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Paradise Lost

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Standard Tuning - Capo 1
Riff 1
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|---2--3--2
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Verse:
Everybody Emwants a piece of C/Gparadise
A house upon a Ghill with a view of Dheaven
Now everyone's Emhere C/Gso close together
ParadGise is lost and Dgone forever
Chorus:
When we were C/Gyoung wGe used to walk out in those fields
ADnd run foreAmver in the backyard woods
NC/Gow the old trDails disGappear in neighborhoods
	     D                     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
Now tChere's Gno trespassing
TDhere's no Amgoing back again
I only Chope Gyou remember
The way it DwasAm, what we had back then
Chorus
Verse:
Everybody wants a piece of paradise
A house up on the hill with a view of heaven

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Paradise Lost

by Storyhill

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

C/G

Standard Tuning - Capo 1

Riff 1

|---3--3--3

|---0--0--0

|---2--3--2

|---x--x--3

Verse:

Em C/G

Everybody wants a piece of paradise

G D

A house upon a hill with a view of heaven

Em C/G

Now everyone's here so close together

G D

Paradise is lost and gone forever

Chorus:

C/G G

When we were young we used to walk out in those fields

D Am

And run forever in the backyard woods

C/G D G

Now the old trails disappear in neighborhoods

D 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 G

Now there's no trespassing

D Am

There's no going back again

C G

I only hope you remember

D Am

The 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

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