Cm  Bbsus2  Cm  Bbsus2


[Verse]
    Cm  Cm/Eb           Bbsus2/D  Bbsus2
One step that takes you closer to heaven
    Cm        Cm/Eb     Bbsus2/D  Bbsus2
One road that stretches out ahead
    Cm        Cm/Eb            Bbsus2/D    Bbsus2
One word that drives you to the point of decision
    Cm        Cm/Eb        Bbsus2/D   Bbsus2
One wave that closes on a drowning man


[Bridge]
Fm                         Ab           Eb
One man who never knew the meaning of resistance
Fm                           Ab           Eb
So now the turning tide will take another prayer..
       Cm        Cm/Eb   Bbsus2/D   Bbsus2
to paradise (paradise)


[Chorus]
Cm     Cm/Eb       Bbsus2/D         Bbsus2
Tonight, a mist is rolling with the river
Cm     Cm/Eb        Bbsus2/D  Bbsus2
Tonight, the rain is   coming down
Cm           Cm/Eb           Bbsus2/D    Bbsus2
Tonight, you reach out to the point of decision
Cm            Cm/Eb       Bbsus2/D    Bbsus2
One wave that closes on a drowning man


[Bridge]
Fm                         Ab           Eb
One man who never knew the meaning of resistance
Fm                           Ab           Eb                  Dbsus2
So now the turning tide will take another prayer and where it falls
Bbm   Dbsus2   Bbm
  Nobody knows


[Refrain]
        Cm         Cm/Eb Bbsus2/D   Bbsus2
Oh, paradise, (paradise) uuu-uuuuu-uu-u-uuu
        Cm         Cm/Eb Bbsus2/D   Bbsus2
Oh, paradise, (paradise) uuu-uuuuu-uu-u-uuu
        Cm         Cm/Eb Bbsus2/D   Bbsus2
Oh, paradise, (paradise) uuu-uuuuu-uu-u-uuu
        Cm         Cm/Eb Bbsus2/D   Bbsus2
Oh, paradise, (paradise) uuu-uuuuu-uu-u-uuu


[Hook]
    Cm  Cm/Eb           Bbsus2/D  Bbsus2
One step that takes you closer to heaven
     Cm        Cm/Eb       Bbsus2/D    Bbsus2
This wave that closes on a drowning man


[Bridge]
Fm                         Ab            Eb
One man who never knew the meaning of forever
Fm                           Ab           Eb                  Dbsus2
So now the turning tide will take another prayer and where it falls
Bbm   Dbsus2   Bbm
  Nobody knows


[Outro]
        Cm        Cm/Eb      Bbsus2/D   Bbsus2
To paradise, (paradise) (paradise)
        Cm         Cm/Eb      Bbsus2/D   Bbsus2
Oh, paradise, (paradise) (paradise)
             Cm         Cm/Eb      Bbsus2/D   Bbsus2
Ooo-hou, paradise, (paradise) (paradise)
                  Cm         Cm/Eb      Bbsus2/D   Bbsus2
One prayer to paradise, (paradise) (paradise)
                      Cm         Cm/Eb    Bbsus2/D   Bbsus2
Oh, one prayer to paradise, (paradise) (paradise)
        Cm         Cm/Eb      Bbsus2/D   Bbsus2
Oh, paradise, (paradise) (paradise)
        Cm         Cm/Eb      Bbsus2/D   Bbsus2
Oh, paradise, (paradise) (paradise)
                  Cm         Cm/Eb      Bbsus2/D   Bbsus2
One prayer to paradise, (paradise) (paradise)