Paradise City Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[E][A][D][A][E]
[E][A][D][A][E]

[Chorus 1]
[E]Take me down to the paradise city
Where the [A]grass is green
and the girls are pretty
[D](Oh, won't you ple[A]ase take me hom[E]e)
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the [A]grass is green
and the girls are pretty
[D](Oh, won't you ple[A]ase take me hom[E]e)

[Interlude 1]
[E][A][D][A][E]
[E][A][D][A][E]
[E][A][D][A][E]
[E][A][D][A][E]
[E][G][E][G]
[E][G][E][G]

[Verse 1]
[E]Just a urchin livin' under the street
[G]I'm [E]a hard case that's tough to beat
[G]I'm your [E]charity case
so buy me something to [G]eat
I'll [E]pay you at another [A]time
Take it to the end of the [E]line

[Interlude 2]
[E][G][E][G]
[E][G][E][G]

[Verse 2]
[E]Rags to riches or so they say
[G]Ya got[E]ta keep pushin'
for the fortune and fame
[G]You know [E]it's all a gamble
when it's just a [G]game
Ya [E]treat it like a capital [A]crime
Everybody's doin' the [E]time

[Chorus 2]
[E]Take me down to the paradise city
Where the [A]grass is green
and the girls are pretty
[D](Oh, won't you ple[A]ase take me hom[E]e)
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the [A]grass is green
and the girls are pretty
[D]Take [A]me [E]home

[Interlude 3]
[E][G][E][G]
[E][G][E][G]

[Verse 3]
[E]Strapped in the chair
of the city's gas [G]chamber
[E]Why I'm here I can't quite remem[G]ber
[E]The surgeon general says
it's hazardous to [G]breathe
I'd [E]have another cigarette but [A]I can't see
Tell me who you're gonna be[E]lieve

[Chorus 3]
[E]Take me down to the paradise city
Where the [A]grass is green
and the girls are pretty
[D]Take [A]me [E]home, yeah yeah
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the [A]grass is green
and the girls are pretty
[D]Oh, won't you ple[A]ase take me hom[D]e

[Solo 1]
[E][G][E][G]
[E][G][E][G]
[F#][A][F#][A]
[E][G][E][A]

[Bridge 1]
So [B]far a[A]way
So [B]far a[A]way
So [B]far a[A]way
So [B]far a[A]way

[Verse 4]
[E]Captain America's been torn apart
[G]Now [E]he's a court jester with a broken heart
[G]He [E]said "turn me around
and take me back to the [G]start"
I [E]must be losing my [A]mind "are you blind?"
I've seen it all a million [E]times

[Chorus 4]
[E]Take me down to the paradise city
Where the [A]grass is green
and the girls are pretty
[D]Take [A]me [E]home, yeah yeah
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the [A]grass is green
and the girls are pretty
[D](Oh, won't you ple[A]ase take me hom[E]e)
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the [A]grass is green
and the girls are pretty
[D]Take [A]me [E]home, yeah yeah
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the [A]grass is green
and the girls are pretty
[D](Oh, won't you ple[A]ase take me hom[E]e)

[Solo 2]
[E][A][D][A][E]
[E][A][D][A][E]
[E]I wanna go,[A] I wanna know
[D]Oh, won't you ple[A]ase take me hom[E]e
I wanna [A]see how good it can be
[D]Oh, won't you ple[A]ase take me hom[E]e

[Chorus 5]
[E]Take me down to the paradise city
Where the [A]grass is green
and the girls are pretty
[D]Take [A]me [E]home, yeah yeah
Take me down to the paradise city
Where the [A]grass is green
and the girls are pretty
[D](Oh, won't you ple[A]ase take me hom[E]e)
Take me down, [A]lead me 'round
[D]Oh, won't you ple[A]ase take me hom[E]e
I wanna [A]see, what a woman can be
[D](Oh, won't you ple[A]ase take me hom[E]e)

[Solo 3]
[E][A][D][A][E]

[Outro 1]
[E]I wanna see, wha[A]t a woman can be
[D]I w[A]ant to take you home[E]
[E]Take me down to the paradise city
Where the [A]grass is green
and the girls are pretty
[D](Oh, won't you ple[A]ase take me hom[E]e)
[E]I wanna go,[A] I wanna know
[D]Oh, won't you ple[A]ase take me hom[E]e