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

INTRO: [D] [G] [Bm] [A] [D]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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OUTRO: [D] [G] [Bm] [A] [D]