also had the same history master.
But the most fantastic coincidence of the whole lot was that we all failed history magnificently.
So we said to ourselves history is a drag, history is a very boring subject.
So we thought now what can we do about it to make it a little more interesting for the kids to learn.
So what we've done is we've written our own lyrics, quite factual, and we've put them to music.
So here is history put to music as seen by the three of us as if we were all born about 10,000 [A] years ago.
_ _ I was born about 10,000 years ago.
Oh there's nothing in this world that I don't know.
I saw Matthew, Mark and Moses playing ring around the roses.
I licked the guy that said it isn't so. _
_ _ And I sheared off Samson's hair just for a laugh.
So I upped and ran [D] away to the good old USA [A] where I raced off of hunters in the dark.
I was born about 10,000 years ago.
Oh there's nothing in this world that I don't know.
I saw Matthew, Mark [D] and Moses playing ring around [A] the roses.
I licked the guy that said it isn't so. _
In the boudoir with dear Empress Josephine when Napoleon was [E] nowhere to be seen.
[A] It was then I played my [D] part so much better than [A] Bonaparte.
Well I guess you know exactly what I mean.
I was born about 10,000 years ago.
Oh there's nothing in this [E] world that I don't know.
[A] I saw Matthew, Mark and Moses playing ring around the roses.
I licked the guy that said it isn't so.
I was in the garden when Eve made love to me.
I sent Cleopatra back [B] to Antony.
[A] I was there with Pompadour [D] when she said to Jules Amour.
[A] I took Julius' clothes up on the balcony.
I was born about 10,000 years ago.
Oh there's nothing in this [E] world that I don't know.
[A] I saw Matthew, Mark and [D] Moses playing ring around the [A] roses.
I licked the guy that said it isn't so.
I designed the pyramids along the Nile.
I was friendly with the [E] pharaohs for a while.
[A] Till they caught me playing Ramy [D] with an old Egyptian mummy.
[A] That's why the sphinxes got that famous smile.
I was born about 10,000 years ago.
Oh there's nothing in this world [B] that I don't know.
[A] I saw Matthew, Mark and Moses [D] playing ring around the [A] roses.
I licked the guy that said it isn't so.
Sing up, lad.
Sing up, you.
I taught William the Conqueror how to fight.
And I fluffed up Florence [B] Nightingale's light.
[A] And Robin Hood was carrying on for hours with
Maid Marian on the bed that I hid under for the night.
[A] I was born about 10,000 years ago.
_ _ _ [B] [A] I saw Matthew, Mark and Moses [D] playing ring around the roses.
[A] I licked the guy that said _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] it isn't so.