Graceland Paul Simon
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Tuning: Standard (Capo 2nd Fret)
Intro: (0:00) (repeat many (16) times)
[D]
e||--2----2----2----2--|| B||*-3----3----3----2-*|| G||--2----2----2----2--|| D||--0----0----0----0--|| A||*------------------*|| E||--------------------||
(0:16)--At this point he does a jump from the D to a G chord and back (repeated twice)
[D] [G] [G] [D]
e||---2--3--3--2---|| B||*--3--3--3--3--*|| G||---2--0--0--2---|| D||---0--0--0--0---|| A||*--------------*|| E||----------------||
Intro/Verse Pattern:
(0:24)--Chords noted are strummed by a second guitar (Are still relative to capo)
[G] [Bm]
e||--3-----------|--3-----------|--2~----------|-------------| B||-----3--0--3~-|-----3--0--3--|--------------|-------------| G||--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------| D||--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------| A||--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------| E||--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
[A] [D]
e|--5-----------|--5-----------|--------------|-------------|| B|-----5-----5--|-----5-----5--|--3~---3~-----|-------------|| G|--------6-----|--------6-----|--------------|-------------|| D|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|| A|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|| E|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------||
Verse: (0:40 (Chords & Lyrics)--Verse Pattern is also played
[D]The Mississippi delta was shining
G (Begin verse pattern)
Like a national guitar
I am [Bm]following the river, down the highway
Through the cradle of the civil [A]war
Chorus: (0:55) (listen for the timing--I'm not the best at tabbing it out)
I'm going to... Memphis...
[G] [D] [A]
e||------------------------|-----------------| B||------------------------|-----------------| G||--4--4p2----2-----------|--2--------------| D||----------4----4--2--0--|--0--3--2--0--2--| A||------------------------|-----------------| E||------------------------|-----------------|
I'm going to....
[G] [D] [D] [C] [G]
e|------------------------|-----2---0--------------| B|------------------------|----3---1---------------| G|--4--4p2----2-----------|--2---0-----4--4p2------| D|----------4----4--2--0--|---------------------4--| A|------------------------|------------------------| E|------------------------|------------------------|
Poor boys... Families....
[D] [A]
e|--------------|-----------------| B|--------------|-----------------| G|--2-----------|--2--------------| D|-----4--2--0--|--0--3--2--0--2--| A|--------------|-----------------| E|--------------|-----------------|
Going to....
[G] [D] [D] [C] [G]
e|------------------------|-----2---0--------------| B|------------------------|----3---1---------------| G|--4--4p2----2-----------|--2---0-----4--4p2------| D|----------4----4--2--0--|---------------------4--| A|------------------------|------------------------| E|------------------------|------------------------|
My Traveling... Nine years....
[D] [A]
e|--------------|-----------------| B|--------------|-----------------| G|--2-----------|--2--------------| D|-----4--2--0--|--0--3--2--0--2--| A|--------------|-----------------| E|--------------|-----------------|
He's the child....
[G] [D] [D] [C] [G]
e|------------------------|-----2---0--------------| B|------------------------|----3---1---------------| G|--4--4p2----2-----------|--2---0-----4--4p2------| D|----------4----4--2--0--|---------------------4--| A|------------------------|------------------------| E|------------------------|------------------------|
And I've... We both will....
[D] [A]
e|--------------|-----------------| B|--------------|-----------------| G|--2-----------|--2--------------| D|-----4--2--0--|--0--3--2--0--2--| A|--------------|-----------------| E|--------------|-----------------|
In Graceland....
G D D C G D (strummed until next verse)
e|------------------------|-----2---0-----------------|| B|------------------------|----3---1------------------|| G|--4--4p2----2-----------|--2---0-----4--4p2-----2~--|| D|----------4----4--2--0--|---------------------4-----|| A|------------------------|---------------------------|| E|------------------------|---------------------------||
Chorus: (Chords and Lyrics)
[G]I'm going to [D]Graceland
In Memphis Tennes[A]see
I'm [G]going to [D]Graceland[D] [C] [G]
[D]Poor boys and Pilgrims with families
And [A]we are [G]going to [D]Graceland[D] [C] [G]
My [D]traveling companion is nine years [A]old
[G]He is the [D]child of my first marriage[D] [C] [G]
But I've [D]reason to believe
We [A]both will be re[G]ceived
In [D]Graceland[D] [C] [G]
Additional Verses: (Lyrics and Chords)
Verse 2: (1:32)
[D]She comes back to tell me she's gone
G (Begin verse pattern)
As if I didn't know that
As if I didn't know my own [Bm]bed
As if I'd never n[A]oticed
The way she brushed her hair from her [D]forehead
[D]And she said losing love
Is like a window in your [G]heart
And everybody sees you're blown [Bm]apart
Everybody feels the wind [A]blow
Verse 3:
[D]There is a girl in New York City
G (Begin verse pattern)
Who calls herself the human trampoline
And som[Bm]etimes when I'm falling, flying, or tumbling in turmoil I say
[A]Oh, so this is what she means
She means we're bouncing into G[D]raceland
[D]And I see losing love
Is like a window in your [G]heart
And everybody sees you're blown [Bm]apart
Everybody feels the wind [A]blow
End with intro/verse pattern and the chorus riffs
(That's all folks!)
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| p pull-off
| ~ sustain note
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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