E The Mississippi Delta was shining A Like a National guitar C#m I am following the river Down the highway B Through the cradle of the civil war A E I'm going to Graceland, Graceland B In Memphis Tennessee A E D A I'm going to Graceland E Poor boys and Pilgrims with families B A E D And we are going to Graceland A E B My traveling companion is nine years old A E D He is the child of mv first marriage A E But I've reason to believe B A E D A E We both will be received In Graceland She comes back to tell me she's gone A As if I didn't know that C#m As if I didn't know my own bed B As if I'd never noticed E The way she brushed her hair from her forehead And she said losing love Is like a window in your heart C#m Everybody sees you're blown apart B Everybody sees the wind blow A E I'm going to Graceland B Memphis Tennessee A E D A I'm going to Graceland E Poor boys and Pilgrims with families B A E D And we are going to Graceland A E B A My traveling companions are ghosts and empty sockets E D I'm looking at ghosts and empties A E But I've reason to believe B A E D A E We all will be received In Graceland There is a girl in New York City A Who calls herself the human trampoline C#m And sometimes when I'm falling, flylng Or tumbling in turmoil I say B Oh, so this is what she means E She means we're bouncing into Graceland And I see losing love Is like a window in your heart C#m Everybody sees you're blown apart B Everybody feels the wind blow E In Graceland, in Graceland B A E D I'm going to Graceland A E For reasons I cannot explain B A There's some part of me wants to see E Graceland D A E And I may be obliged to defend B Everv love, every ending A E D Or maybe there's no obligations now A E Maybe I've a reason to believe B We all will be received A E In Graceland Repeat and fade: E B A E D ABack to document index