Paradiso

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Tuning: Standard

G                Em          
I recall the closing door and I 
           C                 D
remember seeing shadows cross the
G                           C   D
stained-glass stare
  Dsus4 D

G                           Em   
Long before the strangers came 
                           C       
down to steal our clothing and our 
                 D
consciences
    G                        C    
And long before, eyes were empty  
                       D           
 hearts were cold
       D            F# D F# D


          F#                       
We'll watch the rattlesnake slide, 
            D       F#            
slowly swerve into view, to
        D

F#                         D     
Tease and tantalize, to suck your
     F#                           D
 senses and spit out the pieces
F#                       D       
Magazine girl, she is living in a
                   F#              
 different world, or is it a he?
     D

     F#                            
Pull back the curtain my son, I 
       D    F#                    
look around-- the color has gone
    D

G                   Am           
And slowly darkness descends upon
          Em                     G
 me.  Paradiso, I know you lie--
                Am

Em                            F#  
that much is clear (to me).
D  F#  D


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                  F#               
While the serpent sings his song to
            D                      
 so many sleeping staring eyes
          D

           F#                      
Like sheep they sing along and clap
  D                F#              D
 in time to a heart that's beating
F#                  D            
Crazy child, she is wicked oh she
               F#          D
 is wild and so enticing
        F#                        
Pull back the curtain today, I 
D           F#                   
look around me and the color is 
             D
gray
G                     Am         
Gray as this ghost town that 
               Em               G 
towers above me.  Paradiso, I know
        Am
 you lie--
Em
That much is clear (to me)

F  G  Em
F  G  Am  G
F  G  Em

                  F
I see the poet and the fool walking 
hand in hand to school
G                             Em 
  And I recall the lonely outcast
                        C          
 and I remember laughing children
   D

          G                        
It was long before their eyes were 
   C            D           F#   
empty,  hearts were cold
           D


F# D F# D

      F#                       D  
So dance this final dance with me 
and wrap your sting around my spine
                         D

     F#                        
Will poison wash away the tears, 
D                          F#    
wipe the world from my mind
                     D

F#                 D        
Look up--- what can you do?  I 
                      F#           
looked around the color was blue
            D

F#            D                  
Wise up, it's in your head, I 
           F#                      
looked around me and the color was 
            D
red
G                    Am          
Red as the words that I read on 
      Em                        G 
the wall, paradiso-- kingdoms 
             Am
rise,
Em
So must they fall

G                Am              
And only ashes remain in the end,
   Em                           
 paradiso-- I know you lie, lies 
  Am                      Em
without end
                  G            
I'll see it again and again and 
     Am        Em                 
again, I'll see it again and again
         G         Am        Em
 and again
Em C          Em C          Em C Em
     Paradiso,     paradiso