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

INTRO: [E] [A] [C#m] [B] [E]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

REPEAT PRE-CHORUS:

REPEAT CHORUS:

OUTRO: [E] [A] [C#m] [B] [E]