Paradise City by Guns N' Roses
Key: GG | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


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
A#5  G5                  F5  C5 A#5
I'm a hard case that's tough to beat
    G5
I'm your charity case
   F5             C5     A#5
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             A#5        G5-F5
Take it to the end of the line
(Play Rhythm A)
G5
Rags to riches
F5          C5
Or so they say
    A#5
You gotta
G5                    F5  C5     A#5
Keep pushin' for the fortune and fame
G5
You know it's, it's all a gamble
F5        C5     A#5
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   A#5          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    A#5
Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber
G5                    F5    C5    A#5
Why I'm here, I can't quite remember
G5                            F5        C5 A#5
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          A#5    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  A#5
So far away-ay
Verse
G5                      F5  C5
Captain America's been torn apart
A#5 G5
Now he's a court jester
F5     C5     A#5
With a broken heart
G5
He said turn me around
    F5      C5          A#5
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      A#5   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