Originally in A, I play in D
Intro
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D | A | Gsus2 | Gsus2 |
Big hits on “baby!”
Vox on the 1 on “baby”
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Ba | by, | you were a | lways gonna be |
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Th | e one, | you only | ever did it |
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Ju | st for fun, | but you | run to paradise |
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Je | nny, | I’ll | meet you at the |
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Gr | ocery store, | you don’t n | eed a friend when |
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Yo | u can score, | you r | un to paradise |
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Huh! |
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Jo | hnny, | we | were always best of |
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Friends, | stick together and |
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De | fend, | but you | run to paradise |
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And m | am | a, | now don’t you | worry bout’ me |
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An | ymore, | when I s | ee you crying at |
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The d | oor, | when I r | un to paradise |
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Vox on the 1 of the key (5 of the chord) on “that’s right”
G | G |
That’s right they had it all worked out |
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You were | young and blonde and you could never do wrong |
G | G |
That’s right they were so surprised |
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You o | pened their eyes up (opened their eyes up) |
Opened their eyes up
Vox on 1 2 of the key on “you don’t”
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You | don’t want | anyone |
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You | don’t want | anyone |
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Don’t | tell me | this is paradise |
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(Open your e | yes up) |
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You | don’t want | anyone |
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You | don’t want | anyone |
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Don’t | tell me | this is paradise |
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No big hits on the I’s in this verse
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Good times, | why’d I let em |
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Slip away, | why’d I let them |
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Slip away, | cause I lived in |
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Para | dise |
Softly
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Run to |
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Para | dise, | run to |
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Para | dise, | run to |
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Para | dise |
Solo
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Jesus says it’s gonna be alright, he’s gonna |
A |
Pack my bag so I can walk in the light |
G | G |
You don’t mind if I abuse myself, so I can |
A |
Hold my head up, (hold my head up), hold my head up |
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You | don’t want | anyone | (hold my head up) |
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You | don’t want | anyone |
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Don’t | tell me | this is paradise |
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(Open your e | yes up) |
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You | don’t need | anyone | (open your eyes up) |
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You | don’t need | anyone |
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Don’t | tell me | this is paradise |
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You | don’t want | anyone |
D | A | G | A |
You | don’t want | anyone |
D | A | G | A |
Don’t | tell me | this is paradise |
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