Paradise City Chords

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Paradise City by Guns N' Roses is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, F, A, D, Bb and F9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: G C F C G

     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   (G C F C G) 4x.. Instrumental..!
   OH won't you please, take me home

   (G)
   Just a'urchin livin' under the street
   I'm a hard case that's tough to beat
   I'm your charity case
   So buy me somethin' to eat
   I'll pay you at another time
   Take it to the end of the line

   (G)
   Ragz to richez or so they say
   Ya gotta keep pushin' for the fortune and fame
   It's all gamble
   When it's just a game
   Ya treat it like a capital crime
   Everybody's doing their time

     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        (G)
   Take me home, yeah

   (G)
   Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber
   Why I'm here I can't quite remember
   The surgeon general says it's hazardous to breathe
   I'd have another cigarette but I can't see
   Tell me who ya gonna believe

     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        G A G C
   Take me home, yeah

       D    C
   So far away
       D    C
   So far away
       D    C
   So far away
       D    C  Bb
   So far away

   (G)
   Captain America's been torn apart
   Now he's a court jester with a borken heart
   He said:
   "Turn me around and take me back to start"
   I must be losin' my mind:"Are you blind?"
   I've seen it all a million times

     G
   Take me down to the paradise city
               C
   Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
  F9             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
  F9    C   G   (G C F C G)até o fim
   Take me home
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante