"Welcome to Paradise" - Green Day - Kerplunk! & Dookie

INTRO: E D A - 4x   

VERSE 1:

E               D                E
  Dear mother, can you hear me whining?   
E               D               G                 B
  It's been 3 whole weeks since I have left your home
E              D                 E
  This sudden fear has left me trembling
E                D              G              B
  'Cause now it seems that I am out here on my own
           G           B 
  And I'm feeling so alooone...

CHORUS:

 Em            G                      A'              C
Pay attention to the cracked streets, and the broken homes
Em               G                  B
  Some call it slums, some call it nice...
   Em           G                         A'              C     Em  B
I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my home...
            E      D  A | E D A  
Welcome to paradise

VERSE 2:

E            D                 E
  A gunshot rings out at the station
E         D                  G               B
  Another urchin snaps, and left dead on his own
E              D               E
  It makes me wonder why I'm still here
E                   D               G               B
  For some strange reason it's now feeling like my home
         G           B
  And I never gonna goooo...

(CHORUS)

E D A - 2x

BRIDGE/SOLO:

Part 1:

      Em            G             F#           F     <-- Bass
   e|-------------------------|------------------------|
   B|-------------------------|------------------------|
   G|-------------------------|------------------------|
   D|-2~ ---------------------|------------------------|
   A|-2~----------------------|------------------------|
   E|-0~----------------------|------------------------|

Bass ->   E  G  F#  F    (keep holding Em)                                   
 
Bass ->   E  G  F#  F    (keep holding Em)
 
Bass ->   E  G  F#  F    (keep holding Em + feedback)

 
Part 2:

        E           G           F#           F       <-- Bass
   e|------------------------|------------------------|
   B|------------------------|------------------------|
   G|------------------------|------------------------|
   D|------------------------|------------------------|
   A|-2/7~-------------------|------------------------|
   E|------------------------|------------------------|
 
       E            G            F#           F      <-- Bass
   e|------------------------|------------------------|
   B|------------------------|------------------------|
   G|------------------------|------------------------|
   D|------------------------|------------------------|
   A|-\2---------------------|--2/3\2--0--2-----------|
   E|------------------------|------------------------|
 
       E            G            F#            F     <-- Bass
   e|------------------------|------------------------|
   B|------------------------|------------------------|
   G|------------------------|------------------------|
   D|------------------------|------------------------|
   A|-/3\2-0~----------------|------------------------|
   E|------------------------|------------------------|
 
       E    G   F#  F   <-- Bass
   e|--------------------|
   B|--------------------|
   G|--------------------|
   D|--------------------|
   A|-----2/10-\9-\8-\7--|
   E|--------------------|

 
Part 3: (Play 8x)  * Guitar 2 joins on 3rd with harmonics; 
                      On 5th, Guitar 2 starts playing like Guitar 1.  
 
       E           G            F#           F         
   e|-------4-----------7----|-------6-----------5----|
   B|------------------------|------------------------|
   G|----------4-----------7-|----------6-----------5-|
   D|-2--2--------5--5-------|-4--4--------3--3-------|
   A|------------------------|------------------------|
   E|------------------------|------------------------|
PM:   M  M        M  M         M  M        M  M      

Part 4: (Play 3x)

       E           G            F#          F          
   e|-------4-----------7----|-------6-----------5----|
   B|------------------------|------------------------|
   G|-4--4-----4--7--7-----7-|-6--6-----6--5--5-----5-|
   D|-2--2--------5--5-------|-4--4--------3--3-------|
   A|------------------------|------------------------|
   E|------------------------|------------------------|
PM:  M   M        M  M         M  M        M  M

Part 5:

       E           G            F#          F          
   e|-4--4--4-----7--7--7----|-6--6--6-----5--5--5----|
   B|------------------------|------------------------|
   G|-4--4--4-----7--7--7----|-6--6--6-----5--5--5----|
   D|-2--2--2-----5--5--5----|-4--4--4-----3--3--3----|
   A|------------------------|------------------------|
   E|------------------------|------------------------|


VERSE 3:

E               D               E
  Dear mother, can you hear me laughing?
E                 D                G                 B
  It's been six whole months since I have left your home
E              D               E
  It makes me wonder why I'm still here
E                   D               G               B
  For some strange reason it's now feeling like my home
         G           B
  And I never gonna goooo...

CHORUS 2:

 Em            G                      A'              C
Pay attention to the cracked streets, and the broken homes
Em               G                  B
  Some call it slums, some call it nice...
   Em           G                         A'              C     Em  B
I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my home...
            E      D A | E D A |        E      D A | E D A | E
Welcome to paradise...         ...well paradise

(End with E)
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To play this song, tune to Eb (½ step down)

Chords Used:

A  : 5 7 7
A' : X 0 2 2
B  : X 2 4 4 
C  : X 3 5 5
D  : X 5 7 7
E  : X 7 9 9
Em : 0 2 2
G  : 3 5 5

Words by Billie Joe Armstrong, music by Green Day. 
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