Smokey Mountain - Paraiso Chords & Tabs

 

Paraiso Chords & Tabs

Smokey Mountain Chords & Tabs

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Paraiso Chords

   
PARAISO CHORDS
(use CAPO3) The chords here are what they are already with capo in place.

   Intro: F-Bb4-; (4x)
Note the open 3rd string, then hammer with mid finger on fret 1

  e|---------------------------1-----|-
  B|-1---------------------1---------|-
  G|---------------3-----3-----------|-
  D|------0-2----------3---------3---|-
  A|-3--3----------1-----------------|-
  E|-----------------------------------



     F          Bb4       F       Bb4
   Return to a land called Paraiso
     Dm7            C           intro pattern
   A place where a dying river ends
        F       Bb4       F      Bb4 
   No birds dare fly over Paraiso
      Dm7     C             G +/F
   No space allows them to endure
        A                 Dm,Dm7,
   The smoke that screens the air
         G(up)               C
   The grass that's never there

          Bb             F
   And if I could see a single bird
           Bb
   What a joy
             F                  Bb
   I try to write some words and create
             Dm         Dm7
   A single song to be heard
      G                C-pause
   By the rest of the world
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/smokey_mountain/paraiso_crd.html ]
      F          Bb4       F       Bb4
   I live in this land called Paraiso
         Dm7            C           intro pattern
   In a house made of cardboard floors and walls
       F       Bb4       F      Bb4
   I learned to be free in Paraiso
           Dm7     C             G +/F
   Free to claim anything I see
  A                 Dm,Dm7
   Matching rags for my clothes
  G(up)               C
   Plastic bags for the cold
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           Bb               F
   And if empty cans were all I have
           Bb
   What a joy
            F                  Bb
   I never fight to take someone else's coins
        Dm      Dm7           G        Csus-C-pause
   And live with fear like the rest of the boys

                Chorus
  F C,C,BbM7     		F	
   Pa-ra-i-so, help me make a stand
  F C,C,BbM7     		F
   Pa-ra-i-so, take me by the hand

  F C,C,BbM7     Dm            Dm7  G
   Pa-ra-i-so, make the world understand

          Bb4              F
   And if I could see a single bird
           Bb
   What a joy
             F                  Bb
   This tired and hungry land could expect
             Dm         Dm7
   Some truth and hope and respect
         G  C       F
   From the rest of the world

   Adlib: stanza chords

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           Bb               F
   And if empty cans were all I have
           Bb
   What a joy
            F                  Bb
   I never fight to take someone else's coins
        Dm      Dm7           G        Csus-C-pause
   And live with fear like the rest of the boys

   (Repeat Chorus)

          Bb4              F
   And if I could see a single bird
           Bb
   What a joy
             F                  Bb
   This tired and hungry land could expect
             Dm         Dm7
   Some truth and hope and respect
         G  C       F
   From the rest of the world

   (Repeat Chorus)

   And if I could see a single bird
   What a joy
   This tired and hungry land could expect
   Some truth and hope and respect
   From the rest  

   And if I could see a single bird
   What a joy
   This tired and hungry land could expect
   Some truth and hope and respect
         G  C       F -INTRO
   From the rest of the world