Justin Townes Earle – Graceland (Guitar)

Capo 4
Key
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Chords

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 (added T for thumb in the intro), 5) practice the thumb part until you are comfortable before adding the top strings, 6) You can play the song either using 1 finger, 1 thumb, or 2 fingers, 1 thumb (I use two fingers)
[Intro]
    -1   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-----|
G|-------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-----0---------|
D|---0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------|
     T   T   T   T   T   T   T   T   T   T   T   T   T   T   T   T   T

[Verse]

     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---------------0----------------0---------|
B|---1---------1-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----|
G|---------0-------------------------0---------------0---------------|
D|-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2---|
A|---3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------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-----0^1-------0-----0^1-------0-----0---------0----*|
G|---------0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------|
D|-------0-------0----^2-0-------0----^2-0-------0-------0-------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