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             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

Bridge:
   G C F C G
   G C F C G

Solo:
   G C F C G
   G C F C G

Pre-verse: G C F C G

Verse 1:
G                                    C
  Just a urchin livin' under the street
I'm a hard case that's tough to beat
F                     C                      G
I'm your charity case so buy me something to eat
                        C
I'll pay you at another time
Take it to the end of the line

Pre-verse: G C F C G

Verse 2:
G
  Rags to riches or so they say
      C
Ya gotta keep pushin' for the fortune and fame
F                               C
You know it's all a gamble when it's just a game
   G                      C
Ya 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, yeah yeah
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

Pre-verse: G C F C G

Verse 3:
G                                             C
  Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber

Why I'm here I can't quite remember
F                               C
The surgeon general says it's hazardous to breathe
    G                         C
I'd have another cigarette but I can't see

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, yeah yeah
G
Take me down to the paradise city
          C
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
F             C              G G
 Oh won't you please take me home

Solo 2:
   C F C G G
   C F C G

Bridge:
C   D   C
 So far away
   D   C
So far away
   D   C
So far away
   D   C
So far away

Verse 4:
G                              C
  Captain America's been torn apart
                                      F
Now he's a court jester with a broken heart
                                 C
He said "turn me around and take me back to the start"
  G                C
I must be losing my mind "are you blind?"

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, yeah yeah
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, yeah yeah
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, home

Outro:
   G C F C
   G G C F
   C G

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 good it can 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,

Interlude:
   G C F C
   G G C F
   C G

G             C
  Take me down, lead me 'round
F         C                  G
 Oh won't you please take me home
G            C
  I wanna see, what a woman can be
F          C        G
 I want to take you 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 know
F             C              G
 Oh won't you please take me home
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