Paradise chords by Bodeans

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Paradise
BoDeans
Black and White*
1991

Intro:

D  Em7  C  G  X4

Verse:
D       Em7             C        G
One man used his mighty voice to call
    D       Em7            C      G
Was All for One, and baby, One for All
D       Em7         C        G
Bullets rang and he lost his life
         D      Em7         C   G
It was a bloody day here in paradise

Chorus:
    D         Em7   C       G
Paradise  .It ain't hard to find
D                   Em7        C     G
Lookin' out your window at the world outside
    D         Em7   C    G
Paradise  .It ain't far away
D          Em7            C       G
Here in my head it's just another day
D    Em7 C  G    D  Em7  C   G
Here in paradise  .      paradise

Verse:
    D     Em7              C    G
Cardboard boxes line these city streets
D                    Em7            C   G
Playin' home for the hearts full of misery
      D     Em7         C           G
And I got a room with a view that's nice
     D             Em7               C   G
Just living on the hard side here in paradise

Chorus:
    D         Em7   C       G
Paradise  .It ain't hard to find
D                   Em7        C     G
Lookin' out your window at the world outside
    D         Em7   C    G
Paradise  .It ain't far away
D          Em7            C       G
Here in my head it's just another day
D    Em7 C  G        D   Em7  C   G
Here in paradise  .  paradise

Instrumental:
D  Em7  C  G  X4

Verse:
            D          Em7
Yeah, well, baby I was wrong
                 C          G
I shouldn’t have said those things
              D           Em7               C       G
I should have brought you flowers, love and wedding rings
  D     Em7           C       G
I walk alone and I’ll pay the price
      D           Em7           C   G
For livin' on the wrong side of paradise

Chorus:
    D         Em7   C       G
Paradise  .It ain't hard to find
D                   Em7        C     G
Lookin' out your window at the world outside
    D         Em7   C    G
Paradise  .It ain't far away
D          Em7            C       G
Here in my head it's just another day
D    Em7 C  G    D  Em7  C   G
Here in paradise  .      paradise

chorus repeats, then:

Outro:
D  Em7  C  G  X4
(they end it on the G)


*This version is based on the live recording from
"Joe Dirt Car" (1995). It is in the same key as the
studio recording from "Black and White." The main
difference between versions is the outro.


04 October 2025