This Side Of Paradise Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][G][C][G][Dsus4][D]
[G][C][G]
'M ridin' [D]in the back seat,

[Verse 1]
[G]
nine [C]years old
[G]Starin' [D]out the window countin'
[G]the high[C]way poles
And [G]then I get [D]to thinkin'
that [G]it don't [C]seem real
I'm flyin' through the universe
[G]in a '69 Oldsmobile
I wanna know [Dsus4]what they're not

[Verse 2]
[G]tellin'[C]
[G]And I don't wanna hea[D]r no lie[G]s[C]
[G]I just want som[Dsus4]ething to bel[G]ieve in[C]
[D]Ah, [Dsus4]it's a lo[G]nel[C]y, lonely road
[D]I'm on thi[C]s side of par[D]adis

[Interlude 1]
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[G][D][G][C][G][D][G][C]

[Verse 3]
[G]I'm ridin' in the back seat, black Limousine
[C]Sta[G]rin' out the window
at a funeral scene
[C]And [G]then I get to thinkin'
and it don't seem [C]right
I'm sittin' here safe
and sound

[Verse 4]
And someone I love is gone tonight
[G]I wanna know wha[D]t they're not tel[G]lin'
[C]And [G]I don't wanna hea[D]r no lie[G]s[C]
[G]I just want som[D]ething to belie[G]ve in[C]
[D]Ah, [Dsus4]it's a lo[G]nel[C]y, lonely road
[D]We're on [Dsus4]this side[D] of[C]
[D]paradis[G] e[D]
[G][C]

[Verse 5]
There ain't no crystal ball,
[G]there ain't no Santa Claus
[C]There ain't no fairy tales,
[G]there ain't no streets of gold
[C]There ain't no chosen few,
[G]ya it's just me and you
[C]That's all we got yeah,
[D]that's all we got to hold on [G]to
[D]Yeah [G]thi[C]s side of par[G]adise[D][G][C]
[G][Dsus4][G][C][G][D]

[Verse 6]
[G]
[C]
I remember bein' [G]a little boy in the backseat,
nine years old
Always askin' questions,
never did what I was [C]told
And [G]then I get to thinkin' like I al[C]ways do
We wander 'round in the darkness
but every now and then

[Verse 7]
A little light shines through
[G]I want to [D]know what they're not tel[G]ling[C]
[G]I don't wanna hea[D]r no [G]lie[C]s
[G]I just want som[D]ething to[Dsus4]
be[G]lieve [C]in[D][Dsus4][G]
[C]Ah,[D] it'[G]s a[C] lonely, lonely road
[D]We're on thi[C]s side of par[D]adis e,[G]
[D]oh [G]yea[C]h[G][D][G][C]
This side of para[G]dis[D]e, [G]yea[C]h,
yeah, yeah, [D]yeah

[Outro 1]
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