(use CAPO3)
Intro: F5 - Bb4 -; (4x)
Note the open 3rd string, then hammer with mid finger on fret 1
e | ---------------------------1----- | -
B | -1---------------------1--------- | -
G | ---------------3-----3----------- | -
D | ------0-2----------3---------3--- | -
A | -3--3----------1----------------- | -
E | -----------------------------------
F5 Bb4 F5 Bb4
Return to a land called Paraiso
D5 C5 intro pattern
A place where a dying river ends
F5 Bb4 F5 Bb4
No birds dare fly over Paraiso
D5 C5 G5 +/F5
No space allows them to endure
A5 D5 , D5 ,
The smoke that screens the air
G5 (up) C5
The grass that's never there
Bb5 F5
And if I could see a single bird
Bb5
What a joy
F5 Bb5
I try to write some words and create
D5 D5
A single song to be heard
G5 C5 -pause
By the rest of the world
F5 Bb4 F5 Bb4
I live in this land called Paraiso
D5 C5 intro pattern
In a house made of cardboard floors and walls
F5 Bb4 F5 Bb4
I learned to be free in Paraiso
D5 C5 G5 +/ F5
Free to claim anything I see
A5 D5 , D5
Matching rags for my clothes
G5 (up) C5
Plastic bags for the cold
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Bb5 F5
And if empty cans were all I have
Bb5
What a joy
F5 Bb5
I never fight to take someone else's coins
D5 D5 G5 C5 - C5 -pause
And live with fear like the rest of the boys
Chorus
F5 C5 , C5 , Bb5 F5
Pa-ra-i-so, help me make a stand
F5 C5 , C5 , Bb5 F5
Pa-ra-i-so, take me by the hand
F5 C5 , C5 , Bb5 D5 D5 G5
Pa-ra-i-so, make the world understand
Bb4 F5
And if I could see a single bird
Bb5
What a joy
F5 Bb5
This tired and hungry land could expect
D5 D5
Some truth and hope and respect
G5 C5 F5
From the rest of the world
Adlib: stanza chords
*********same ********** that section
Bb5 F5
And if empty cans were all I have
Bb5
What a joy
F5 Bb5
I never fight to take someone else's coins
D5 D5 G5 C5 - C5 -pause
And live with fear like the rest of the boys
(Repeat Chorus)
Bb4 F5
And if I could see a single bird
Bb5
What a joy
F5 Bb5
This tired and hungry land could expect
D5 D5
Some truth and hope and respect
G5 C5 F5
From the rest of the world
(Repeat Chorus)
And if I could see a single bird
What a joy
This tired and hungry land could expect
Some truth and hope and respect
From the rest
And if I could see a single bird
What a joy
This tired and hungry land could expect
Some truth and hope and respect
G5 C5 F5 -INTRO
From the rest of the world