Intro: >F Verse 1: >F F7 Hey lady, you lady, >Bb F/A Gm F Cursing at your life > Cm Cm/Bb Cm/A You're a discontented mother > Gm And a regimented wife >Eb F I've no doubt you dream about >Bb F/A Gm F The things you'll never do > Em7b5 But, I wish someone had to talk to me > F7sus Like I, wanna talk to you. Chorus: > Bb Ooh I've been to Georgia > F/A And California > Gm Dm7 And anywhere I could run > Eb Dm7 Took the hand of a preacher man > Cm F/A And we made love in the sun > Bb But I ran, out of places > F/A And friendly faces > Gm Dm7 Because I had to be free > Eb Dm7 I've been to paradise > Cm F Bb But I've never been to me Verse 2: >F Eb Please lady, please lady, >Bb F/A Gm Don't just walk away > Cm Cm/Bb Cm/A 'Cause I have this need to tell you > Gm Why I'm all alone today >Eb F I can see so much of me >Bb F/A Gm Still living in your eyes > Em7b5 Cm Won't you share a part of a weary heart > F That has lived a million lies. Chorus: > Bb Oh, I've been to Nice > F/A And the Isle of Greece > Gm Dm7 While I sipped champagne on a yacht > Eb Dm7 I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo > Cm7 F And showed 'em what I've got > Bb I've been undressed by kings > F/A And I've seen some things > Gm Dm7 That a woman ain't supposed to see > Eb Dm7 I've been to paradise > Cm F (Int.) But I've never been to me Interlude: >Bb BbM7sus2 Eb/F BbM7sus2 (3x) Hey, you know what paradise is, It's a lie, a fantasy we create about people, and places as we'd like them to be, but you know what truth is, it's that little baby you're holding, and it's that man you fought with this morning, the same one you're going to make love with tonight, that's truth, that's love Chorus: > Bb Sometimes I've been to crying > F/A For unborn children > Gm Dm7 That might have made me complete > Eb But I, I took the sweet life > Dm7 And never knew > Cm F I'd be bitter from the sweet > Bb I've spent my life exploring, > F/A The subtle whoring > Gm Dm7 That costs too much to be free, > Eb Dm7 Eb Dm7 Hey lady, I've been to paradise > Cm F Bb F/A Gm Dm7 But I've never been to me > Eb Dm7 I've been to paradise >Cm F (Never been to me) Coda: to fade > Bb (I've been to Georgia) > F/A (And California) > Gm Dm7 (And anywhere I could run) > Eb Dm7 I've been to paradise >Cm F (Never been to me) > Bb (I've been to Nice) > F/A (And the Isle of Greece) > Gm Dm7 (While I sipped champagne on a yacht) > Eb Dm7 I've been to paradise >Cm F (Never been to me) > Bb (I've been to crying) > F/A (For unborn children)