Standard Tuning - Capo 1 Riff 1 |---3--3--3 |---3--3--3 |---0--0--0 |---0--0--0 |---2--3--2 |---x--x--3 Verse: Em (022000@1) C/GEverybody (3x555x@1)wants a piece of paradise G (320003@1) DA (xx0232@1)house upon a hill with a view of heaven Em (022000@1)C/GNow (3x555x@1)everyone's here so close together G (320003@1) DParadise (xx0232@1)is lost and gone forever Chorus: C/G (3x555x@1) GWhen (320003@1)we were young we used to walk out in those fields D (xx0232@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)run forever in the backyard woods C/G (3x555x@1) D (xx0232@1) GNow (320003@1)the old trails disappear in neighborhoods D (xx0232@1) Riff 1 With streets after what's gone for good Verse: The hills above town used to be the best place For starry eyed lovers and inspiration Now it's all paved Every street's a dead end And empty summer houses stand all along them Chorus C (x32010@1) GNow (320003@1)there's no trespassing D (xx0232@1) AmThere's (x02210@1)no going back again C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)only hope you remember D (xx0232@1)AmThe (x02210@1)way it was, what we had back then Chorus Verse: Everybody wants a piece of paradise A house up on the hill with a view of heaven