Smokey Mountain – 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

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     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

      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