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Artist: Guns N' Roses
Song: Paradise City
Album: Appetite for Destruction
Transcribed by (?) Mark Phillips and Jon Chappell (editors)
Copyright 1989
Cherry Lane Music Company, Inc.
Typed by Patrick Cevasco
I tried to get the spacing as close to the book as possible. If I
could not fit the whole figure across the width of the page, I
continued it on the next line indented.
Key:
h = hammer
BF = bend full
BFR = bend full and release
BH = bend half
P.M. = palm mute
/\/\/ = vibrato
% = repeat previous
70
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Tune down 1/2 step (one fret)
Rhy. Fig. 1
G C
|-3---3-----3-----3-------|---------3-----3-----3-------|
|-0-----0-----0-----0---0-|-1---------1-----1-----1---1-|
|-0-------0-----0-----0---|-0-----------0-----0-----0---|
|-0-----------------------|-0h2---2---------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-----3-----------------------|
|-3-----------------------|-----------------------------|
Fadd9 C G
|--------3----------------3-------|---3----3-------------------|
|--1---1---1---1--1-----1---1---0-|-0--0-----0-----0---0-------|
|--0h2-------2----0-----------0---|-0----0-----0h2---0------0--|
|--0h3------------0h2-------------|-0--------------------0h2---|
|---------------------3-----------|-2--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-3--------------------------|
Rhy. Fig. 2
*
P.M.--| P.M.---|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-5--------------------------|
|---------------------5-5-|-5--------------------10-10-|
|5--------------------5-5-|-5--------------------10-10-|
|5--------------------3-3-|-3---------------------8--8-|
|3------------------------|----------------------------|
P.M.--| P.M.--| *
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-10-----------------5------------|----------------------------|
|-10-------------5-5-5------------|----------------------------|
|-10-------------5-5-5------------|-5--------------------------|
|--8-------------3-3-3------------|-5--------------------------|
|-----------------------------3-3-|-3--------------------------|
(* I am not sure if this is the correct G5. This figure was not tabbed in
the book. The other G5 that was listed at the top of the page
was: )
|-3-|
|-3-|
|-0-|
|-0-|
|-X-|
|-3-|
Riff B
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------15--------------------|---------------------|
|-------12-12--------------14BF-14BFR--12----|-----------%---------|
|-12h14---------14-12---------------------14-|---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------|
Riff B-1
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-13BF-----13BF-----13-----10BFR------8------|-10------------------|
|-----------------------------------------9--|---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------|
Riff B-2
Hold Bend
_________________
| | /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
|-------------|----15---------|--------------|---------------------|
|-13-------13BF--------13-----R------12h13---|-12------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------|
Riff C
P.M.-----------------------------------|
/\/ /\/
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------3----|
|------------------------------------5--3----|
|-5---3---4--5---3---4--5---3--5--3--5--1----|
|-3---1---2--3---1---2--3---1--3--1--3-------|
P.M.-----------------------------------|
/\/\/\ /\/\/\
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------5--3----|
|------------------------------------3--3----|
|-5---3---4--5---3---4--5---3--5--3--3--1----|
|-3---1---2--3---1---2--3---1--3--1----------|
P.M.-----------------------------------|
/\/ /\/
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------3----|
|------------------------------------5--3----|
|-5---3---4--5---3---4--5---3--5--3--5--1----|
|-3---1---2--3---1---2--3---1--3--1--3-------|
P.M.----------------------------------|
/\/ \/\
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------5---3----|
|--------------------------5---3----3---3----|
|-5---3---4--5----3---4----5---3----3---1----|
|-3---1---2--3----1---2----3---1-------------|
Rhy. Fig. 3 (w/ partial 1st verse for timing)
P.M.---------------------------------------|
/\/
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------3--|
|--------------------------------------------------3--|
|--------------------------------------------------3--|
|--------------------------------------------------1--|
|-3----1---2---3---3---1---2---3---1---3---1---3------|
1. Just... I'm...
P.M.-----------------------------|
/\/
|---------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------5----3-----|
|----------------------------------------5----3-----|
|----------------------------------------5----3-----|
|----------------------------------------3----1-----|
|-3----1---2--3--3--1--2--3--1--3---1---------------|
hard... I'm your...
P.M.----------------------------------------|
/\/
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------3--|
|--------------------------------------------------3--|
|--------------------------------------------------3--|
|--------------------------------------------------1--|
|-3----1---2---3---3---1---2---3---1---3---1---3------|
charity... eat.
P.M.-----|
/\/\/\/\
|------------------------------------|--------------|
|--------------------------3---------|--------5-----|
|--------------------------3---------|--------5-----|
|--------------------------3---------|--------5-----|
|--------------------------1---------|--------3-----|
|-3---------1---2---3----------------|--------------|
pay you.... another... time.
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------/\-------|
|-------------------------------------------/--\------|
|--3BH--------1---3---1--------------------/----------|
|-------------------------1---3----------(3)----------|
Take... the... line. (slide)
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O.K.
So the song goes like this:
(Rhy. Fig. 1) x 2
(Chorus w/Rhy. Fig. 1) x 2
Take me down to the paradise city,
where the grass is green and the girls are pretty.
Oh won't you please take me home.
(Rhy. Fig. 2) x 2
[(Riff B then Riff B-1) w/Rhy. Fig. 2]
[(Riff B then Riff B-2) w/Rhy. Fig. 2]
(Riff C)
(Verse 1 w/Rhy. Fig. 3)
Just an urchin livin' under the street.
I'm a ... hard case that's tough to beat.
I'm your charity case, so buy me something to eat.
I'll pay you at another time.
(Riff C)
(Verse 2 w/Rhy. Fig. 3)
(Chorus w/Rhy. Fig. 1) x 2
(Solo) not included
Then comes this....
|------10-----------10-------10-----------10------8------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|10h11----12--10h11----10h11----12--10h11----8h9---------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
So far a - way.
After which slide each note on the G string (3rd from the bottom)
down two frets (i.e. 10--8h9----8h9) for a while and then move it
back up two frets and so on.
I think that is about it. I am not going to get into the really fast
part at the end. It's about 4 1/2 pages long and will take more time
then I have available.
If I messed something up email me directly so I can fix it and re-send
it.
If you want the solo or the fast part it would probably make more sense
just to go out and buy the book then to ask for it.
Comments or corrections about typos
email to cevasp@rpi.edu