Paradise City

Chords

Standard

G (Open)
Take me down to the paradise city
            C 
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
F               C              G (Open)
Oh, won't you please take me home
G(Bare)
Take me down to the paradise city
            C 
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
F               C              G
Oh, won't you please take me home

G5                      F5        C5
Just an urchin livin' under the street
Bb5  G5                  F5  C5 Bb5  
I'm a hard case that's tough to beat
    G5
I'm your charity case
   F5             C5     Bb5
So buy me somethin' to eat
G5               F5      C5   
I'll pay you at another time
C5             Bb5        G5-F5 
Take it to the end of the line

G5
Rags to riches
F5          C5
Or so they say
    Bb5
You gotta
G5                    F5  C5     Bb5  
Keep pushin' for the fortune and fame
G5
You know it's, it's all a gamble
F5        C5     Bb5 
When it's just a game
G5           F5           C5 
You treat it like a capitol crime
C5   Bb5          G5   F5  
Everybody' doin' their time

G (Open)
Take me down to the paradise city
            C 
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
F               C              G (Open)
Oh, won't you please take me home
G(Bare)
Take me down to the paradise city
            C 
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
F               C              G
Oh, won't you please take me home

G5                    F5          C5    Bb5 
Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber
G5                    F5    C5    Bb5
Why I'm here, I can't quite remember
G5                             F5        C5 Bb5    
The surgoen general say's it's hazardous to breathe
G5
I'd have another cigarette
F5          C5    (Strum a bit on C5 with frequent dampning)
But I can't see
C5           Bb5    G5    F5    
Tell me that you're gonna believe

G (Open)
Take me down to the paradise city
            C 
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
F               C              G (Open)
Oh, won't you please take me home
G(Bare)
Take me down to the paradise city
            C 
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
F               C              G
Oh, won't you please take me home

D5     C5 
So far away 
D5     C5
So far away 
D5     C5
So far away 
D5     C5  Bb5
So far away 

G5                       F5  C5
Capitain America's been torn apart
Bb5 G5
Now he's a court jester
F5     C5     Bb5
With a broken heart
G5
He said turn me around
    F5      C5          Bb5  
And take me back to the start
 G5                 F5
I must be losing my mind
         C5       (Strum a bit on C5 with frequent dampning)
"Are you blind?!"
     C5      Bb5   G5     F5
I've seen it all a mllion times

G (Open)
Take me down to the paradise city
            C 
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
F               C              G (Open)
Oh, won't you please take me home
G(Bare)
Take me down to the paradise city
            C 
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
F               C              G
Oh, won't you please take me home
G (Open)
Take me down to the paradise city
            C 
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
F               C              G (Open)
Oh, won't you please take me home
G(Bare)
Take me down to the paradise city
            C 
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
F               C              G
Oh, won't you please take me home

  C
I want to go
  F
I want to know
C             F              G
Oh, won't you please take me home

  C 
I want to see
  F
Oh, look at me
C            F               G 
Oh, won't you please take me home