The Magnetic Fields - 73 it could have been paradise

We lived in ^AmPaia ^CHippie central, I could hop to the ^Gbeach Sometimes we would ^Amhitchike ^CMiles to school, school being a figure of ^Gspeech Where we sang (^Akahuli aku, kahuli mai)

We lived on a ^Amzendo ^CIn the forest, silence for days on ^Gend Caught up on my ^Amreading ^CHuckleberry Finn was my only ^Gfriend

It could have been ^Amparadise ^F But for the ^Chorrible bugs ^D7 I could have gone to a ^Amreal school ^F But for the ^Cmurderous thug^Gs In the forest of pa^Amradise ^F We gathered ^Cmagic mushroom^D7s But mostly I ^Amsat around^F In rooms as ^Cquiet as tombs^G

My mother then took up ^Amwith ^CA trumpeter, red beard and pork pie^G hat Found a lyric of ^Ammine ^CHe took it home and set music to th^Gat To impress my ^Ammother ^CHe stole my song. Better back off, mi^Gster Fast forward two ^Amdecades ^CSame thing happened but with Shakespeare's sis^Gter

Why should it be pa^Amradise? ^F That's just a ^Cplace people g^D7o It was home for a l^Amittle while^F But you can ^Cgive me the sn^Gow

My friend Shell was ^Amnamed for ^CA shell on the beach. She spoke pidgin Engl^Gish Everyday I ^Amswam out ^COnto the reef, catching exotic f^Gish

It could have been ^Amparadise ^F With one good ^Creason to sta^D7y If it had been ^Amparadise ^F Guess we'd still ^Cbe there today^G