Graceland Tab

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Tabbed by: gbrownstrat
E-mail: gbrownstrat@aol.com
 
Tuning:  Standard (Capo 2nd Fret)
 
Intro:  (0:00) (repeat many [16] times)
     D
e||--2----2----2----2--||
B||*-3----3----3----3-*||
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 Em7/D? chord and back (repeated twice)
      D  G  G  D
e||---2--3--3--2---||
B||*--3--5--5--3--*||
G||---2--4--4--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|--2-----------|-----------------|
B|--3-----------|-----------------|
G|--2-----------|--2--------------|
D|--------------|--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
 
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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