(chorus w/rhy. fig. 1) x 2
Take me down to the paradise city,
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty.
Oh won t you please take me home.
(rhy. fig. 2) x 2
[(riff B then riff b-1) w/Rhy. Fig. 2]
[(riff B then riff b-2) w/Rhy. Fig. 2]
(riff )
(verse 1 w/rhy. fig. 3)
Just an urchin livin under the street.
I m a ... hard case that s tough to beat.
I m your charity case, so buy me something to eat.
I ll pay you at another time.
(after which slide each note on the g string (3rd from the bottom)
Down two frets (i.e. 10--8h9----8h9) for a while and then move it
Back up two frets and so on)