Originally in Gb, I play in A and sing down an octave
Intro
| A | D | G | D | A |
| → | x2 |
| A |
| Take me down to the paradise city |
| D | |
| Where the g | rass is green and the girls are pretty |
| G | D | A |
| Oh won’t you | please take me | home |
| A |
| Take me down to the paradise city |
| D | |
| Where the g | rass is green and the girls are pretty |
| G | D | A |
| Oh won’t you | please take me | home |
| A | D | G | D | A |
| → | x4 |
| A | A | A | C |
| x 4 |
| A | C |
| Just an urchin livin’ under the stree | t |
| A | C | |
| I’m a | hard case that’s tough to bea | t |
| A | C | |
| I’m your | charity case, so buy me something to e | at |
| A | D | A | |
| I’ll | pay you at another | time, take it to the end of the | line |
| A | A | A | C |
| x 4 |
| A | C |
| Rags to riches, or so they sa | y |
| A | C | |
| You gotta | keep pushin’ for the fortune and fam | e |
| A | C | |
| You know it’s, | it’s all a gamble when it’s just a gam | e |
| A | D | A | |
| You t | reat it like a capital | crime, everybody’s doin’ the | time |
| A |
| Take me down to the paradise city |
| D | |
| Where the g | rass is green and the girls are pretty |
| G | D | A |
| Oh won’t you | please take me | home |
| A |
| Take me down to the paradise city |
| D | |
| Where the g | rass is green and the girls are pretty |
| G | D | A |
| Oh won’t you | please take me | home |
| A | A | A | C |
| x 4 |
| A | C |
| Strapped in the chair of the city gas cham | ber |
| A | C |
| Why I’m here I can’t quite remem | ber |
| A | C |
| The surgeon general says it’s hazardous to brea | the |
| A | D | |
| I’d h | ave another cigarette, but | I can’t see |
| A | |
| Tell me who you’re gonna beli | eve |
Really, in this chorus, it’s “a paradise city” instead of “the paradise city”
| A |
| Take me down to a paradise city |
| D | |
| Where the g | rass is green and the girls are pretty |
| G | D | A |
| Oh won’t you | please take me | home |
| A |
| Take me down to the paradise city |
| D | |
| Where the g | rass is green and the girls are pretty |
| G | D | C | A |
| Oh won’t you | please take me | home, | yeah |
| A | A | A | C |
| x 4 |
| B | B | B | D |
| x 2 |
| A | A | A | C |
| A | A | A | D |
| E | D | |
| So | far a | way |
| E | D | |
| So | far a | way |
| E | D | C | |
| So | far a | wa | y |
| A | C |
| Captain America’s been torn apa | rt |
| A | C | |
| Now | he’s a court jester with a broken hea | rt |
| A | C | |
| He said, | turn me around and take me back to the st | art |
| A | D | |
| I m | ust be losin’ my | mind, are you blind? |
| A | |
| I’ve seen it all a million | times |
| A |
| Take me down to the paradise city |
| D | |
| Where the g | rass is green and the girls are pretty |
| G | D | A |
| Oh won’t you | please take me | home |
| A |
| Take me down to the paradise city |
| D | |
| Where the g | rass is green and the girls are pretty |
| G | D | A |
| Oh won’t you | please take me | home |