PAUL SIMON - GRACELAND

E C#m Bm A (x2) 

The E Mississippi Delta was shining 
Like a National guiAtar 
I am C#m following the river 
Down the highway 
Through the cradle of the civil B war 

Chorus: 
I'm going to E Graceland, Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee 
I'm going to Graceland C#m Bm A 
E Poorboys and Pilgrims with families 
And we are going to Graceland C#m Bm A 

My E traveling companion is nine years old 
He is the child of my first marriage C#m Bm A 
But I've E reason to believe 
We both will be received in Graceland C#m Bm A    She comes back to E tell me she's gone 
As A if I didn't know that 
As if I didn't know my C#m own bed 
As B if I'd never noticed 
The way she brushed her hair from her E forehead
And she said losing love 
Is like a window in your A heart 
Everybody sees you're C#m blown apart 
Everybody sees the B wind blow 

--Chorus 

And my E traveling companions are ghosts and empty sockets 
I'm looking at ghosts and empties C#m Bm A 
But I've E reason to believe 
We all will be received In Graceland C#m Bm A 

There is a E girl in New York City 
Who calls herself the human trampoAline 
And C#m sometimes when I'm falling, flying 
Or tumbling in turmoil I say 
B Oh, so this is what she means 
She means we're bouncing into E Graceland 
And I see losing love 
Is like a window in your A heart 
Everybody sees you're C#m blown apart 
Everybody feels the B wind blow 

In E Graceland, in Graceland 
I'm going to Graceland C#m Bm A 
For reasons I E cannot explain 
There's some part of me wants to see Graceland C#m Bm A 

And I may be E obliged to defend every love, every ending 
Or maybe there's no obligations now C#m Bm A 
Maybe I've a E reason to believe 
We all will be received in Graceland C#m Bm A 

E A C#m B E 

In E Graceland, in Graceland, in Graceland 
I'm going to Graceland C#m Bm A 

E C#m Bm A (x2)