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Strangers In Paradise by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
Strangers In Paradise
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:A
Capo:2nd fret
[Intro]
G G G G
Em Em Em Em
[Verse 1]
G G G Em Em Em
Billy said when he was 17, there ain't nothin left here for me now.
G G G Em Em Em
A small town boy with American dreams, he was California bound.
C G C G
He said "I'm gonna make it, damned if I don't try,
F Em C C
you know I just won't take it, this life won't pass me [Interlude] by".
[Interlude]
G G G G
Em Em Em Em
[Verse 2]
G G G Em Em
Billy grew into a blue-eyed handsome man, the road it left him hard and lean.
Em
G G G Em Em
He lost his heart to a southern girl, she made him feel just like James Dean.
Em
C G C G
And her name was Rita, she said her love was deep,
F Em C C
Billy bought her promises she could never [Interlude] keep.
[Interlude]
G G G G
[Chorus]
C C G G
Strangers in paradise, long and lonely nights,
F F Em Em
never had a dream come true.
C C Em Em
Strangers in paradise, long and lonely nights,
C C
searched their whole lives [Interlude] through.
[Interlude]
G G G G
Em Em Em Em
G G G G
Em Em Em Em
C C D D
[Verse 3]
G G G Em Em Em
Billy rode those highway lines 'till they one day brought him back home.
G G G Em
He took a job and he took a wife and he worked real hard for things of his own.
Em Em
C G C G
Said "I'm gonna make it, damned if I don't try,
F Em C C
you know I just won't take it, this life won't pass me [Interlude] by".
[Interlude]
G G G G
[End-Chorus] (Repeat and Fade Out)
C C G G
Strangers in paradise, long and lonely nights,
F F Em Em
never had a dream come true.
C C Em Em
Strangers in paradise, long and lonely nights,
C C G
searched their whole lives through.
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