[Intro: ]E D A 
 
 E                     D                           E 
Dear mother, can you hear me whining?  
                           D 
It's been three whole weeks  
                    G             A       B        E 
Since that I have left your home  
                       D                            E 
This sudden fear has left me trembling  
                         D                     G                 A    B 
Cause now it seems that I am out here on my own 
                G       A     B  
And I'm feeling so alone  
 
E                         G                         A 
     Pay attention to the cracked streets 
                             C          E 
And the broken homes  
                             G 
Some call it the slums 
                      B  
Some call it nice  
E                                  G 
     I want to take you through  
               A                             C        E       B 
A wasteland I like to call my home  
                         E     D   A      E   D   A 
Welcome to paradise  
 
E                  D                     E 
A gunshot rings out at the station 
                D                         G                 A    B          E  
Another urchin snaps and left dead on his own  
                        D                    E 
It makes me wonder why I'm still here 
                                D  
For some strange reason it's now 
     G     A             B  
Feeling like my home 
              G         A        B 
And I'm never gonna go 
  
E                         G                         A 
     Pay attention to the cracked streets 
                             C          E 
And the broken homes  
                             G 
Some call it the slums 
                      B  
Some call it nice  
E                                  G 
     I want to take you through  
               A                             C        E       B 
A wasteland I like to call my home  
                         E     D   A      E   D   A 
Welcome to paradise  
 
E 
    Dear mother,  
   D                          E 
Can you hear me laughing  
D 
It's been three whole weeks  
                    G             A       B        E 
Since that I have left your home  
D                    E 
It makes me wonder why I'm still here 
                                D  
For some strange reason it's now 
     G     A             B  
Feeling like my home 
              G         A        B 
And I'm never gonna go 
 
E                         G                         A 
     Pay attention to the cracked streets 
                             C          E 
And the broken homes  
                             G 
Some call it the slums 
                      B  
Some call it nice  
E                                  G 
     I want to take you through  
               A                             C        E       B 
A wasteland I like to call my home  
                         E     D   A 
Welcome to paradise  
                         E     D   A       E  D  A  E 
Welcome to paradise...