[F]Hey, lady, [F7]you, lady

[A#]Cursing [F/A]at your [Gm]life

[F]You're a [Cm]　[D#/A#]discontented [F/A]mother

[Gm]And a regimented wife

[D#]I've no doubt you [F]dream about

[A#]The [F/A]things you'll [Gm]never do

[F]But I [Edim]wish someone had talked to me

Like I [F]wanna talk of you

 

Ooo, I've [A#]been to Georgia

And[F/A] California

[Gm]And anywhere I could [Dm]run

[D#]Took the hand of a [A#/D]preacher man

And we [Cm]made love in the [F]sun

But I ran [A#]out of places and [F/A] friendly faces

[Gm]Because I had to be [Dm]free

 

[D#]I've been to [A#/D]paradise

But I've [Cm]never[F] been to [A#]me

 

[F]Please lady, [D#]please, lady

[A#]Don't just w[A#]alk [Gm]away

'Cause I[Cm] have this [D#/A#]need to [F/A]tell you

Why I'm [Gm]all alone today

[D#]I can see so [F]much of me

[A#]Still [F/A]living in your [Gm]eyes

[F]Won't you [Edim]share a part

Of a [C]weary heart

That has [F]lived a million lives

 

[Gm]Oh, [F/A]I've [A#]been to Nice

And the [F/A]isle of Greece

When I [Gm]sipped champagne on a [Dm]yacht

I [D#]moved like Harlow in [A#/D]Monte Carlo

And [Cm]showed 'em what I've [F]got

I've been [A#]undressed by kings

And I've [F/A]seen some things

That a [Gm]woman ain't supposed to [Dm]see

 

[D#]I've been to [A#/D]paradise

But I've [Cm]never[F] been to [A#]me

 

[F/A]Hey, you know what [D#/G]paradise is?

It's a [F/A]lie

A fantasy we created [A#]about people and places

As we'd [F/A]like them to be

But you know what [D#/G]truth is?

It's that little [F/A]baby you're holding

And it's that m[A#]an you fought with this morning

The [F/A]same one you're going to make l[D#/G]ove with tonight

That's truth, that's [F]love

 

Sometimes I've [A#]been to crying

For [F/A]unborn children

That [Gm]might have made me [Dm]complete

But I, [D#]I took the sweet life I[A#/D] never knew

I'd be [Cm]bitter from the [F]sweet

I've spent my [A#]life exploring

The [F/A]subtle whoring

That [Gm]costs too much to be [Dm]free

 

Hey lady, [D#]I've been [A#/D]to paradise[D#]　[A#/D]

But I've [Cm]never[F] been to [A#]　[F/A]　[Gm]　[Dm]

[D#]I've been to [A#/D]paradise

[Cm]Never[F] been to [A#]me

 

I've been to Georgia and [F/A]California

And [Gm]anywhere I could [Dm]run

[D#]I've been to [A#/D]paradise

[Cm]Never[F] been to [A#]me

Been to Nice and the [F/A]isle of Greece

When I've [Gm]sipped champagne on a [Dm]yacht

[D#]I've been to [A#/D]paradise

[Cm]Never[F] been to [A#]me