Song: Paradiso Artist: The Chameleons Album: Strip ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning: Standard G Em C D I recall the closing door and I remember seeing shadows cross the G C D Dsus4 D stained-glass stare G Em C D Long before the strangers came down to steal our clothing and our consciences G C D D F# D F# D And long before, eyes were empty hearts were cold F# D F# D We'll watch the rattlesnake slide, slowly swerve into view, to F# D F# D Tease and tantalize, to suck your senses and spit out the pieces F# D F# D Magazine girl, she is living in a different world, or is it a he? F# D F# D Pull back the curtain my son, I look around-- the color has gone G Am Em G Am And slowly darkness descends upon me. Paradiso, I know you lie-- Em F# D F# D that much is clear (to me). F# D D While the serpent sings his song to so many sleeping staring eyes F# D F# D Like sheep they sing along and clap in time to a heart that's beating F# D F# D Crazy child, she is wicked oh she is wild and so enticing F# D F# D Pull back the curtain today, I look around me and the color is gray G Am Em G Am Gray as this ghost town that towers above me. Paradiso, I know you lie-- Em That much is clear (to me) F G Em F G Am G F G Em F I see the poet and the fool walking hand in hand to school G Em C D And I recall the lonely outcast and I remember laughing children G C D F# D It was long before their eyes were empty, hearts were cold F# D F# D F# D D So dance this final dance with me and wrap your sting around my spine F# D F# D Will poison wash away the tears, wipe the world from my mind F# D F# D Look up--- what can you do? I looked around the color was blue F# D F# D Wise up, it's in your head, I looked around me and the color was red G Am Em G Am Red as the words that I read on the wall, paradiso-- kingdoms rise, Em So must they fall G Am Em Am Em And only ashes remain in the end, paradiso-- I know you lie, lies without end G Am Em G Am Em I'll see it again and again and again, I'll see it again and again and again Em C Em C Em C Em Paradiso, paradiso -------------------------------------------------------------------------