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       Wisdom Of The Ages – Elvis Presley
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Written by: Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye
From: “Harum Scarum” (1965)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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CHORDS
        E-A-D-G-B-e
Bbaug   x-1-3-1-3-1 (= Bb7aug)
Caug    x-3-2-1-1-x

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[Intro]
| F Fsus4 | % | % | % |


[Verse 1]
F     Fsus4
Listen
Eb                    | F Fsus4 | % |
  To the wisdom of the ages
F     Fsus4
Listen
Eb                    | F Fsus4 | % |
  To the words of many sages


[Bridge]
Bb                Dm
Live each day, as if it were your last
     Eb                         F
It's written in the stars, your destiny is cast
         Bb                  Bbaug
And that hourglass, runs too fast no doubt
        Eb            | Ebm |
For the sands of time (break)
          |  F  |  %  |
Are running out


[Verse 2]
F     Fsus4
Listen
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  To the wisdom of the ages
F          Fsus4
These words
Eb                        | F Fsus4 | % |
  Can be found in history's pages


[Bridge] variation
Bb                 Dm
Live each day, for happiness can't wait
    Eb                      F
And love while you may, but heed the hand of fate
       Bb                      Bbaug
If the finger points, it's too late no doubt
        Eb                 G
For the sands of time, are running out


[Coda]
        C                    Caug
But the man who turns, and escapes somehow
       F F    F  F     |  G  |
Is the wisest of men    (break)
                       |  C  |  Bb  | C
And to such a man, I'd bow
             (ritardando)