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
