Note: Original key is 1/2 step lower (Ab)
Intro:
A-D-; (4x)
A D/A A E/G#
Return to a land called Paraiso
F#m7 E D-E
A place where a dying river ends
A D/A A E/G#
No birds dare fly over Paraiso
F#m7 E B/Eb
No space allows them to endure
Db/F F#m,F#m7,
The smoke that screens the air
B/Eb E
The grass that's never there
D A/C#
And if I could see a single bird
D
What a joy
A/C# D
I try to write some words and create
F#m F#m7
A single song to be heard
B/Eb E-pause
By the rest of the world
A D/A A E/G#
I live in this land called Paraiso
F#m7 E D E
In a house made of cardboard floors and walls
A D/A A E/G#
I learned to be free in Paraiso
F#m7 E B/Eb
Free to claim anything I see
Db/F F#m7,F#m7,
Matching rags for my clothes
B/Eb E
Plastic bags for the cold
D A/C#
And if empty cans were all I have
D
What a joy
A/C# D
I never fight to take someone else's coins
F#m F#m7 B/Eb Esus-E-pause
And live with fear like the rest of the boys
Chorus
A/C#,E,E,D A/C# A
Pa-ra-i-so, help me make a stand
A/C#,E,E,D A/C# A
Pa-ra-i-so, take me by the hand
A/C#,E,E,D F#m F#m7 B/Eb
Pa-ra-i-so, make the world understand
D A/C#
And if I could see a single bird
D
What a joy
A/C# D
This tired and hungry land could expect
F#m F#m7
Some truth and hope and respect
B/Eb E A
From the rest of the world
Adlib
A-D/A-A-E/G#-
F#m7-E-D-E-
A-D/A-A-E/G#-
F#m7-E-B/Eb-
Db/F-F#m7,F#m7,B/Eb-E
D A/C#
And if empty cans were all I have
D
What a joy
A/C# D
I never fight to take someone else's coins
F#m F#m7 B/Eb Esus-E-
And live with fear like the rest of the boys
(Repeat Chorus)
D A/C#
And if I could see a single bird
D
What a joy
A/C# D
This tired and hungry land could expect
F#m F#m7
Some truth and hope and respect
B/Eb E A
From the rest of the world
(Repeat Chorus)
D A/C#
And if I could see a single bird
D
What a joy
A/C# D
This tired and hungry land could expect
F#m F#m7
Some truth and hope and respect
B/Eb-E
From the rest
D A/C#
And if I could see a single bird
D
What a joy
A/C# D
This tired and hungry land could expect
F#m F#m7
Some truth and hope and respect
B/Eb E A-D-A-D-A-D-A-D-A
From the rest of the world