Graceland
Paul Simon
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E x8 [Intro]| F#m E | F#m E || A | C#m || B | B || E | E | [Verse 1]E The Mississippi Delta was shiningA Like a National guitarC#m I am following the river down the highwayB Through the cradle of the Civil War [Chorus]A E I'm going to Graceland, GracelandB in Memphis TennesseeA E D A I'm going to GracelandE Poor boys and Pilgrims with familiesB A E D A And we are going to GracelandE My traveling companion is nine yearsB oldA E He is the child of mv firstD A marriageE But I've reason to believeB A We both will be received inE D A E Graceland [Verse 2]Continues after the adE She comes back to tell me she's goneA As if I didn't know thatC#m As if I didn't know my own bedB As if I'd never noticedE The way she brushed her hair from her forehead And she said losing loveA Is like a window in your heartC#m Everybody sees you're blown apartB Everybody sees the wind blow [Chorus]A E I'm going to GracelandB in Memphis TennesseeA E D A I'm going to GracelandE Poor boys and Pilgrims with familiesB A E D A And we are going to GracelandE And my traveling companions areB ghosts and empty socketsA E I'm lookin' at ghosts and emptiesD AE But I've reason to believeB A E We all will be received inD A E Graceland [Verse 3]E There is a girl in New York City Who calls herself the humanA trampolineC#m And sometimes when I'm falling, flying or tumbling in turmoil I sayB "Woah, so this is what she means" She means we're bouncing intoE GracelandE And I see losing love is like aA window in your heartC#m Well everybody sees you're blown apartB Everybody sees the wind blow, oooh [Chorus]E In Graceland, GracelandB A E D A I'm going to GracelandE For reasons I cannot explainB A There's some part of me wants toE see GracelandD A E And I may be obliged to defendB Every love, every endingA E D Or maybe there's no obligations nowA E Maybe I've a reason to believeB We all will be receivedA E In Graceland