Paradise tab by James Blunt

Tabs

Intro:

** Synth plays F#, C#, G#G#

Verse:
  Synth Chords:

A#mA#m      F#F#
Holding back, Going black
C#C#       G#G#
Oh god, you're beautiful
A#mA#m      F#F#
In my throat, Kaleidoscope
C#C#       G#G#
Oh god, it's beautiful

Prechorus:

e|--6-------------------------|--4----------------------------|
BB|--7-------------------------|--6----------------------------|
G+G|--6-------------------------|--6----------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------|--6----------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
   "I feel my heart beating   I feel my blood pumping"

e|--8-------------------------|--9----------------------------|
BB|--9-------------------------|-11----------------------------|
G+G|--8-------------------------|-10----------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
   "It is a love   coming up  And it's me or nothing"

e|--6-------------------------|--4----------------------------|
BB|--7-------------------------|--6----------------------------|
G+G|--6-------------------------|--6----------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------|--6----------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
   "Like a lifesafer       All the signs say that"

e|--5-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--6-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--5-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--7-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   "There may be trouble in my head"

Chorus:

  2 separate parts written together (one may be bass guitar)
e|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-4-----4---4-4---4-4---4-4----|-6------6---6-6---6-6---6-6----| <- 6's can be played 1st fret D MajorD
E MajorE|-6-----6---6-6---6-6---6-6----|-2------2---2-2---2-2---2-2----|
 "Let love be the reason for breathing


e|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-/8----8---8-8---8-8---8-8----|-6------6---6-6---6-6---6-6----|
E MajorE|-/9----9---9-9---9-9---9-9----|-4------4---4-4---4-4---4-4----|
 "Let love be the light in your eye"


Continue Lyrics as Chorus repeats 3x:

"Cause you and me don't need a reason
 To fall in love tonight
 So darlin', won't you close your eyes?
 Hold on tight, We'll find paradise
 Let love be the reason for breathing
 You and I, you and I tonight"


Verse 2:

Continue previous Chorus riff:
e|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-4-----4---4-4---4-4---4-4----|-6------6---6-6---6-6---6-6----|
E MajorE|-6-----6---6-6---6-6---6-6----|-2------2---2-2---2-2---2-2----|

e|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-/8----8---8-8---8-8---8-8----|-6------6---6-6---6-6---6-6----|
E MajorE|-/9----9---9-9---9-9---9-9----|-4------4---4-4---4-4---4-4----|

Lyrics:

"Freefall, Recall"
"Oh god, it's beautiful"
"Cold sweat, Regret"
"Oh no, it's beautiful"


Prechorus 2:

e|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-6------6---6-6---6-6---6-6----|-4-----4---4-4---4-4---4-4----|
E MajorE|-2------2---2-2---2-2---2-2----|------------------------------|
   "I feel my heart beating    I feel my blood pumping"

e|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-3-----3---3-3---3-3---3-3----|-4------4---4-4---4-4---4-4----|
E MajorE|-4-----4---4-4---4-4---4-4----|-6------6---6-6---6-6---6-6----|
   "It is a love  coming up    And it's me or nothing"

e|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-6------6---6-6---6-6---6-6----|-4-----4---4-4---4-4---4-4----|
E MajorE|-2------2---2-2---2-2---2-2----|------------------------------|
     "Like a lifesafer,       all the signs say that"

e|------------------------------|------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------|------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-3-----3---3-3---3-3---3-3----|-3-----3---3-3---3-3---3-3----|
E MajorE|-1-----1---1-1---1-1---1-1----|-1-----1---1-1---1-1---1-1----|
  "There may be trouble in my head"


Chorus 2:

e|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-4-----4---4-4---4-4---4-4----|-6------6---6-6---6-6---6-6----| <- 6's can be played 1st fret D MajorD
E MajorE|-6-----6---6-6---6-6---6-6----|-2------2---2-2---2-2---2-2----|
 "Let love be the reason for breathing


e|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-/8----8---8-8---8-8---8-8----|-6------6---6-6---6-6---6-6----|
E MajorE|-/9----9---9-9---9-9---9-9----|-4------4---4-4---4-4---4-4----|
 "Let love be the light in your eye"

Lyrics with Chorus Repeats:

"'Cause you and me don't need a reason
To fall in love tonight
So darlin', won't you close your eyes?
Hold on tight
We'll find paradise
Let love be the reason for breathing
You and I, you and I tonight"


Bridge:

F#F#              A#mA#m
Spent my life tryin' to find
G#G#
Paradise, paradise
F#F#              C#C#
Spent my life tryin' to find
G#G#
You

Guitar Lick in 3rd lyric line:
e|-------6------------|------------------------------|
BB|----6-----6---------|-9~---------------------------|
G+G|---------------6----|------------------------------|
D MajorD|-8------------------|------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------|------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------|------------------------------|


Final Chorus:
  The part from previous Choruses is played again but another Guitar is added in

  pick each note in this part as a bar of 16ths:
e|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-6-----------------------|-8-------------------------|-10----------------------|-8-----------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 "Let love be the reason for breathing        Let love be the light in your eye"

e|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-6-----------------------|-8-------------------------|-10----------------------|-8-----------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 "'Cause you and me don't need a reason         To fall  in love  tonight So darlin', won't you"

e|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-6-----------------------|-8-------------------------|-10----------------------|-8-----------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 "close your eyes?     Hold on tight              We'll find paradise"

e|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-9-----------------------|
G+G|-6-----------------------|-8-------------------------|-10----------------------|-------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 "Let love be the reason for breathing                You and I, you and I tonight


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| /  Slide up

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