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Version 1 Version 2Paradise City Tuning:Eb [INTRO] G C F C G (2X) [CHORUS] G 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 G 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 [INSTRUMENTAL] G C F C G (4x) [Instrumental] G Bb G Bb G Bb G C Bb [Verse] G Bb Just an urchin livin' under the street G Bb I'm a hard case that's tough to beat G Bb I'm your charity case, so buy me something to eat G C G I'll pay you at another time...Take it to the end of the line [Instrumental] G Bb G Bb G Bb G C Bb [Verse] G Bb Rags to riches, or so they say G Bb You gotta keep pushin' for the fortune and fame G Bb You know, it's all a gamble when it's just a game G C G You treat it like a capital crime...Everybody's doin' the time [CHORUS] G 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 G Take me down to the paradise city C Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty F C G Take me home [Instrumental] G Bb G Bb G Bb G C Bb [VERSE] G Bb Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber G Bb Why I'm here I can't quite remember G Bb The Surgeon General says it's hazardous to breathe G C I'd have another cigarette, but I can't see G Tell me who you're gonna believe [CHORUS] G Take me down to the paradise city C Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty F C G Take me home G 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 [Instrumental] G Bb G Bb G Bb G Bb A C A C G Bb G C [BRIDGE] D C So far away D C So far away D C So far away D C Bb So far away [VERSE] G Bb Captain America's been torn apart G Bb Now he's a court jester with a broken heart G Bb He said, "Turn me around and take me back to the start G C I must be losin' my mind" Are you, blind? G I've seen it all a million times [CHORUS] G Take me down to the paradise city C Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty F C G Take me home G 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 G Take me down to the paradise city C Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty F C G Take me home G 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... [INSTRUMENTAL] G C F G (2X) G C I wanna go, I wanna go F C G Oh, won't you please take me home? G C I wanna see, How could it be? F C G Oh, won't you please take me home? G Take me down to the paradise city C Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty F C G Take me home G 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 G C Take me down, Spin me 'round F C G Oh, won't you please take me home? G C I wanna see, How could it be? F C G Oh, won't you please take me home [Instrumental] G C F C G G C I wanna see, How could it be? F C G Oh, Take me home G 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? G C I wanna go, I wanna go F C G Oh, won't you please take me home? Yeah, baby!