Intro -x4-: D D C G

Verse:
D              C                  D
Dear Mother, Can you hear me whining?
D               C             F                 A
It's been 3 whole weeks since I have left your home
D              C                    D
This sudden fear has left me trembling
D               C              F              A
'Cause now it seems that I am out here on my own
 F                     A
And I'm feeling all alone...

Chorus:
D              F                    G               Bb
Pay attention to the cracked streets, and broken homes
D                    F             A
Some call it slums, some call it nice...
D               F                      G
I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my
Bb     D  A
home.......Welcome to Paradise

Interlude -x2-: D D C G

Verse:
D           C                    D
A gunshot rings out at the station
D          C                F               A
Another urchin snaps, and left dead on his own
D             C                    D
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
D                  C                 F             A
For some strange reason it's now feeling like my home
          F         A
And I'm never gonna go...

Chorus:
D              F                    G               Bb
Pay attention to the cracked streets, and broken homes
D                    F             A
Some call it slums, some call it nice...
D               F                      G
I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my
Bb     D  A
home.......Welcome to Paradise

Interlude -x2-: D D C G

Verse:
D             C                     D
Dear Mother, Can you hear me laughing?
D               C                F                 A
It's been six whole months since I have left your home
D             C                    D
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
D                   C              F              A
For some strange reason it's now feeling like my home
          F         A
And I'm never gonna go...

Chorus:
D              F                    G               Bb
Pay attention to the cracked streets, and broken homes
D                    F             A
Some call it slums, some call it nice...
D               F                      G
I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my
Bb    D   A
home.......Welcome to Paradise

Outro -x4-: D D C G