PARADISE
John Anderson
(McDill/Murran)
From the CD: Paradise
1996, BNA Records


Intro

There's a (A) state high(E)way at the (F#m) end of this road
(E) Muddy for (F#m) miles, any(D)where you go
(A) Sticking to the (E) doors if you (F#m) even try
(E) Neighbor couldn't (F#m) make it in a (D) 4-wheel drive
But, (E) we got a house and a creaky fence
7 acres and a satellite dish

I don't wanna (A) go (E) (F#m) (E)
(D) Nowhere (E)
Let the river (A) flow (E) (F#m) (E)
I (D) don't care (E)
(D) Can't go to work
The (Esus) boss can't (E) call
(A) Me and my (E) baby don't (F#m) mind at all
(D) Stuck out (E) here, in para(A)dise (E) (F#m) (E) (D)

(A) Searchin' the (E) skies for a (F#m) change in the weather
(E) Gonna get (F#m) worse 'fore (D) it gets better
(A) Bridge is (E) out, 2nd (F#m) time this year
(E) Ain't no (F#m) other way (D) out of here
Got (E) deer in the woods
Tomatoes in a jar
A fire and a VCR

I don't wanna (A) go (E) (F#m) (E)
(D) Nowhere (E)
Let the river (A) flow (E) (F#m) (E)
I (D) don't care (E)
(D) Can't go to work
The (Esus) boss can't (E) call
(A) Me and my (E) baby don't (F#m) mind at all
(D) Stuck out (E) here, in para(A)dise (E) (F#m) (E) (D)

Got the (E) garden' in
And the wood all stacked
A freezer on the porch out back

I don't wanna (B) go (F#) (G#m) (F#)
(E) Nowhere (F#)
Let the river (B) flow (F#) (G#m) (F#)
I (E) don't care (F#)
(E) Can't go to work
The (F#sus) boss can't (F#) call
(B) Me and my (F#) baby don't (G#m) mind at all
(E) Stuck out (F#) here, in para(B)dise (F#) (G#m) (F#) (E)

In para(B)dise (F#) (G#m) (F#) (E)