Paul Simon, Graceland (1986)
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INTRO: [G] [C] [Em] [D] [G]

VERSE 1:
The [G] Mississippi Delta was shining like a National gui-[C]-tar
I am [Em] following the river, down the highway, through the cradle of the civil [D] war

CHORUS:
[C] I'm going to [G] Graceland, Graceland, in Memphis Tennes-[C]-see
I'm going to [G] Graceland ^[G]^[F]^[C]
[G] Poor boys and Pilgrims with families
and [C] we are going to [G] Graceland ^[G]^[F]^[C]

BRIDGE 1:
My [G] traveling companion is nine years [C] old, he is the [G] child of mv first marriage ^[G]^[F]^[C]
But I've [G] reason to believe, we both will be re-[C]-ceived in [G] Graceland ^[G]^[F]^[C]

VERSE 2:
She comes [G] back to tell me she's gone, as [C] if I didn't know that, as if I didn't know my own [Em] bed,
as [D] if I'd never noticed, the way she brushed her hair from her [G] forehead

PRE-CHORUS:
And she said [G] losing love is like a window in your [C] heart
Everybody sees you're [Em] blown apart, everybody sees [D] the wind blow

CHORUS:
[C] I'm going to [G] Graceland, Graceland, in Memphis Tennes-[C]-see
I'm going to [G] Graceland ^[G]^[F]^[C]
[G] Poor boys and Pilgrims with families
and [C] we are going to [G] Graceland ^[G]^[F]^[C]

BRIDGE 2:
My [G] traveling companions are ghosts and empty [C] sockets
I'm [G] looking at ghosts and empties ^[G]^[F]^[C]
But I've [G] reason to believe, we both will be re-[C]-ceived, in [G] Graceland ^[G]^[F]^[C]

VERSE 3:
There is a [G] girl in New York City, who calls herself the human trampo-[C]-line
And [Em] sometimes when I'm falling, flying, or tumbling in turmoil I say
[D] Oh, so this is what she means, she means we're bouncing into [G] Graceland

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OUTRO: [G] [C] [Em] [D] [G]