Chorus G (Open) Take me down to the paradise city C Where the grass is green C And the girls are pretty F C G (Open) Oh, won't you please take me home G (Barre) 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 Play the whole thing twice, then play the power chords part i.e. Rhythm A Verse 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 (Strum a bit on C5 with frequent damping) I'll pay you at another time C5 Bb5 G5-F5 Take it to the end of the line (Play Rhythm A) 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 (Strum a bit on C5 with frequent damping) You treat it like a capitol crime C5 Bb5 G5 F5 Everybody' doin' their time Chorus G (Open) Take me down to the paradise city C Where the grass is green C And the girls are pretty F C G (Open) Oh, won't you please take me home G (Barre) Take me down to the paradise city C Where the grass is green C And the girls are pretty F C G Oh, won't you please take me home (Play Rhythm A) 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 surgeon general says it's hazardous to breathe G5 I'd have another cigarette F5 C5 (Strum a bit on C5 with frequent damping) But I can't see C5 Bb5 G5 F5 Tell me who you're gonna believe Chorus G (Open) Take me down to the paradise city C Where the grass is green C And the girls are pretty F C G (Open) Oh, won't you please take me home G (Barre) Take me down to the paradise city C Where the grass is green C And the girls are pretty F C G Oh, won't you please take me home Bridge D5 C5 So far away D5 C5 So far away D5 C5 So far away D5 C5 Bb5 So far away-ay Verse G5 F5 C5 Captain 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 damping) "Are you blind?!" C5 Bb5 G5 F5 I've seen it all a million times G (Open) Take me down to the paradise city C Where the grass is green C And the girls are pretty F C G (Open) Oh, won't you please take me home G (Barre) Take me down to the paradise city C Where the grass is green C 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 C And the girls are pretty F C G (Open) Oh, won't you please take me home G (Barre) Take me down to the paradise city C Where the grass is green C And the girls are pretty F C G Oh, won't you please take me home Outro (Strum this part with a very fast pace) 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
