Tuning Eb: (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)  

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
   OH won't you please, take me home

   Riff..!

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

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

   Riff

   (G)                                         Bb
   Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber
   G                                  Bb
   Why I'm here I can't quite remember
   G                                              Bb
   The surgeon general says it's hazardous to breathe
   G                                  C
   I'd have another cigarette but I can't see
                            G
   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        
   Take me home, yeah yeah
      G
   Take me down to the paradise city
               C
   Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
  F             C             F
   Oh won't you please, take me home

   Solo Riff

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

   (G)                           Bb
   Captain America's been torn apart
   G                                      Bb
   Now he's a court jester with a borken heart
   
   He said:
   G                                     Bb
   "Turn me around and take me back to start"
   G                       C
   I must be losin' my mind:"Are you blind?"
                                 G
   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
  F    C   G        
   Take me home, yeah yeah
      G
   Take me down to the paradise city
               C
   Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
  F             C             F
   Oh won't you please, take me home (repeat)

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