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