Intro : E5D5A5 (x4)
Verse 1 :
E5
Dear mother,
D5E5
Can you hear me whining?
E5D5
It's been three whole weeks
G5A5B5
Since that I have left your home'
E5D5E5
This sudden fear has left me trembling
E5D5G5A5B5
Cause now it seems that I am out here on my own
G5A5B5
And I'm feeling so a--lone
Chorus :
EG5
Pay attention to the cracked streets
A5C5
And the broken homes
EG5
Some call it the slums
B5
Some call it nice
EG5
I want to take you through
A5C5EB5
a wasteland I like to call my home
E5D5A5E5D5A5
Welcome To Paradise
Verse 2 :
E5D5E5A gunshot rings out at the station
E5D5G5A5B5
Another urchin snaps and left dead on his own
E5D5E5
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
E5D5
For some strange reason it's now
G5A5B5
Feeling like my home
G5A5B5
And I'm never gonna go
Chorus :
EG5
Pay attention to the cracked streets
A5C5
And the broken homes
EG5
Some call it the slums
B5
Some call it nice
EG5
I want to take you through
A5C5EB5
a wasteland I like to call my home
E5D5A5
Welcome To Paradise
E5D5A5 (x3)
Verse 1 :
E5
Dear mother,
D5E5
Can you hear me laughing
E5D5
It's been six whole months
G5A5B5
Since that I have left your home
E5D5E5
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
E5D5
For some strange reason it's now
G5A5B5
Feeling like my home
G5A5B5
And I'm never gonna go
Chorus :
EG5
Pay attention to the cracked streets
A5C5
And the broken homes
EG5
Some call it the slums
B5
Some call it nice
EG5
I want to take you through
A5C5EB5
a wasteland I like to call my home
E5D5A5
Welcome To Paradise
E5D5A5 (x3)
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