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...
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