(G)(C)(D) 4X

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For thirty years they sang the song of promised victory
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but who they?ve fought and who has won didn?t matter much to me
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well I see them driving down the streets in their fancy shiny cars
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crowds of people to their feet and their faces full of scars

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No pleasantries, no luxuries and no little children?s milk
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while minister?s wives spent all their lives in China?s finest silk
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well my back?s been broken many times but my spirit lingers on
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the day it comes my way on freedom?s ship I will be gone

[Chorus]
G            C     D
From hell to para- -dise
     G      C       D
I?ll always pay the price
G            C     D
From hell to para- -dise
     G      C       D
I?ll always pay the price

G            C              D
This 90 mile trip has taken 30 years to make
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they tried to keep forever what was never theirs to take
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well I cursed and scratched the devils hand as he stood in front of
me
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and one last drag from this big cigar and he finally set me free

[Chorus]
G            C     D
From hell to para- -dise
     G      C       D
I?ll always pay the price
G            C     D
From hell to para- -dise
     G      C       D
I?ll always pay the price