Written by Billie Joe Armstrong/Green Day
Intro: E D A E D E Dear mother, can you hear me whining? D It's been three whole weeks G A B E Since that I have left your home D E This sudden fear has left me trembling D G A B Cause now it seems that I am out here on my own G A B And I'm feeling so alone E G A Pay attention to the cracked streets C E And the broken homes G Some call it the slums B Some call it nice E G I want to take you through A C E B A wasteland I like to call my home E D A E D A Welcome to paradise E D E A gunshot rings out at the station D G A B E Another urchin snaps and left dead on his own D E It makes me wonder why I'm still here D For some strange reason it's now G A B Feeling like my home G A B And I'm never gonna go E G A Pay attention to the cracked streets C E And the broken homes G Some call it the slums B Some call it nice E G I want to take you through A C E B A wasteland I like to call my home E D A E D A Welcome to paradise E Dear mother, D E Can you hear me laughing D It's been three whole weeks G A B E Since that I have left your home D E It makes me wonder why I'm still here D For some strange reason it's now G A B Feeling like my home G A B And I'm never gonna go E G A Pay attention to the cracked streets C E And the broken homes G Some call it the slums B Some call it nice E G I want to take you through A C E B A wasteland I like to call my home E D A Welcome to paradise E D A E D A E Welcome to paradise...