Welcome to Paradise
Green Day
Tune down ½ step
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Intro Strum E5 D5 A5 D X U D X U D U D U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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E5
(2) Strum
(used in verses when you play E5 (2)) D U D U D U U D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
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Anticipation Strum (used in verses and choruses, except when chords are played for two measures) ∆ ∆ D D D U D U U D D U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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End
of Chorus Strum
E5 B5 D D U U D U D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
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Key
X = Scratch (muted) strum ∆ = Change chord |
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Intro: / E5 - - - / D5 - (A5) - / x4
E5 (D5) E5 (2)
Dear mother, can you hear me whining?
E5 (D5) G5 (B5)
It's been 3 whole weeks since I have left your home
E5 (D5) E5 (2)
This sudden fear has left me trembling
E5 (D5) G5 (B5)
'Cause now it seems that I am out here on my own
G5 (B5) (2)
And I'm feeling so alone
Chorus:
E5 (G5) A5 (C5)
Pay attention to the cracked streets, and the broken homes
E5 (G5) B5 (2)
Some call it slums, some call it nice
E5 (G5) A5 (C5)
I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my home
E5 B5 (hold)
Welcome to Paradise
/ E5 - - - / D5 - (A5) - / x2
E5 (D5) E5 (2)
A gunshot rings out at the station
E5 (D5) G5 (B5)
Another urchin snaps, and left dead on his own
E5 (D5) E5 (2)
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
E5 (D5) G5 (B5)
For some strange reason it's now feeling like my home
G5 (B5) (2)
And I'm never gonna go
Chorus
/ E5 - - - / D5 - (A5) - / x4
Breakdown
E5 (D5) E5 (2)
Dear mother, can you hear me laughing?
E5 (D5) G5 (B5)
It's been six whole months since I have left your home
E5 (D5) E5 (2)
It makes me wonder why I'm still here
E5 (D5) G5 (B5)
For some strange reason it's now feeling like my home
G5 (B5) (2)
And I'm never gonna go...
Chorus
/ E5 - - - / D5 - (A5) - / x4
End on E5