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For Ol' Times Sake
(Tony Joe White)

Copyright Tennessee Swamp Fox Music

Original by Tony Joe White in 1973

RCA studio session - July 20-25, 1973 - Stax Studios - Memphis
July 23, 11 pm-3:30 am

CPA5 4768-08

September 1973 Single B side RCA APBO 0088 Raised On Rock / For Ol' Times Sake

September 1973 LP RCA APBO 0088 Raised On Rock
Overdubbed master without some instruments:

March 6, 2012 CD FTD 506020-975038 Our Memories Of Elvis Vol 1, 2 & 3 - The Pure Elvis Sound
Outtakes:

Take 3: August 11, 1998 CD RCA BMG 07863 67672-2 Rhythm And Country - Essential Elvis Vol. 5

Takes 5 (fs), 6 (fs) and 7 (bad ending): August 1, 2007 CD FTD 88697 12843-2 Raised On Rock

Re-recording sessions - First session - Young 'un Sound Studio - Murfreesboro
January 28, 1980 - Morning
KWA5 8238 - Unreleased

February 14, 1980
KWA5 8238

Before you go walk out on me
Take a look around tell me what you see
Here I stand like an open book
Is there something here you might have overlooked
'Cos it would be a shame if you should leave
And find that freedom ain't what you thought it would be

The years we had were not all bad
In fact I know the good outweighed the bad
Now you say that you've grown tired
You want to be by yourself a while
It would be a shame if you should go
And find that freedom was a long time ago

I know that you can't stand the chains that bind you
They just keep on drivin' us apart
You could go where I could never find you
But could you go far enough to get away from your heart

So one more time, for ol' times sake
Come and lay your head upon my chest
Please don't throw this moment away
We can forget the bad and take the best
If you don't have nothing left to say
Let me hold you one more time for ol' times sake

If you don't have nothing left to say
Let me hold you one more time for ol' times sake

Standard tuning, capo 1st position.

A Amaj7 Before you go walk out on me Em A D Take a look around tell me what you see A Amaj7 Here I stand like an open book Em A D Is there something here you might have overlooked D E E 'Cause it would be a shame if you should leave Bm E A And find that freedom ain't what you thought it would be

The years we had were not all bad In fact I know the good outweighed the bad Now you say that you've grown tired You want to be by yourself a while It would be a shame if you should go And find that freedom was a long time ago

D E A I know that you can't stand the chains that bind you D E A They just keep on drivin' us apart D E A You could go where I could never find you E F#m D E But could you go far enough to get away from your heart

Solo: A Amaj7 Em A D

A Amaj7 So one more time, for ol' times sake Em A D Come and lay your head upon my chest A Amaj7 Please don't throw this moment away Em A D We can forget the bad and take the best D E A E If you don't have nothing left to say Bm E A Let me hold you one more time for ol' times sake

D E A E If you don't have nothing left to say Bm E A Let me hold you one more time for ol' times sake

Amaj7 e --0-- B --2-- G --1-- D --2-- A --0-- E -----

Use the folowing chords if you play without a capo...

Bb Bbmaj7 Fm Bb Eb Bb Bbmaj7 Fm Bb Eb Eb F Bb Cm F Bb

... And so on....