Band: Green Day
Song: Welcome to Paradise
Album: Kerplunk (1992) & Dookie (1994)
Tuning: ½ Step down
Note: barre chords

Intro
E D A x4


Verse
E            D                E
Dear Mother can you hear me whining
E                 D               G                 B
It’s been three whole weeks since I have left your home
E            D                  E
This sudden fear has left me trembling
 E              D              G              B
‘Cause now it seems that I am out here on my own
          G          B
And I’m feelin’ so alone


Chorus
E             G
Pay attention to the cracked streets
A                C
And the broken homes
E              G                 B
Some call it slums some call it nice
    E              G
I wanna take you through a wasteland
   A               C
I like to call my home
G#m
Welcome to paradise


Interlude (start on “paradise”)
E D A x2


Verse
E           D                E
A gunshot rings out at the station
E          D              G                B
Another urchin snaps and left dead on his own
E             D                   E
It makes me wonder why I’m still here
E                  D              G              B
For some strange reason its now feeling like my home
          G         B
And I’m never gonna go


Chorus
E             G
Pay attention to the cracked streets
A                C
And the broken homes
E              G                 B
Some call it slums some call it nice
    E              G
I wanna take you through a wasteland
   A               C
I like to call my home
G#m
Welcome to paradise


Interlude (start on “paradise”)
E D A x4


During bass solo
E G F# F


Verse
E            D                 E
Dear Mother can you hear me laughing
E              D                 G                  B
It’s been six whole months since I have left your home
E             D              E
It makes me wonder why I’m still here
E                  D               G              B
For some strange reason it’s now feeling like my home
          G         B
And I’m never gonna go					


Chorus
E             G
Pay attention to the cracked streets
A                C
And the broken homes
E              G                 B
Some call it slums some call it nice
    E              G
I wanna take you through a wasteland
   A               C
I like to call my home
G#m
Welcome to paradise


Outro
E D A x4
End on an E