[Intro]
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[Chorus]
G 
Take me down to the paradise city 
            C 
Where the grass is green 
C 
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  
   C  
And the girls are pretty  
F               C              G  
Oh, won't you please take me home
[Intro]
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[Riff]
e|-------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------3-----------| 
G|-------------------------3-----------| 
D|-------------------------3-----------| 
A|-------------------------1-----------| 
E|-1-1-2-3-3-1-2-3-1-3-1-3-------------|
e|---------------------------------|
B|-----------------------5-3-------|
G|-----------------------5-3-------|
D|-----------------------5-3-------|
A|-----------------------3-1-------|
E|-3-1-2-3-3-1-2-3-1-3-1-----------|
[Verse]
G5                      F5        C5  
Just an urchin livin' under the street  
Bb5  G5                  F5  C5 Bb5  
I'm a hard case that's tough to beat  
    G5  
I'm your charity case  
   F5             C5     Bb5  
So buy me somethin' to eat  
G5               F5      C5  
I'll pay you at another time  
C5             Bb5        G5-F5  
Take it to the end of the line
[Verse]
G5  
Rags to riches  
F5          C5  
Or so they say  
    Bb5  
You gotta  
G5                    F5  C5     Bb5  
Keep pushin' for the fortune and fame  
G5  
You know it's, it's all a gamble  
F5        C5     Bb5  
When it's just a game  
G5           F5           C5  
You treat it like a capitol crime  
C5   Bb5          G5   F5  
Everybody' doin' their time
[Chorus]
G  
Take me down to the paradise city  
            C  
Where the grass is green  
C  
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  
   C  
And the girls are pretty  
F               C              G  
Oh, won't you please take me home
[Verse]
G5                    F5          C5    Bb5  
Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber  
G5                    F5    C5    Bb5  
Why I'm here, I can't quite remember  
G5                            F5        C5 Bb5  
The surgeon general says it's hazardous to breathe  
G5  
I'd have another cigarette  
F5          C5
But I can't see  
C5          Bb5    G5    F5  
Tell me who you're gonna believe
[Chorus]
G  
Take me down to the paradise city  
            C  
Where the grass is green  
C  
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  
  C  
And the girls are pretty  
F               C              G  
Oh, won't you please take me home
[Bridge]
   D5   C5  
So far away  
   D5   C5  
So far away  
   D5   C5  
So far away  
   D5   C5  Bb5  
So far away-ay
[Verse]
G5                      F5  C5  
Captain America's been torn apart  
Bb5 G5  
Now he's a court jester  
F5     C5     Bb5  
With a broken heart  
G5  
He said turn me around  
    F5      C5          Bb5  
And take me back to the start  
 G5                 F5  
I must be losing my mind  
         C5 
"Are you blind?!"   
     C5      Bb5   G5      F5   
I've seen it all a million times
[Chorus]
G  
Take me down to the paradise city  
            C  
Where the grass is green  
C  
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  
 C  
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  
 C  
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  
C  
And the girls are pretty  
F               C              G  
Oh, won't you please take me home
[Outro]
  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
[Intro]
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