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

INTRO: [C] [F] [Am] [G] [C]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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OUTRO: [C] [F] [Am] [G] [C]