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PARADISE CITY - Guns N' Roses
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Tabbed by: Vinny
Email : allapologies85@yahoo.co.in
This is how this songs is played or rather can be played over an accoustic, the other
chords versions of this song don't really allow you to play the song with the power and
energy with which this song can be played on an accoustic or at leat thats what i think,
i mean check out the unplugged of Nirvana or Pearl Jam...they do keep the energy of the
songs with them even without distortion...
Now you'll have to find out by yourself what rhythm do you want to play,for example in
the intro bit you can only strum the chords once...but if you are playing by yourself
like on an acoustic then it may not sound all that impressive...so what i do is is play
the chords,
G C in (D D UDUDUDUD DD) each and then
F (D D) C (D D) G (D D UDUD)
adding a lil' dead notes before switching to the next chord,and i swear the rythm
changes every time I play.
So figure out the pattern you'll enjoy struming for this song!
Rhythm A :-
Rhythm for the parts before the verses and in the verses...
G5 -(DDUD) -Strike Damp Notes- F5 -(UDU) C5 -(D) Bb5 -(D) x3
C5- (DUDUDDUD)
C5-Bb5-G-F
Intro: Play G (Open) slide your strumming finger/pick from the low E string to the
higher e..going through one string at a time
then play G (Bare) C F C G x 2 times
Play the chorous part with the into rythem
G (Open)
Take me down to the paradise city
C
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
F C G (Open)
Oh, won't you please take me home
G(Bare)
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
Play: (Since no singing is requierd here you can strum the chords once)
v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v v v
-3---X-X-X-0---X-X-X-1-0-3
-0---X-X-X-1---X-X-X-1-1-0
-0---X-X-X-0---X-X-X-2-0-0
-0---------2---------3-2-0
-2---------3---------3-3-2
-3-----------------------3
Play the whole thing twice, the play the power chords part i.e Rhythm A
Vers: Scroll up to see how to play these power chords
G5 F5 C5
Just an urchin livin' under the street
Bb5 G5 F5 C5 Bb5
I'm a hard case that's tough to beat
G5
I'm your charity case
F5 C5 Bb5
So buy me somethin' to eat
G5 F5 C5 (Strum a bit on C5 with frequent dampning)
I'll pay you at another time
C5 Bb5 G5-F5
Take it to the end of the line
Play Rhythm A
G5
Rags to riches
F5 C5
Or so they say
Bb5
You gotta
G5 F5 C5 Bb5
Keep pushin' for the fortune and fame
G5
You know it's, it's all a gamble
F5 C5 Bb5
When it's just a game
G5 F5 C5 (Strum a bit on C5 with frequent dampning)
You treat it like a capitol crime
C5 Bb5 G5 F5
Everybody' doin' their time
G (Open)
Take me down to the paradise city
C
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
F C G (Open)
Oh, won't you please take me home
G(Bare)
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
Play Rhythm A
G5 F5 C5 Bb5
Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber
G5 F5 C5 Bb5
Why I'm here, I can't quite remember
G5 F5 C5 Bb5
The surgoen general say's it's hazardous to breathe
G5
I'd have another cigarette
F5 C5 (Strum a bit on C5 with frequent dampning)
But I can't see
C5 Bb5 G5 F5
Tell me that you're gonna believe
G (Open)
Take me down to the paradise city
C
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
F C G (Open)
Oh, won't you please take me home
G(Bare)
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
D5 C5
So far away
D5 C5
So far away
D5 C5
So far away
D5 C5 Bb5
So far away
G5 F5 C5
Capitain America's been torn apart
Bb5 G5
Now he's a court jester
F5 C5 Bb5
With a broken heart
G5
He said turn me around
F5 C5 Bb5
And take me back to the start
G5 F5
I must be losing my mind
C5 (Strum a bit on C5 with frequent dampning)
"Are you blind?!"
C5 Bb5 G5 F5
I've seen it all a mllion times
G (Open)
Take me down to the paradise city
C
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
F C G (Open)
Oh, won't you please take me home
G(Bare)
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 (Open)
Take me down to the paradise city
C
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
F C G (Open)
Oh, won't you please take me home
G(Bare)
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
Strum this part with a very fast pace
C
I want to go
F
I want to know
C F G
Oh, won't you please take me home
C
I want to see
F
Oh, look at me
C F G
Oh, won't you please take me home
So there ya go!..well i know few lines are left out which is in the last part of the
song..but i didn't really feel like figuring that as of now...there's not much to it
anyway, As mentioned above this tab is ment for siging this song over one guitar,this
is my first tab, and this is the way I play it...
Chords:
G=320003
G(Bare)=3-5-5-4-3-3
C=-3-2-0-1-0
F=-3-3-2-1-1
G5=3-5-5
C5=-3-5-5
Bb5=-1-3-3
