Graceland chords by Paul Simon

Chords with lyrics

Graceland chords
Paul Simon 1986 *

Capo II

D MajorD G+G B minorBm A augmentedA  D MajorD


The Mississippi Delta was shining
          G+G
Like a National guitar
   B minorBm
I am following the river

Down the highway
                A augmentedA
Through the cradle of the civil war

G+G      D MajorD
I'm going to Graceland

Graceland
         A augmentedA
In Memphis Tennessee
  G+G    D MajorD     D MajorD C majorC G+G
I'm going to Graceland

D MajorD
Poorboys and Pilgrims with families
  A augmentedA   G+G    D MajorD    D MajorD C majorC G+G
And we are going to Graceland
  D MajorD                 A augmentedA
My traveling companion is nine years old
G+G     D MajorD             D MajorD C majorC G+G
He is the child of my first marriage
     D MajorD
But I've reason to believe
  A augmentedA       G+G
We both will be received
  D MajorD     D MajorD C majorC G+G
In Graceland

D MajorD

She comes back to tell me she's gone
  G+G
As if I didn't know that
              B minorBm
As if I didn't know my own bed
  A augmentedA
As if I'd never noticed
                   D MajorD
The way she brushed her hair from her forehead

And she said losing love
             G+G
Is like a window in your heart
           B minorBm   G+G
Everybody sees you're blown apart
          A augmentedA
Everybody sees the wind blow

  G+G    D MajorD
I'm going to Graceland
       A augmentedA
Memphis Tennessee
  G+G    D MajorD     D MajorD C majorC G+G
I'm going to Graceland
D MajorD
Poorboys and Pilgrims with families
  A augmentedA   G+G    D MajorD     D MajorD C majorC G+G
And we are going to Graceland

    D MajorD
And my traveling companions
           G+G
Are ghosts and empty sockets
             D MajorD    D MajorD C majorC G+G
I'm looking at ghosts and empties
     D MajorD
But I've reason to believe
  A augmentedA       G+G
We all will be received
  D MajorD    D MajorD C majorC G+G
In Graceland

D MajorD

There is a girl in New York City
                 G+G
Who calls herself the human trampoline
  B minorBm
And sometimes when I'm falling, flying

Or tumbling in turmoil I say
A augmentedA
WOh, so this is what she means
        D MajorD
She means we're bouncing into Graceland

And I see losing love
             G+G
Is like a window in your heart
           B minorBm
Everybody sees you're blown apart
          A augmentedA
Everybody feels the wind blow

    D MajorD           D MajorD C majorC G+G
Oooo in Graceland, in Graceland
       D MajorD    D MajorD C majorC G+G
I'm going to Graceland
       D MajorD
For reasons I cannot explain
            A augmentedA    G+G
There's some part of me wants to see
D MajorD    D MajorD C majorC G+G
Graceland

        D MajorD
And I may be obliged to defend
         G+G
Every love, every ending
         D MajorD         D MajorD C majorC G+G
Or maybe there's no obligations now
       D MajorD
Maybe I've a reason to believe
  A augmentedA       G+G
We all will be received
  D MajorD     D MajorD C majorC G+G
In Graceland

D MajorD G+G B minorBm A augmentedA  D MajorD . . .

* Alternate:

open

D MajorD  = E MajorE
G+G  = A augmentedA
B minorBm = C# minorC#m
A augmentedA  = BB
C majorC  = D MajorD

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