Ten Thousand Years Ago Chords by The Seekers

_ _ _ You can tell by looking at the three of us that we would be great students of history. _ _ _ _
_ Athol, _ we are history.
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I was born about ten thousand years ago _
Always got a name this well that I [D] don't know
[G] I swung my new mockingbosses playing ring [A] around the roses
[G] I'll nick the [D] guy that says it isn't [C] so
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[C] [G] Now the Empress Josephine is what to trot
_ And Napoleon by then had [D] lost the plot
[G] When he said, tonight my dear [F] I was close enough to [C#] here
So I called her up and was [G] round there like a shot _
I was born about ten thousand years _ ago
Always got a name this well that [D] I don't know
I [G] swung my new mockingbosses playing ring [A] around the roses
I'll nick [D] the guy that says it isn't so _ _ _
[C] _ [G] I designed the pyramids along the Nile
_ I was friendly with the pharaohs [D] for a while
_ [G] Then I really got quite [E] chummy with Mona Lisa's mummy
That's why her daughter's got that famous smile
Show us your teeth!
I was born about ten thousand years ago _
Always got a name this well [D] that I don't know
[G] I swung my new mockingbosses playing ring [A] around the roses
I'll [D] nick the guy that says it [G] isn't so _ _
[C] _ [G] I held Nelson and Britannia rule the seas
When we knocked those salty Frenchmen [D] to their knees
[G] When Nelson shouted, kiss me hardy!
The crew looked shocked and tardy
So hardy said, just settle for a squeeze
Sir, I was born about ten thousand years ago
Always got a name this well that [D] I don't know
[G] I swung my new mockingbosses [C] playing ring around the [G] roses
I'll nick the guy that says it isn't so _ _
_ _ Well, King Arthur's knights were bold and they were rough
And Queen Guinevere, it seems [D] she liked them tough
_ She said, when I have a fling, once a king, [N] always a king
But I tell you, once a knight is never [Em] enough
[G]
I was born about ten thousand years ago _
Always got a name this well [D] that I don't know
I [G] swung my new mockingbosses playing ring [A] around the roses
I'll nick [D] the guy that says it isn't [C] so
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[C] _ [G] _ I stole a loaf of bread along the Strand
The judge sent me to Van [D] Diemen's Land
He [G] said, the scuffin' with that [E] muffin will send you there for nothing
But the trip back home will cost you several grand, plus T.S.T.
I was born about ten thousand years ago _
Always got a name this well that I [D] don't know
[G] I swung my new mockingbosses playing ring [A] around the roses
_ _ _ _ [G] I'll nick the [D] guy that says it [G] isn't [C] so
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