http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nDGl6AOMJs Capo V: C maj: F/C: Am: Gmaj: Bb e -0-0-0—0-0--—-0-0-00—00---0—0-30-30-—-3-3-33—33--1--— B -1-1-1—1-1--—-1-1-11—01---1—1-11-11-—-1-1-11—11--3-— G -0-0-0—0-0--—-2-2-02—22---2—2-22-22-—-0-0-00—00--3-— D -2-2-0—3-2--—-0-0-00—00---2—2-22-22-—-0-0-20—20--3-— A -3-3-3—3-3--—-3-3-33—33---0—0-00-00-—-2-2-02—02--0-— E ----—------—----—---—---—---—---—---—-3-3—33-33---—- C The Mississippi Delta was shining F/C Like a National guitar Am I am following the river Down the highway C Through the cradle of the civil war C I'm going to Graceland, Graceland G In Memphis Tennessee C Bb F/C I'm going to Graceland C Poor boys and Pilgrims with families G F/C C Bb F/C And we are going to Graceland C G My traveling companion is nine years old F/C C Bb F/C He is the child of mv first marriage C But I've reason to believe G F/C C Bb F/C C We both will be received in Graceland C She comes back to tell me she's gone F/C As if I didn't know that Am As if I didn't know my own bed G As if I'd never noticed C The way she brushed her hair from her forehead F And she said losing love, is like a window in your heart Am Everybody sees you're blown apart G Everybody sees the wind blow F/C C I'm going to Graceland G Memphis Tennessee F/C C Bb F/C I'm going to Graceland C Poor boys and Pilgrims with families G F/C C Bb F/C And we are going to Graceland C G F/C My traveling companions are ghosts and empty sockets C Bb F/C I'm looking at ghosts and empties C But I've reason to believe G F/C C Bb F/C C We all will be received in Graceland C There is a girl in New York City F Who calls herself the human trampoline Am And sometimes when I'm falling, flylng Or tumbling in turmoil I say G Oh, so this is what she means C She means we're bouncing into Graceland F And I see losing love, is like a window in your heart Am Everybody sees you're blown apart G Everybody feels the wind blow C In Graceland, in Graceland G F/C C Bb F/C I'm going to Graceland G C For reasons I cannot explain G F/C There's some part of me wants to see C Graceland Bb F/C C And I may be obliged to defend G Everv love, every ending F/C C Bb F/C Or maybe there's no obligations now C Maybe I've a reason to believe G We all will be received F/C C In Graceland Repeat and fade: C G F/C C Bb F/C Written and performed by Paul Simon Play all in barre chords, slide between each one E The Mississippi Delta was shining A Like a National guitar C#m I am following the river Down the highway B Through the cradle of the civil war A E I'm going to Graceland, Graceland B In Memphis Tennessee A E D A I'm going to Graceland E Poor boys and Pilgrims with families B A E D A And we are going to Graceland E B My traveling companion is nine years old A E D A He is the child of mv first marriage E But I've reason to believe B A E D A E We both will be received In Graceland She comes back to tell me she's gone A As if I didn't know that C#m As if I didn't know my own bed B As if I'd never noticed E The way she brushed her hair from her forehead And she said losing love A Is like a window in your heart C#m Everybody sees you're blown apart B Everybody sees the wind blow A E I'm going to Graceland B Memphis Tennessee A E D A I'm going to Graceland E Poor boys and Pilgrims with families B A E D A And we are going to Graceland E B A My traveling companions are ghosts and empty sockets E D A I'm looking at ghosts and empties E But I've reason to believe B A E D A E We all will be received In Graceland There is a girl in New York City A Who calls herself the human trampoline C#m And sometimes when I'm falling, flylng Or tumbling in turmoil I say B Oh, so this is what she means E She means we're bouncing into Graceland And I see losing love A Is like a window in your heart C#m Everybody sees you're blown apart B Everybody feels the wind blow E In Graceland, in Graceland B A E D A I'm going to Graceland E For reasons I cannot explain B A There's some part of me wants to see E Graceland D A E And I may be obliged to defend B Everv love, every ending A E D A Or maybe there's no obligations now E Maybe I've a reason to believe B We all will be received A E In Graceland Repeat and fade: E B A E D A Graceland (arr. for solo guitar) Paul Simon Intro e---------|--------------| b---9-----|--9--10--9----| g---9-----|--9--9---9----| d---9-----|--9--9---9----| a--/7-----|--7--7---7----| e---------|--------------| Verse: E A Dbm B e---------5-----4-----7---| b---9-----5-----5-----6---| g---9-----6-----6-----8---| d---9-----7-----6-----9---| a---7-----7-----4-----9---| e---0-----5-----------7---| Play