WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Paul Simon - Graceland Tabs | Ver. 2
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SONG NAME - Band Name
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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
Bm
I am following the river, down the highway
A
Through the cradle of the civil 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 D
I'm going to Graceland
A
In Memphis Tennessee
G D D C G
I'm going to Graceland
D
Poor boys and Pilgrims with families
A G D D C G
And we are going to Graceland
D A
My traveling companion is nine years old
G D D C G
He is the child of my first marriage
D
But I've reason to believe
A G
We both will be received
D D C G
In Graceland
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
Bm
As if I didn't know my own bed
A
As if I'd never noticed
D
The way she brushed her hair from her forehead
D
And she said losing love
G
Is like a window in your heart
Bm
And everybody sees you're blown apart
A
Everybody feels the wind blow
Verse 3:
D
There is a girl in New York City
G (Begin verse pattern)
Who calls herself the human trampoline
Bm
And sometimes when I'm falling, flying, or tumbling in turmoil I say
A
Oh, so this is what she means
D
She means we're bouncing into Graceland
D
And I see losing love
G
Is like a window in your heart
Bm
And everybody sees you're blown apart
A
Everybody feels the wind blow
End with intro/verse pattern and the chorus riffs
(That's all folks!)
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| 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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