Key: Eb, F#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Eb x68886
C# x46664
G# 466544
Bb x13331
B x24442
F# 244322
F 133211
E 022100
G# 466544
Intro: Eb C# G# x4
Verse 1:
Eb C#
Dear Mother can you
Eb
hear me whining?
Eb C#
It's been three whole weeks
F#
Since I have left your
Bb Eb C#
home This sudden fear
Eb
has left me trembling
Eb C#
Cause now it seems that
F# Bb
I am out here on my own
F# Bb
And I'm feeling so alone
Chorus 1:
Eb F#
Pay attention to
the cracked streets
G# B
And the broken homes
Eb F#
Some call it slums
Bb
some call it nice
Eb
And I want to take you
F#
through a wasteland
G# B
I'd like to call my home
Eb Bb(hold) Eb C# G# Eb C# G#
Welcome to Paradise
Verse 2:
Eb C#
A gunshot rings out at the
Eb Eb C#
station Another urchin snaps
F# Bb
and left dead on his own
Eb C#
It makes me wonder
Eb
why I'm still here
Eb
But for some strange
C#
reason it's now
F# Bb
Feeling like my home
F# Bb
and I'm never gonna go
Chorus 2:
Eb F#
Pay attention to
the cracked streets
G# B
And the broken homes
Eb F#
Some call it slums
Bb
some call it nice
Eb
And I want to take you
F#
through a wasteland
G# B
I'd like to call my home
Eb Bb(hold) Eb C# G# Eb C# G#
Welcome to Paradise
Eb C# G# Eb C# G#
Interlude: Mike Dirnt's Bass Solo
Eb F# F E x20
Verse 3:
Eb C#
Dear Mother can you
Eb
hear me laughing?
Eb C#
It's been six whole weeks
F# Bb
Since I have left your home
Eb C#
It makes me wonder
Eb
why I'm still here
Eb
But for some strange
C#
reason it's now
F# Bb
Feeling like my home
F# Bb
and I'm never gonna go
Chorus 3:
Eb F#
Pay attention to
the cracked streets
G# B
And the broken homes
Eb F#
Some call it slums
Bb
some call it nice
Eb
And I want to take you
F#
through a wasteland
G# B
I'd like to call my home
Eb Bb(hold) Eb C# G#
Welcome to Paradise
Eb C# G# Eb C# G# Eb(hold)
yeah Paradise
