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Graceland by Justin Townes Earle
Graceland
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:G
Capo:4th fret
E7sus4/F#: 2x0200
D7sus2/F#: 2x0210
Cmaj7: x32000
C/G: 3x2010
Notes:
1) Tabbing all the parts [previusly just tabbed the inro],
2) I have now gotten it right, after several failed edits,
3) I spaced out the notes so you can get a sense of the rythym.
4) tip: Use your thumb for lower E and D string.
{ractice the thumb part until you are comfortable
before adding the top strings.
[Intro]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------------0-|
G|---------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------|
[Verses]
G
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0-------------0-0-------------0-0-------------0-0-------------0-|
G|---------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------|
C Cmaj7 Em
e|-----------------------0-----------------------------------------|
B|-1---------1-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0-----0---------|
G|---------------------------------0---------------0---------------|
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2---|
A|-3-------3-------3-------3---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------0-------0-------0-------0-------|
E7sus4/F# D7sus2/F#
e|-------0-------------------------------0-------------------------|
B|-0---------------0-----0---------0---------------1-----1---------|
G|-0---------------2---------------2---------------2---------------|
D|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-------0-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------3-------|
[chorus]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|*0-------------0-0-------------0-0-------------0-0-------------0*|
G|---------0-------------0---------------0---------------0---------|
D|-----0-------0-------2-------0-------0-------0-------2-------0---|
A|*---------------------------------------------------------------*|
E|-3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------|
[Verse 1]
G
The Mississippi Delta
C Cmaj7
Was shining like a national guitar
Em
I am following the highway
Down the river
E7sus4/F#
Through the cradle of the Civil War
[Chorus]
D7sus2/F# G C/G
I'm going to Graceland, Graceland
G
Memphis, Tennessee
C/G G
I'm going to Graceland
Poor boys and pilgrims with families
C/G
And we are going to Graceland
G
My traveling companion is nine years old
G
He is the child of my first marriage
G
But I've reason to believe
We all will be received
C/G
In Graceland
[Verse 2]
G
She comes back to tell me she's gone
C Cmaj7
As if I didn't know that
Em
As if I didn't know my own bed
E7sus4/F#
As if I'd never noticed
D7sus2/F#
The way she combs her hair off her
G C/G G
forehead
[Verse 3]
G
And she said, "losing love
C Cmaj7
Is like a window in your heart
Em
Everybody sees you're blown apart
E7sus4/F# D7sus2/F#
Everybody sees the wind blow
[Chorus]
G C/G
oh oh Graceland
G C/G
I'm going to Graceland
G C/G G C/G
Poor boys and pilgrims with families
C/G G
And we are going to Graceland
G
And my traveling companions
G
Are ghosts and empty sockets
G C/G
I'm looking at ghosts and empties
G
But I've reason to believe
G
We all will be received
C/G G
In Graceland
[Verse 4]
G
There is a girl in New York City
C Cmaj7
Who calls herself the human trampoline
Em
whenever I’m falling, flying, tumbling in turmoil I say:
E7sus4/F#
"Whoa, so this is what she means"
D7sus2/F# G C/G
She means we're bouncing into Graceland
[Verse 5]
G
She says losing love
C Cmaj7
Is like a window in your heart
Em
Well, everybody sees you're blown apart
E7sus4/F#
Everybody feels the wind blow
D7sus2/F#
Ooh, ooh, ooh
[Chorus]
G C/G
In Graceland, in Graceland
G C/G
I'm going to Graceland
For reasons I cannot explain
There's some part of me wants to see
C/G
Graceland
G
And I may be obliged to defend
G
Every love, every ending
C/G
Or maybe there's no obligations now
G
Maybe I've a reason to believe
G
We all will be received
C/G
In Graceland
[Outro]
G C/G
Whoa, oh, oh
G C/G G
In Graceland, in Graceland, in Graceland
C/G G C/G G
I'm going to Graceland
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:4th fret
[Introduction]
G
e|-------------|
B|-0-----------|
G|---------0---| x6
D|----0------0-|
A|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|
[Verse 1]
G
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
Well the Mississippi Delta was
G C
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-1-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----2------2-|----2------2-|
A|-------------|-------------|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-------------|-------------|
shining like a national guitar. And I'm
Em
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|
follow'n the river down the highway thru the cradle of the civil
D7/F#
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-1-----------|-0-----------|-0h1---------|-0-----------|
G|---------2---|---------2---|---------2---|---------2---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|
war. I'm going to
[Chorus]
G
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
Graceland, Graceland, in Memphis, Tennessee. I'm going to
G
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
Graceland.
G
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
Poor boys and pilgrims with families and we are going to
G
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
Graceland. And my travelling
[Verse 2]
G
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
companion is nine years old and he's the child of my
G
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
first marriage. And I have reason to
G
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
believe we all will be recieved in Graceland.
[Verse 3]
*almost the same as Verse 1*
G
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
She comes back and
G
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
tell me she's gone. As
C (four bars this time)
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-1-----------|-0-----------|-1-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|
A|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
if I didn't know that, as if I didn't know my own
Em
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|
bed. As
D7/F#
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-1-----------|-0-----------|-0h1---------|-0-----------|
G|---------2---|---------2---|---------2---|---------2---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|
if I didn't notice he way she brushed her hair from her
G
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
forehead. She says
[Prechorus]
G
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
loooo-------sing love is just a window in your
C (three bars this time)
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-1-----------|-0-----------|-1-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|
A|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|
heart. Everybody sees you
Em
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
blown apart. Everybody sees the
D7/F#
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-1-----------|-0-----------|-0h1---------|-0-----------|
G|---------2---|---------2---|---------2---|---------2---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|
wind blow. Wo----o----o----oah and
[Chorus]
*repeat chorus fingerpicking using G shape*
Graceland, I'm going to Graceland.
And my travelling companion is ghosts and empty sockets.
I'm looking at ghosts and empties and
For reasons I cannot explain
There's some part of me wants to see Graceland.
[Verse 4]
G
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
There's a girl in N.Y. City, well she
G C
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-1-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----2------2-|----2------2-|
A|-------------|-------------|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-------------|-------------|
calls herself the human trampoline And when-
Em
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|
ever I'm falling, flying, tumbling in turmoil I say
D7/F#
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-1-----------|-0-----------|-0h1---------|-0-----------|
G|---------2---|---------2---|---------2---|---------2---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|
oh so this is what she means. She means we're bouncing into
[Chorus]
G
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
Graceland. She says
[Prechorus]
G
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
loooo-------sing love is just a window in your
C (three bars again)
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-1-----------|-0-----------|-1-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|
A|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|
heart. Everybody sees you
Em
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
G|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|
D|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|----2------2-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
blown apart. Everybody sees the
D7/F#
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-1-----------|-0-----------|-0h1---------|-0-----------|
G|---------2---|---------2---|---------2---|---------2---|
D|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|----0------0-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|-2-----2-----|
wind blowin'. Wo----o----o----oah and
[Chorus]
*repeat chorus fingerpicking using G shape*
Graceland, I'm going to Graceland.
I may be obliged to defend every love and every ending.
Maybe there is no obligations now.
For reasons I cannot explain
There's some part of me wants to see Graceland.
I'm going to Graceland
I'm going to Graceland
I'm going to Graceland
| h hammer-on
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