Paradise City
Tuning:Eb
 
[INTRO]
     (2X)


[CHORUS]

Take me down t

o the paradise

 city

Where the gras

s is green and

 the girls are

 pretty
            
Oh won't you p

              
lease, take me

 
 home

Take me down t

o the paradise

 city

Where the gras

s is green and

 the girls are

 pretty
            
Oh won't you p

              
lease, take me

 
 home

[INSTRUMENTAL]
     (4x)

[Instrumental]
        

[Verse]
             
Just an urchin

              
 livin' under 

         
the street
             
I'm a hard cas

              
e that's tough

       
 to beat
             
I'm your chari

              
ty case, so bu

              
y me something

     
 to eat
             
I'll pay you a

             
t another time

              
...Take it to 

              
the end of the

 
 line

[Instrumental]
        

[Verse]
             
Rags to riches

              
, or so they s

 
ay
             
You gotta keep

              
 pushin' for t

              
he fortune and

    
 fame
             
You know, it's

              
 all a gamble 

              
when it's just

      
 a game
             
You treat it l

              
ike a capital 

             
crime...Everyb

              
ody's doin' th

  
e time

[CHORUS]

Take me down t

o the paradise

 city

Where the gras

s is green and

 the girls are

 pretty
            
Oh won't you p

              
lease, take me

 
 home

Take me down t

o the paradise

 city

Where the gras

s is green and

 the girls are

 pretty
      
Take me home

[Instrumental]
        

[VERSE]
             
Strapped in th

              
e chair of the

              
 city's gas ch

  
amber
             
Why I'm here I

              
 can't quite r

    
emember
             
The Surgeon Ge

              
neral says it'

              
s hazardous to

     
 breathe
             
I'd have anoth

              
er cigarette, 

            
but I can't se

e
              
Tell me who yo

            
u're gonna bel

ieve

[CHORUS]

Take me down t

o the paradise

 city

Where the gras

s is green and

 the girls are

 pretty
      
Take me home

Take me down t

o the paradise

 city

Where the gras

s is green and

 the girls are

 pretty
            
Oh won't you p

              
lease, take me

 
 home

[Instrumental]
       
         

[BRIDGE]
      
So far away
      
So far away
      
So far away
        
So far away

[VERSE]
             
Captain Americ

              
a's been torn 

   
apart
             
Now he's a cou

              
rt jester with

             
 a broken hear


t
             
He said, "Turn

              
 me around and

              
 take me back 

          
to the start
             
I must be losi

      
n' my mind" Ar

e you, blind?
              
I've seen it a

             
ll a million t

imes

[CHORUS]

Take me down t

o the paradise

 city

Where the gras

s is green and

 the girls are

 pretty
      
Take me home

Take me down t

o the paradise

 city

Where the gras

s is green and

 the girls are

 pretty
            
Oh won't you p

              
lease, take me

 
 home


Take me down t

o the paradise

 city

Where the gras

s is green and

 the girls are

 pretty
      
Take me home

Take me down t

o the paradise

 city

Where the gras

s is green and

 the girls are

 pretty
            
Oh won't you p

              
lease, take me

 
 home...

[INSTRUMENTAL]
    (2X)

           
I wanna go, I 

wanna go
             
Oh, won't you 

             
please take me

     
 home?

            
I wanna see, H

ow could it be

?
             
Oh, won't you 

             
please take me

     
 home?


Take me down t

o the paradise

 city

Where the gras

s is green and

 the girls are

 pretty
      
Take me home


Take me down t

o the paradise

 city

Where the gras

s is green and

 the girls are

 pretty
            
Oh won't you p

              
lease, take me

 
 home

             
Take me down, 


Spin me 'round
             
Oh, won't you 

             
please take me

     
 home?

            
I wanna see, H

ow could it be

?
             
Oh, won't you 

             
please take me

 
 home

[Instrumental]
    

            
I wanna see, H

ow could it be

?
          
Oh, Take me ho

me
             
Take me down t

              
o the Paradise

                
 City 
              
Where the gras

     
s is green and

 the girls are

 pretty
             
Oh, won't you 

             
please take me

     
 home?
           
I wanna go, I 

wanna go
             
Oh, won't you 

             
please take me

     
 home?

Yeah, baby!