Paul Simon, Graceland (1986)
^{Key: :[A] (w: Paul Simon)}

INTRO: [A] [D] [F#m] [E] [A]

VERSE 1:
The [A] Mississippi Delta was shining like a National gui-[D]-tar
I am [F#m] following the river, down the highway, through the cradle of the civil [E] war

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

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

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

PRE-CHORUS:
And she said [A] losing love is like a window in your [D] heart
Everybody sees you're [F#m] blown apart, everybody sees [E] the wind blow

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

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

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

REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:

REPEAT CHORUS:

OUTRO: [A] [D] [F#m] [E] [A]