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

INTRO: [F#] [B] [D#m] [C#] [F#]

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

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

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

VERSE 2:
She comes [F#] back to tell me she's gone, as [B] if I didn't know that, as if I didn't know my own [D#m] 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 [B] heart
Everybody sees you're [D#m] blown apart, everybody sees [C#] the wind blow

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

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

VERSE 3:
There is a [F#] girl in New York City, who calls herself the human trampo-[B]-line
And [D#m] 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#] [B] [D#m] [C#] [F#]