Verse
C# B F# C# D#m
Hey lady, you lady, cursing at your life
B C# D#m
You're a discontented mother and a regimented wife
B C# F# C# D#m
I've no doubt you dream about the things you'll never do
G#
But, I wish someone had talked to me
B C#
Like I wanna talk to you.
[Chorus]
F# C# D#m A#m
Oh, I've been to Georgia and California and anywhere I could run
B F# G#m C#
I took the hand of a preacher man and we made love in the sun
F# C# D#m A#m
But I ran out of places and friendly faces because I had to be free
B F# G#m F#
I've been to paradise but I've never been to me
C# D#m A#m B F# G#m F#
[Verse]
C# B F# C# D#m
Please lady, please lady, don't just walk away
B C# D#m
'Cause I have this need to tell you why I'm all alone today
B C# F# C# D#m
I can see so much of me still living in your eyes
G# B C#
Won't you share a part of a weary heart that has lived million lies.
[Chorus]
F# C# D#m A#m
Oh, I've been to Nice and the Isle of Greece while I sipped champagne on a yacht
B F# G#m C#
I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo and showed 'em what I've got
F# C# D#m A#m
I've been undressed by kings and I've seen some things that a woman ain't s'pposed to see
B F# G#m F#
I've been to paradise but I've never been to me.
B F# G#m F#
I've been to paradise but I've never been to me.
Repeat and fade