verse once without lyrics E The Mississippi Delta was A shining like a National guitar. Dbm I am following the river down the B Highway through the cradle of the Civil war Chorus pickup: A Em | EM E B e--------------|------------------------------| b--2-2-p0---0--|--0-------0--0----------------| g--2-2----2-0--|--1--2--1-1--1----------------| d--2-2------2--|--2--4--2-2--2----------------| a--0-0------2--|----------2--0----------------| e-----------0--|----------0--0--0--3--2--0--2-| A Em EM E B e--------------|--------------------4-----2---| (play pickup again b--2-2-p0---0--|--0-------0--0----5-----4-----| before going back g--2-2----2-0--|--1--2--1-1--1--4-----4-------| to the verse) d--2-2------2--|--2--4--2-2--2----------------| a--0-0------2--|----------2--0----------------| e-----------0--|----------0--0----------------| I'm going to Graceland. Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, I'm going to Gracland. Poor boys and pilgrims with families and we are going to Graceland. My traveling companion is nine years old He is the child of my first marriage, But I've reason to believe we both will be received In Graceland Paul Simon - Graceland This is from Paul Simon's Graceland album. This is an excellent track takes a little getting used to but it's not that hard and sounds great. Any comments to vivian.hovvels@net.ntl.com Intro G----------------------------------------------------------------------- D----------------------------------------------------------------------- A----------------------------------------------------------------------- E---5--5/12--0-----5/12--0---------------------------------------------- Verse (Play all roots just after intro, play notes in brakets every time after) G---||-----(9)---------(9)---------(9)------------(9)----| D---||*--------------------------------------------------| A---||*--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--| E---||---------------------------------------------------| G-----(9)---------(9)---------(9)------------(9)----| D---------------------------------------------------| A---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--| E---------------------------------------------------| G------(14)------------(14)------------(14)------------(14)--- D------------------------------------------------------------- A---12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12 E------------------------------------------------------------- G------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----| D------------------------------------------------| A---4-----4--4--4-----4--4--4-----4--4--4-----4--| E------------------------------------------------| G---------------------4-----------4-----------4-----------4---||-------- D------------------------------------------------------------*||-------- A------------------2-----2--2--2-----2--2--2-----2--2--2-----*||-------- E-------------------------------------------------------------||-------- Chorus G------||---2--2--0-----1--------------------------1-----------|-------- D------||*-----------2-----2-----2--2--2-----2--2-----4--2-----|-------- A------||*--------------------------------------------------2--|-------- E------||------------------------------------------------------|-------- G---2--2--0-----1----------------------------13----------11-----11------ D------------2-----2-----2--2--2---------14----------13----------------- A------------------------------------14----------12--------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2x G----||--2--2--0-----1--------------------------1-----------|----------- D---*||-----------2-----2-----2--2--2-----2--2-----4--2-----|----------- A---*||--------------------------------------------------2--|----------- E----||-----------------------------------------------------|----------- G---2--2--0-----1----------------------------13----------11--11--9------ D------------2-----2-----2--2--2---------14----------13----------------- A------------------------------------14----------12--------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------------- G----------||----------------------------------------------------------- D---11--9--||----------------------------------------------------------- A----------||----------------------------------------------------------- E----------||----------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================== == Created with BUCKET O' TAB == == tablature creation software for Windows == == http://www.his.com/~gse/bucket == ========================================================================