It Could Have Been Paradise Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Am]We l[C]ived[G] i[C]n Pa[D]ia[G][Am]
[C]Hippie central,
[G]I c[C]ould hop to the bea[D]ch
[G]Sometimes [Am]we would
[C]hitchhike
[G]Miles to school,
[C]school being a figure of speech
[D]Where we [G]san[D]g (kahuli aku, kahuli mai)

[Verse 2]
We [F]lived on [Am]a ze[C]ndo
In the [Csus2]forest,
[G]si [C]lence for days on end[D]
[G]Caught up on my [Am]reading
[C]Huckleberry [G]Fin[C]n was my only fri[D]end
[G]It could have been [Am]paradis

[Verse 3]
[F]e
But for [G]the horrible bug[D]s
I could have gone to a [Am]real [F]school
But for the [C]murderous [G]thugs
In the forest of [Am]paradis[F]e
We gathered [G]magic mush[D]rooms
But mostly I [Am]sat a[F]round
In rooms as [C]quiet [G]as tombs
It [Dm]was heaven[D]
My mother [Dm]then took [Am]up

[Verse 4]
with
[C]A trumpeter,
[G]red[C] beard and pork pie hat[D]
[G]Found a lyric [Am]of mine
[C]He took [G]it home [C]and set
music to [D]that
[G]To impress my [Am]mother
[C]He stole [G]my song. [C]Better back off, [D]mister
[G]Fast forward two dec[Am]ades
[C]Same thing happene[G]d b[C]ut with
Shakespeare's [D]sister
Why [G]should it be

[Verse 5]
[Am]paradis[F]e?
That's just a [G]place [D]people go
It was home for [Am]a li[F]ttle while
But you can [C]give [G]me the snow
Give [D]me the snow
My friend [Dm]Shell was [Am]named for

[Verse 6]
A [C]shell on the beach. She spoke
pidgin Eng[D]lish
[G]Everyday I [Am]swam out
[C]Onto [G]the reef, [C]catching exotic [D]fish

[Verse 7]
It [G]could have been [Am]paradis[F]e
With one good [G]reason [D]to stay
If it had been [Am]paradis[F]e
Guess we'd still [C]be there [G]today
Singing [D]away