Guns N' Roses - Paradise City: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Paradise City" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
Chorus: F# Take me down to the paradise city B Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty E B F# Oh won't you please, take me home F# Take me down to the paradise city B Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty E B F# Oh won't you please, take me home F# A Just an urchin livin' under the street F# A I'm a hard case that's tough to beat F# A I'm your charity case, so buy me something to eat F# B I'll pay you at another time F# Take it to the end of the line Rags and riches, or so they say, you gotta Keep pushing for the fortune and fame You know it's, it's all a gamble when it's just a game You treat it like a capital crime, everybody's doing the time Chorus: 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? Yeah-yeah Take me down to the Paradise City Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Take me home Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber Why I'm here, I can't quite remember The Surgeon General says it's hazardous to breathe I'd have another cigarette But I can't see, tell me who you're gonna believe Chorus: Take me down to the Paradise City Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Take me home, yeah-yeah 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, oh yeah C# B So far away C# B So far away C# B So far away C# B A So far away Captain 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, are you blind? I've seen it all a million times Chorus: Take me down to the Paradise City Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Take me home, yeah-yeah 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 Take me home, yeah-yeah 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, home F# B I wanna go, I wanna go E B F# Oh, won't you please take me home? F# B I wanna see, How could it be? E B F# Oh, won't you please take me home? F# Take me down to the paradise city B Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty E B F# 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 Take me down, Spin me 'round Oh, won't you please take me home? I wanna see, How could it be? Oh, won't you please take me home I wanna see, How could it be? Oh, 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? I wanna go, I wanna go Oh, won't you please take me home? You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA  Am  C#  E  F#  B  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Paradise City" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Paradise City" by Guns N' Roses.