Intro: EbDbAb x4
Verse 1:
EbDb
Dear Mother can you
Eb
hear me whining?
EbDb
It's been three whole weeks
Gb
Since I have left your
BbEbDb
home This sudden fear
Eb
has left me trembling
EbDb
Cause now it seems that
GbBb
I am out here on my own
GbBb
And I'm feeling so alone
Chorus 1:
EbGb
Pay attention to
the cracked streets
AbB
And the broken homes
EbGb
Some call it slums
Bb
some call it nice
Eb
And I want to take you
Gb
through a wasteland
AbB
I'd like to call my home
Eb Bb(hold) EbDbAbEbDbAb
Welcome to Paradise
Verse 2:
EbDbA gunshot rings out at the
EbEbDb
station Another urchin snaps
GbBb
and left dead on his own
EbDb
It makes me wonder
Eb
why I'm still here
Eb
But for some strange
Db
reason it's now
GbBb
Feeling like my home
GbBb
and I'm never gonna go
Chorus 2:
EbGb
Pay attention to
the cracked streets
AbB
And the broken homes
EbGb
Some call it slums
Bb
some call it nice
Eb
And I want to take you
Gb
through a wasteland
AbB
I'd like to call my home
Eb Bb(hold) EbDbAbEbDbAb
Welcome to Paradise
EbDbAbEbDbAbInterlude: Mike Dirnt's Bass Solo
EbGbFE x20
Verse 3:
EbDb
Dear Mother can you
Eb
hear me laughing?
EbDb
It's been six whole weeks
GbBb
Since I have left your home
EbDb
It makes me wonder
Eb
why I'm still here
Eb
But for some strange
Db
reason it's now
GbBb
Feeling like my home
GbBb
and I'm never gonna go
Chorus 3:
EbGb
Pay attention to
the cracked streets
AbB
And the broken homes
EbGb
Some call it slums
Bb
some call it nice
Eb
And I want to take you
Gb
through a wasteland
AbB
I'd like to call my home
Eb Bb(hold) EbDbAb
Welcome to Paradise
EbDbAbEbDbAb Eb(hold)
yeah Paradise
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.