Standard (EADGBE)

in ( UDUDUDUD DD) each and then

( ) ( ) ( UDUD)

adding a lil' dead notes before switching to the next chord,and i swear the rythm

changes every time I play.

So figure out the pattern you'll enjoy struming for this song!

Rhythm A :-

Rhythm for the parts before the verses and in the verses...

-(DDUD) -Strike Damp Notes- -(UDU) - - x3

- (DUDUDDUD)

Intro

Play G (Open) slide your strumming finger/pick from the low E string to the

higher e..going through one string at a time

then play G (Bare) C F C G x 2 times

Play the chorous part with the into rythem

Take me down to the paradise city

Where the grass is green

And the girls are pretty

Oh, won't you please take me home

(Bare)

Take me down to the paradise city

Where the grass is green

And the girls are pretty

Oh, won't you please take me home

Play the whole thing twice, the play the power chords part i.e Rhythm A

Vers: Scroll up to see how to play these power chords

Just an 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

G5 F5 C5 (Strum a bit on C5 with frequent dampning)

I'll pay you at another time

Take it to the end of the line

Play Rhythm A

Rags to riches

Or so they say

You gotta

Keep pushin' for the fortune and fame

You know it's, it's all a gamble

When it's just a game

G5 F5 C5 (Strum a bit on C5 with frequent dampning)

You treat it like a capitol crime

Everybody' doin' their time

Take me down to the paradise city

Where the grass is green

And the girls are pretty

Oh, won't you please take me home

(Bare)

Take me down to the paradise city

Where the grass is green

And the girls are pretty

Oh, won't you please take me home

Play Rhythm A

Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber

Why I'm here, I can't quite remember

The surgoen general say's it's hazardous to breathe

I'd have another cigarette

F5 C5 (Strum a bit on C5 with frequent dampning)

But I can't see

Tell me that you're gonna believe

Take me down to the paradise city

Where the grass is green

And the girls are pretty

Oh, won't you please take me home

(Bare)

Take me down to the paradise city

Where the grass is green

And the girls are pretty

Oh, won't you please take me home

So far away

So far away

So far away

So far away

Capitain America's been torn apart

Now he's a court jester

With a broken heart

He said turn me around

And take me back to the start

I must be losing my mind

C5 (Strum a bit on C5 with frequent dampning)

"Are you blind?!"

I've seen it all a mllion times

Take me down to the paradise city

Where the grass is green

And the girls are pretty

Oh, won't you please take me home

(Bare)

Take me down to the paradise city

Where the grass is green

And the girls are pretty

Oh, won't you please take me home

Take me down to the paradise city

Where the grass is green

And the girls are pretty

Oh, won't you please take me home

(Bare)

Take me down to the paradise city

Where the grass is green

And the girls are pretty

Oh, won't you please take me home

Strum this part with a very fast pace

I want to go

I want to know

Oh, won't you please take me home

I want to see

Oh, look at me

Oh, won't you please take me home

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