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Graceland Tab by Justin Townes Earle

Graceland tab by Justin Townes Earle

Guitar Tab

Contributed by Ingo Schneider

Capo on 6th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


INTRO:
   G

e|-------------|
B|-0-----------|
G|---------0---| x6
D|----0------0-|
A|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|

Verse 1:

  G

                     Well the Mississippi    Delta was

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|

   G                           C

   shining like a national guitar.                 And I'm

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-1-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----2------2-|----2------2-|
A|-------------|-------------|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-------------|-------------|

   Em

   follow'n the river down the highway thru the cradle of the civil

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|

   F#dim

   war.                                        I'm going to

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-1-----------|-0-----------|-0h1---------|-0-----------|
G|---------2---|---------2---|---------2---|---------2---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|


Chorus:

   G

   Graceland, Graceland, in Memphis, Tennessee. I'm going to

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|

   G

   Graceland.

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|

   G

   Poor boys and pilgrims with families and we are going to

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|

   G

   Graceland.                       And my   travelling

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|

Verse 2:

   G

   companion is nine years old and he's the child of my

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|

   G

   first marriage.                And I have reason to

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|

   G

   believe we    all will be  recieved in   Graceland.

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|

Verse 3:

*almost the same as Verse 1*

   G

                                        She comes back and

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|

   G

   tell me she's gone.                                 As

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|

   C (four bars this time)

   if I didn't know that,   as if I didn't know my own

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-1-----------|-0-----------|-1-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|
A|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

   Em

   bed.                                                 As

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|

   F#dim

   if I didn't notice he way she brushed her hair from her

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-1-----------|-0-----------|-0h1---------|-0-----------|
G|---------2---|---------2---|---------2---|---------2---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|

   G

   forehead.                                        She says

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|

Prechorus:

   G

   loooo-------sing            love is just a window in your

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|

   C (three bars this time)

   heart.                 Everybody sees you

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-1-----------|-0-----------|-1-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|
A|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|

   Em

   blown apart.                         Everybody sees the

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|

   F#dim

   wind blow.                  Wo----o----o----oah and

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-1-----------|-0-----------|-0h1---------|-0-----------|
G|---------2---|---------2---|---------2---|---------2---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|

Chorus:

*repeat chorus fingerpicking using G shape*

Graceland, I'm going to Graceland.

And my travelling companion is ghosts and empty sockets.

I'm looking at ghosts and empties and

For reasons I cannot explain

There's some part of me wants to see Graceland.

Verse 4:


  G

                     There's a girl in  N.Y. City, well she

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|

   G                           C

   calls herself the human trampoline              And when-

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-1-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----2------2-|----2------2-|
A|-------------|-------------|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-------------|-------------|

   Em

   ever I'm falling, flying,   tumbling in   turmoil I say

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|

   F#dim

   oh so this is what she means.    She means we're bouncing into

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-1-----------|-0-----------|-0h1---------|-0-----------|
G|---------2---|---------2---|---------2---|---------2---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|


Chorus:

   G

   Graceland.                                       She says

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|

Prechorus:

   G

   loooo-------sing            love is just a window in your

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|

   C (three bars again)

   heart.                 Everybody sees you

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-1-----------|-0-----------|-1-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|
A|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|

   Em

   blown apart.                         Everybody sees the

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|

   F#dim

   wind blowin'.                 Wo----o----o----oah and

e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-1-----------|-0-----------|-0h1---------|-0-----------|
G|---------2---|---------2---|---------2---|---------2---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|


Chorus:

*repeat chorus fingerpicking using G shape*

Graceland, I'm going to Graceland.

I may be obliged to defend every love and every ending.

Maybe there is no obligations now.

For reasons I cannot explain

There's some part of me wants to see Graceland.

I'm going to Graceland

I'm going to Graceland

I'm going to Graceland

************************************

| h   hammer-on

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Last updated: September 10, 2025

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