Paradise City    (midi)

E - A - D - A - E (2x)

E

Take me down to the paradise city

A

where the grass is green and the girls are pretty,

D A E

oh won't you please take me home. (2x)

+ E - A - D - A - E (3x) E - G E - G E - G E - G

E G

1. Just a' urchin livin' under the street, I’m a

E D

hard case that's tough to beat.

E G

I'm your charity case, so buy me somethin' to eat,

E A E

I’ll pay you at another time - take it to the end of the line.

+ E - G E - G E - G E - G

E G

2. Ragz to richez or so they say, you gotta

E D

keep pushin' for the fortune and fame, you know it’s,

E G

it's all a gamble when it's just a game,

E A E

you treat it like a capital crime - everybody's doin' their time.

+ CHORUS 2x + E - G E - G E - G E - G

E G

3. Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber,

E D

why I' m here I can' t quite remember.

E G

The surgeon general says, it's hazardous to breathe,

E A

I'd have another cigarette but I can't see -

E

tell me who you're gonna believe.

+ CHORUS

E

Take me down to the paradise city

A

where the grass is green and the girls are pretty,

D A D

oh won't you please take me home.

+ E - G E - G E - G E - G A - G A - G A - G A - G - A

B7 A B7 A B7 A B7 A

So far away ! So far away ! So far away ! So far aw….ay !

E G

4. Captain America's been torn apart, now,

E D

he's a court jester with a broken heart. He said

E G

turn me around and take me back to the start,

E A

I must be losin' my mind. Are you blind?"

E

I've seen it all a million times.

+ CHORUS 3x + E - A - D - A - E E - A - D - A - E ….

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Guns ‘n Roses)