Perfumes Of Paradise
Released in 1992 by Kitchenware Records
Transpose
INTRO (x2)
Am
G
VERSE 1
Am
Somebody’s
G/B
threatened you –
Am
well, you know
G/B
why
Am
Time now to
D7sus4
pay for mis
Em7
deeds you de
G
ny
Dm
Cmaj7
Dm
Cmaj7
VERSE 2
Am
Life can be
G/B
cheerless in
Am
intensive
G/B
care
Am
Keep a cool
D7sus4
head and you
Em7
won’t know you’re
Am
there
You
Dm
won’t need a
Em7
shot when you
Dm
sniff just a
Em7
drop
Of the
F/C
perfumes of
Abm
para
G
dise
INTERLUDE
“Then we’re dead”
Am
Dm
Cmaj7
Dm
Cmaj7
VERSE 3
Am
Bulldoze the
G/B
street where they
Am
said you were
G/B
born
Am
Take a new
D7sus4
name and be
Em7
fore it put “
Am
Lord”
Dm
Tranquil and
Em7
slow,
Dm
nostrils
a
Em7
glow
With the
F/C
perfumes of
Abm
para
G
dise
Dm
Cmaj7
Dm
Cmaj7
Dm
Cmaj7
Dm
Cmaj7
INTERLUDE
From my
G
bed to the
F
street it is
G
thirty
F
paces (and
G
getting
F
nearer)
G
F
And I
G
sniff and re
F
pent in
G
all the right
F
places
G
F
G
F
And a
G
speeding
F
truck crashes
G
into the
F
front door
G
F
G
F
And the
G
telephone
F
rings and says “
G
Have you no
F
conscience?”
G
F
G
F
VERSE 4
When
Am
planning a
G/B
genocide,
Am
starting a
G/B
war
Am
Say that it’s
D7sus4
gentler than
Em7
others
be
Am
fore
Dm
Cmaj7
Dm
Cmaj7
VERSE 5/OUTRO
It
Am
sells lots of
G/B
T.V.s and
Am
ribbons and
G/B
flags
And
Am
makes all the
D7sus4
doubters look
Em7
spineless and
Am
bad
Even
Dm
big heads of
Em7
state should
Dm
spray in their
Em7
wake
The
F/C
perfumes of
Abm
para
G
dise
Dm
Cmaj7
Dm
Cmaj7