Intro
|AE |ADsus2 | (2x)
VerseAEADsus2
I'm ridin' in the back seat nine years old
AEADsus2
Starin' out the window countin' the highway poles
AEADsus2
And then I get to thinkin' that it don't seem real
Dsus2
I'm flyin' through the universe in a '69 Oldsmobile
ChorusAEADsus2
And I wanna know what they're not tellin'
AEADsus2
And I don't wanna hear no lies
AEADsus2
I just want something to believe in
EADsus2
Ahhhhhhhhhhh
Dsus2E
It's a lonely, lonely road I'm on
ADsus2
This side of paradise
Instrumental
|AE |ADsus2 | (2x)
VerseAEADsus2
I'm ridin' in the back seat black limousine
AEADsus2
Starin' out the window at a funeral scene
AEADsus2
And then I get to thinkin' and it don't seem right
Dsus2
I'm sittin' here safe and sound and someone I love is gone tonight
ChorusAEADsus2
And I wanna know what they're not tellin'
AEADsus2
And I don't wanna hear no lies
AEADsus2
I just want something to believe in
EADsus2
Ahhhhhhhhhhh
Dsus2E
It's a lonely, lonely road I'm on
ADsus2
This side of paradise
Instrumental
|AE |ADsus2 |
BridgeDsus2
There ain't no crystal ball
A
Yhere ain't no Santa Claus
Dsus2
There ain't no fairy tales
A
There ain't no streets of gold
Dsus2
There ain't no chosen few
A
It's just me and you
Dsus2
That's all we got yeah
EAEADsus2
That's all we got to hold on to
AEADsus2
Yeah this side of paradise
Instrumental
|AE |ADsus2 | (2x)
VerseAEADsus2
I remember bein' a little boy in the back seat nine years old
AEADsus2
Always askin' questions never do what I was told
AEADsus2
And then I'd get to thinkin' like I always do
Dsus2
We wander 'round in the darkness but every now and then
Dsus2A little light shines through
ChorusAEADsus2
And I wanna know what they're not tellin'
AEADsus2
And I don't wanna hear no lies
AEADsus2
I just want something to believe in
EADsus2
Ahhhhhhhhhhh
EADsus2
Oh Ahhhhhhhhhhh
Dsus2E
It's a lonely, lonely road I'm on
ADsus2AEADsus2
This side of paradise
AEADsus2
Oh yeah
AEADsus2
This side of paradise
Dsus2
Yeah yeah
Dsus2
Yeah yeah yeah
Outro
|AE |ADsus2 | (2x)
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.