PARAISO CHORDS
(use CAPO3) The chords here are what they are already with capo in place.
Intro: F-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|-----------------------------------
F Bb4 F Bb4
Return to a land called Paraiso
Dm7 C intro pattern
A place where a dying river ends
F Bb4 F Bb4
No birds dare fly over Paraiso
Dm7 C G +/F
No space allows them to endure
A Dm,Dm7,
The smoke that screens the air
G(up) C
The grass that's never there
Bb F
And if I could see a single bird
Bb
What a joy
F Bb
I try to write some words and create
Dm Dm7
A single song to be heard
G C-pause
By the rest of the world
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/smokey_mountain/paraiso_crd.html ]
F Bb4 F Bb4
I live in this land called Paraiso
Dm7 C intro pattern
In a house made of cardboard floors and walls
F Bb4 F Bb4
I learned to be free in Paraiso
Dm7 C G +/F
Free to claim anything I see
A Dm,Dm7
Matching rags for my clothes
G(up) C
Plastic bags for the cold
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Bb F
And if empty cans were all I have
Bb
What a joy
F Bb
I never fight to take someone else's coins
Dm Dm7 G Csus-C-pause
And live with fear like the rest of the boys
Chorus
F C,C,BbM7 F
Pa-ra-i-so, help me make a stand
F C,C,BbM7 F
Pa-ra-i-so, take me by the hand
F C,C,BbM7 Dm Dm7 G
Pa-ra-i-so, make the world understand
Bb4 F
And if I could see a single bird
Bb
What a joy
F Bb
This tired and hungry land could expect
Dm Dm7
Some truth and hope and respect
G C F
From the rest of the world
Adlib: stanza chords
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Bb F
And if empty cans were all I have
Bb
What a joy
F Bb
I never fight to take someone else's coins
Dm Dm7 G Csus-C-pause
And live with fear like the rest of the boys
(Repeat Chorus)
Bb4 F
And if I could see a single bird
Bb
What a joy
F Bb
This tired and hungry land could expect
Dm Dm7
Some truth and hope and respect
G C F
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
G C F -INTRO
From the rest of the world
