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a--/7-----|--7--7---7----|
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| | E | A | Dbm | B |
| Play | verse | once | withou | t lyrics |
| The Mississippi Delta was |
| | E |
| | shining like a National guitar. |
| | A |
| I am following the river do | wn the |
| | Dbm |
| Highw | ay through the cradle of the Civil war |
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-|
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----------------|
| | A | Em | EM | E | B |
| I'm | going to | Grac | eland. Grac | eland, Memphis, | Tennessee, |
| 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 |