Welcome To Paradise Green Day Kerplunk! (1992) / Dookie (1994) Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong Music: Green Day Tuning: 1/2 step down (sounds a semitone lower than written here) Notes: Bridge has one guitar track doing some weird feedback, and another guitar track doing the little solo, and then the chords. The solo here is the one on the Dookie version, the one on Kerplunk! is quite similar. h = hammer-on p = pull-off b = bend / = slide up \ = slide down 5 = power chord Intro E5 D5 A5 (x2 one guitar, x2 with band) e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9------7------------------------------------------------------| D|-9------7---7--------------------------------------------------| A|-7------5---7--------------------------------------------------| E|------------5--------------------------------------------------| Verse E5 D5 E5 E5 D5 G5 B5 (x2) G5 A5 B5 e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9----7----9------9----7---------------------------------------| D|-9----7----9------9----7----5----9-------5----7--9-------------| A|-7----5----7------7----5----5----9-------5----7--9-------------| E|----------------------------3----7-------3----5--7-------------| Chorus E5 G5 A5 C5 E5 G5 B5 E5 G5 A5 C5 E5 e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------5-----------------------------5-------------------| D|-2---5---7---5----2---5---9----2---5---7---5-----2-x-2-x-2-2---| A|-2---5---7---3----2---5---9----2---5---7---3-----2-x-2-x-2-2---| E|-0---3---5--------0---3---7----0---3---5---------0-x-0-x-0-0---| Bridge (w/ feedback) e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------/5-4-3-2-3---------------------| A|-/7----\2----3-2-0-2-3-2---0-----------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| (all palm mute) (x4, then x8 with guitar 2) E G F# F E5 G5 F#5 F5 e|------4---------7----------6---------5-------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------4----------7---------6---------5----------------------| D|-2-2-------5-5--------4-4-------3-3------------2---5---4---3---| A|-----------------------------------------------2---5---4---3---| E|-----------------------------------------------0---3---2---1---| Order Intro Verse 1 Chorus Intro chords x2 Verse 2 Chorus Intro chords x4 Bridge Verse 3 Chorus Intro chords x4 Lyrics Dear mother, can you hear me whining It's been three whole weeks Since I have left your home (Verse 1) This sudden fear has left me trembling Cuz now it seems that I am Out here on my own, and I'm feeling so alone Pay attention to the cracked streets And the broken homes Some call it the slums, some call it nice (Chorus) I wanna take you through a wasteland I like to call my home Welcome to paradise A gunshot rings out at the station Another urchin snaps And left dead on his own (Verse 2) It makes me wonder why I'm still here For some strange reason it's now Feeling like my home, and I'm never gonna go (Chorus) (Bridge) Dear mother, can you hear me laughing It's been six whole months Since I have left your home (Verse 3) It makes me wonder why I'm still here For some strange reason it's now Feeling like my home, and I'm never gonna go (Chorus)