73 It Could Have Been Paradise chords

[INTRO]
[Am] [C] [G]

[VERSE]
We lived in [Am]Paia
[C]Hippie central, I could hop to the [G]beach
Sometimes we would [Am]hitchike
[C]Miles to school, school being a figure of [G]speech
Where we sang ([A]kahuli aku, kahuli mai)

[VERSE]
We lived on a [Am]zendo
[C]In the forest, silence for days on [G]end
Caught up on my [Am]reading
[C]Huckleberry Finn was my only [G]friend

[CHORUS]
It could have been [Am]paradise [F]
But for the [C]horrible bugs [D7]
I could have gone to a [Am]real school [F]
But for the [C]murderous thug[G]s
In the forest of pa[Am]radise [F]
We gathered [C]magic mushroom[D7]s
But mostly I [Am]sat around[F]
In rooms as [C]quiet as tombs[G]

It was heaven

[VERSE]
My mother then took up [Am]with
[C]A trumpeter, red beard and pork pie[G] hat
Found a lyric of [Am]mine
[C]He took it home and set music to th[G]at
To impress my [Am]mother
[C]He stole my song. Better back off, mi[G]ster
Fast forward two [Am]decades
[C]Same thing happened but with Shakespeare's sis[G]ter

[CHORUS]
Why should it be pa[Am]radise? [F]
That's just a [C]place people g[D7]o
It was home for a l[Am]ittle while[F]
But you can [C]give me the sn[G]ow

Give me the snow

[VERSE]
My friend Shell was [Am]named for
[C]A shell on the beach. She spoke pidgin Engl[G]ish
Everyday I [Am]swam out
[C]Onto the reef, catching exotic f[G]ish

[CHORUS]
It could have been [Am]paradise [F]
With one good [C]reason to sta[D7]y
If it had been [Am]paradise [F]
Guess we'd still [C]be there today[G]

Singing away