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Play the chorous part with the into rythem

G (Open)
Take me down to the paradise city
C
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
F C G (Open)
Oh, won't you please take me home
G(Bare)
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: (Since no singing is requierd here you can strum the chords
once)
v ˆvˆv ˆvˆvvv
-3---X-X-X-0---X-X-X-1-0-3
-0---X-X-X-1---X-X-X-1-1-0
-0---X-X-X-0---X-X-X-2-0-0
-0---------2---------3-2-0
-2---------3---------3-3-2
-3-----------------------3
Play the whole thing twice, the play the power chords part i.e
Rhythm A

Vers: Scroll up to see how to play these power chords

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
dampning)
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
dampning)
You treat it like a capitol crime
C5 A#5 G5 F5
Everybody' doin' their time

G (Open)
Take me down to the paradise city
C
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
F C G (Open)
Oh, won't you please take me home
G(Bare)
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 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 surgoen general say's it's hazardous to breathe
G5
I'd have another cigarette
F5 C5 (Strum a bit on C5 with frequent dampning)
But I can't see
C5 A#5 G5 F5
Tell me that you're gonna believe

G (Open)
Take me down to the paradise city
C
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
F C G (Open)
Oh, won't you please take me home
G(Bare)
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

D5 C5
So far away
D5 C5
So far away
D5 C5
So far away
D5 C5 A#5
So far away

G5 F5 C5
Capitain 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 dampning)
"Are you blind?!"
C5 A#5 G5 F5
I've seen it all a mllion times

G (Open)
Take me down to the paradise city
C
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
F C G (Open)
Oh, won't you please take me home
G(Bare)
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 (Open)
Take me down to the paradise city
C
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
F C G (Open)
Oh, won't you please take me home
G(Bare)
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

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

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