[INTRO]
G C F C G (2X)
 
 
[CHORUS]
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
Oh won't you please, take me home
 
[INSTRUMENTAL]
G C F C G (4x)
 
[Instrumental]
G Bb G Bb G Bb G C Bb
 
[Verse]
G                                    Bb
Just an urchin livin' under the street
G                                  Bb
I'm a hard case that's tough to beat
G                                              Bb
I'm your charity case, so buy me something to eat
G                       C                                G
I'll pay you at another time...Take it to the end of the line
 
[Instrumental]
G Bb G Bb G Bb G C Bb
 
[Verse]
G                            Bb
Rags to riches, or so they say
G                                             Bb
You gotta keep pushin' for the fortune and fame
G                                               Bb
You know, it's all a gamble when it's just a game
G                           C                             G
You treat it like a capital crime...Everybody's doin' the time
 
[CHORUS]
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
Take me home
 
[Instrumental]
G Bb G Bb G Bb G C Bb
 
[VERSE]
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 you're gonna believe
 
[CHORUS]
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
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
 
[Instrumental]
G Bb G Bb G Bb G Bb
A C  A C  G Bb G C
 
[BRIDGE]
D      C
So far away
D      C
So far away
D      C
So far away
D      C  Bb
So far away
 
[VERSE]
G                              Bb
Captain America's been torn apart
G                                        Bb
Now he's a court jester with a broken heart
G                                                  Bb
He said, "Turn me around and take me back to the start
G                   C
I must be losin' my mind" Are you, blind?
                           G
I've seen it all a million times
 
[CHORUS]
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
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
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
Oh won't you please, take me home...
 
[INSTRUMENTAL]
G C F G (2X)
 
G           C
I wanna go, I wanna go
F             C              G
Oh, won't you please take me home?
 
G            C
I wanna see, How could it be?
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
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
Oh won't you please, take me home
 
G             C
Take me down, Spin me 'round
F             C              G
Oh, won't you please take me home?
 
G            C
I wanna see, How could it be?
F             C              G
Oh, won't you please take me home
 
[Instrumental]
G C F C G
 
G            C
I wanna see, How could it be?
F   C       G
Oh, 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
Oh, won't you please take me home?
G           C
I wanna go, I wanna go
F             C              G
Oh, won't you please take me home?
 
Yeah, baby!