Take me down to the paradise city
DOWhere the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
FA DO SOLOh, won't you please take me home
SOLTake me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Oh, won't you please take me home
Just an urchin livin' under the street
SIb SOL FA DO SIbI'm a hard case that's tough to beat
SOLI'm your charity case
So buy me somethin' to eat
SOL FA DOI'll pay you at another time
DO SIb SOL- FA LATake it to the end of the line
SOL
Rags to riches
Or so they say
SIbYou gotta
SOL FA DO SIbKeep pushin' for the fortune and fame
You know it's, it's all a gamble
FA DO SIbWhen it's just a game
SOL FA DOYou treat it like a capitol crime
Everybody' doin' their time
Take me down to the paradise city
DOWhere the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
FA DO SOLOh, won't you please take me home
SOLTake me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Oh, won't you please take me home
Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber
SOL FA DO SIbWhy I'm here, I can't quite remember
SOL FA DOLA#The surgoen general say's it's hazardous to breathe
I'd have another cigarette
FA DOBut I can't see
DO SIb SOL FATell me that you're gonna believe
SOL
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
SOLTake me down to the paradise city
DOWhere the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
FA DO SOLOh, won't you please take me home
RE DO
So far away
So far away
RE DOSo far away
RE DO SIbSo far away
SOL FA DO
Capitain America's been torn apart
Now he's a court jester
FA DO SIbWith a broken heart
SOLHe said turn me around
And take me back to the start
SOL FAI must be losing my mind
DO"Are you blind?!"
I've seen it all a mllion times
Take me down to the paradise city
DOWhere the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
FA DO SOLOh, won't you please take me home
SOLTake me down to the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Oh, won't you please take me home
SOLTake me down to the paradise city
DOWhere the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
FA DO SOLOh, won't you please take me home
Take me down to the paradise city
DOWhere the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
FA DO SOLOh, won't you please take me home
DO
I want to go
FAI want to know
Oh, won't you please take me home
I want to see
FAOh, look at me
DO FA SOLOh, won't you please take me home
SOL DO FA SOL DO SIb
Along with Welcome to the Jungle and Sweet Child O 'Mine, Paradise City is one of the most popular songs from Guns N' Roses.