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

INTRO: [F] [A#] [Dm] [C] [F]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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OUTRO: [F] [A#] [Dm] [C] [F]