Justin Townes Earle – Graceland (Guitar Tab)
Capo 4
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| Performed by Justin Townes Earle |
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I've done my best to transcribe this as accurately as possible BUT this is by no means perfect.
Justin subtly mixes up his note playing throughout the song especially in the chorus.
I may go back over it and add some of these subtleties later.
I've also tried to line the lyrics with the tab.
Let me know if there are any mistakes and/or editions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD8FgCFE59Q&t=741s 12:08
Capo 4th Fret
[Intro]
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 is
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-----|
followin' the highway down the river through 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 received 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-----|
tells 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 never noticed the way she combs her hair off 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[Pre-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-----| 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 blowin'. Wo----o----o----oah
[Chorus]
*repeat chorus fingerpicking using G shape*
Graceland, I'm going to Graceland.
And my travelling companion is ghosts in empty sockets.
I'm looking at ghosts of empties and
For reasons I cannot explain
There's some part of me wants to see Graceland.
[Verse 4]
G
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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-----|
Now there's a girl in New York City, well she
G C
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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
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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 am 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
[Pre-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-----| 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
[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's no obligations now.
I cannot explain
but some part of me wants to see Graceland.
I'm going to Graceland
I'm going to Graceland
I'm going to Graceland
I'm going to Graceland
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