#-------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------# # This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Paradise chords John Prine (1971) Capo II or open D G A7 C (x32010@1)C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CWhen (x32010@1)I was a child my family would travel, G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)there's a backwards old town that's often remembered, G7 (320001@1) Cso (x32010@1)many times that my memories are worn. C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, G7 (320001@1) Cdown (x32010@1)by the Green River where Paradise lay F (133211@1) CWell, (x32010@1)I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, G7 (320001@1) CMr. (x32010@1)Peabody's coal train has hauled it away C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CWell, (x32010@1)sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River, G7 (320001@1) Cto (x32010@1)the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill F (133211@1) CWhere (x32010@1)the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols, G7 (320001@1) Cbut (x32010@1)empty pop bottles was all we would kill. C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, G7 (320001@1) Cdown (x32010@1)by the Green River where Paradise lay F (133211@1) CWell, (x32010@1)I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, G7 (320001@1) CMr. (x32010@1)Peabody's coal train has hauled it away C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CThen (x32010@1)the coal company came with the world's largest shovel, G7 (320001@1) Cand (x32010@1)they tortured the timber and stripped all the land F (133211@1) CWell, (x32010@1)they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken, G7 (320001@1) Cthen (x32010@1)they wrote it all down as the progress of man. C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, G7 (320001@1) Cdown (x32010@1)by the Green River where Paradise lay F (133211@1) CWell, (x32010@1)I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, G7 (320001@1) CMr. (x32010@1)Peabody's coal train has hauled it away C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CWhen (x32010@1)I die let my ashes float down the Green River, G7 (320001@1) Clet (x32010@1)my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam F (133211@1) CI'll (x32010@1)be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin', G7 (320001@1) Cjust (x32010@1)five miles away from wherever I am. C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, G7 (320001@1) Cdown (x32010@1)by the Green River where Paradise lay F (133211@1) CWell, (x32010@1)I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, G7 (320001@1) CMr. (x32010@1)Peabody's coal train has hauled it away Set8 http://sites.google.com/site/guitarmusicchordsandlyrics/
