E E D A  (4x)

   E              D                  E
1. Dear Mother, can you hear me whining?
   E                   D             G                 B
   It's been three whole weeks since I have left your home
   E              D                    E
   This sudden fear has left me trembling
   E               D              G              B
   'Cause now it seems that I am out here on my own
    G                     B
   And I'm feeling all alone...

   E              G                    A               C
R: Pay attention to the cracked streets, and broken homes
   E                    G             B
   Some call it slums, some call it nice...
   E               G                      A
   I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my
   C      E                B
   home...Welcome to Paradise 

2. A gunshot rings out at the station
   Another urchin snaps, and left dead on his own
   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...

R: Pay attention to the cracked...
   
3. Dear Mother, Can you hear me laughing?
   It's been six whole months since I have left your home
   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...
   
R: Pay attention to the cracked...