Paradise Shitty
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Intro: Em-Bm-C-Bm- x2
verse 1:
Em
Save a song for
me to sing boy
if I wanna play a
C
song tonight oh oh
Em
Is there something
I could wail out
if I wanna wail
C
by candlelight? oh oh
Em
I'm feeling sick
Bm
I'm feeling old
Em D
I'm feeling weak
C
I feel that snow
Em
Down in my knees
Bm
Down in my soul
Em D
In place of guts
C
I've got a hole
D Em
Like everybody else
C
I've ever known
[Refrão]Em
Baby this ain't
D
home to me
C
no matter what
G
they say
Em
The grass is too
D
damn green here
C
and the hearts
G
are dull and grey
G
So take me down
Bm
to that city
Em
where the girls
C
just look okay
C
It's about all
D
I can take it
I've stood too
G D C D G D C D
long in one place
verse 2:
Em
Strap me to the station
wagon roof and drive
C
me out into the hills
Em
It may sound like I'm
screaming from the car
but I'm just screaming
C
from the thrill I'm
Em Bm
so alive I'm so afraid
Em
That I've been wasting
D C
what's left of these days
Em
These days I feel with
Bm Em D
a cold heart It's easier
C
to keep it hard Just
D
grab your shit and
Em C
meet me in the yard
[Refrão]Em
Baby this ain't
D
home to me
C
no matter what
G
they say
Em
The grass is too
D
damn green here
C
and the hearts
G
are dull and grey
G
So take me down
Bm
to that city
Em
where the girls
C
just look okay
C
It's about all
D
I can take it
I've stood too
G D/F# Em C G D/F# Em C
long in one place
G D/F# Em C G D/F# Em C
Bridge:
Em C
Lollipop dreams and
G
candycane waves
D
Are gonna hurt like hell
Em
when they crumble away
C
Because a beautiful youth
G
hurts worst when it dies
D
A rotten reminder of the
C
days we decided we'd rather
Em
go big and then rot away
D
We'd give into love
C
and wind up castaways
We said "fuck all the old
Em
boring shits we've become"
D
So we hoarded our dreams
C
and we burnt every one
D Em
And fuck me man I knew
C
not what I'd done
D Em
Fuck us man we knew
C
not what we'd done
Em D
Fuck us man we knew
C
not what we'd done
D
Man we were just
G D/F#
having some fun
[Refrão]Em
Baby this ain't
D
home to me
C
no matter what
G
they say
Em
The grass is too
D
damn green here
C
and the hearts
G
are dull and grey
G
So take me down
Bm
to that city
Em
where the girls
C
just look okay
C
It's about all
D
I can take it
I've stood too
G D/F# Em D C(hold)
long in one place
How to play Paradise Shitty
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Em. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.