Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
INTRO:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC (2X)
VERSE 1:
G+G C majorC G+G
Oh she dressed in the dark
D MajorD
And whispered Amen
G+G C majorC D MajorD C majorC
She was pretty in pink like a young girl again
G+G C majorC G+G
Twenty years married
D MajorD
But she never thought twice
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
She had sneaked out the door and walked into the night
CHORUS:
D MajorD C majorC G+G
And silver wings carried her over the sea
D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
From the west coast of Ireland to West Tennesee
G+G C majorC G+G
Ah to be with her sweetheart
D MajorD
She left everything
G+G C majorC D MajorD C majorC
From Galway to Graceland to be with the King
VERSE 2:
G+G C majorC G+G
She was humming "Suspicion"
D MajorD
It was the song she liked best
G+G C majorC D MajorD C majorC
She had "Elvis I love you" tatooed on her breast
G+G C majorC G+G
They landed in Memphis
D MajorD
Her heart beat so fast
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
She'd dreamed for so long, now she'd see him at last
CHORUS 2:
D MajorD C majorC G+G
She was down by his graveside day after day
D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
Come closing time they would drag her away
G+G C majorC G+G
To be with her sweetheart
D MajorD
She left everything
G+G C majorC D MajorD C majorC
From Galway to Graceland to be with the King
VERSE 3:
G+G C majorC G+G
They came in their thousands
D MajorD
From the whole human race
G+G C majorC D MajorD C majorC
To pay their respects at his last resting place
G+G C majorC G+G
Ah but blindly she knealt there
D MajorD
And she told him her dreams
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
She thought that he answered, or that's how it seemed
CHORUS 3:
D MajorD C majorC G+G
And they dragged her away, using handcuffs this time
D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
And she says "My young man, are you out of your mind?"
G+G C majorC G+G
Don't you know we are married?
D MajorD
See I'm wearing his ring
G+G C majorC D MajorD C majorC
Ah from Galway to Graceland to be with the King
G+G C majorC D MajorD C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
I've come from Galway to Graceland to be with the King