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From Galway to Graceland

Richard Thompson
ChordsKeyDCapoFret 4TuningDrop Dbeginner
4.6(43)

Chords in this song3

capo 4 — sounds 4 semitones higher

Verse 1

Oh, she dressed in the dark
And she whispered Amen
She was pretty in pink like a young girl again
Oh, Twenty years married
But she never thought twice
She sneaked out the door and walked into the night

Verse 2

And silver wings carried her over the sea
From the west coast of Ireland to west Tennessee
To be with her sweetheart
She left everything
From Galway to Graceland to be with the King

Verse 3

She was humming "Suspicion"
That's the song she liked best
She had "Elvis I love you" tattooed on her breast
They landed in Memphis
Her heart beat so fast
She'd dreamed for so long, now she'd see him at last

Verse 4

She was down by his graveside Day after day
Come closing time they would drag her away
To be with her sweetheart
She left everything
From Galway to Graceland to be with the King

Verse 5

They came in the thousands
From the whole human race
To pay their respects at his last resting place
Ah, but blindly she knelt there
And she told him her dreams
And she thought that he answered, or that's how it seemed

Verse 6

And they dragged her away It was handcuffs this time
She said my dear man, "Are you out of your mind?"
Can't you see that we're married?
I'm wearing his ring
I've come from Galway to Graceland to be with the King
From Galway to Graceland to be with the King

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