Chords for Butterchuck - Paradise (John Prine-cover)
Tempo:
124.65 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Ab
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
Okay better check you ready
[Ab]
[G]
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[D] When I
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[G]
[C]
[G] [D]
[G]
[D]
[G] Was a child [C] my family [G] would travel down to western, Kentucky [D] where my parents [G] were born
backwards old town
[C] That's [G] often remembered so many times my memories are war
Daddy, won't you take me [C] back in Newland [G] County down by the Green River where paradise lay?
Sorry my son, [C] but you're too [G] late now skin Colonel Peabody's cold [D] train has hauled [G] it away
Sometimes we travel [C] right down the [G] Green River to the abandoned old prison [D] down by a
[G] Drill the air smelled like smoke we [C] shoot with [G] our pistols and keep up bottle
[D] Was all [G] you were here
Daddy, won't you take me [C] back to Newland [G] County down by the Green River where paradise lay?
Sorry my son, but you're too late now skin Peabody's cold train [D] has hauled [G] it away
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
Then the coal company came with [C] the world's [G] largest shovel and they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Doug for the coal [C] till the land [G] was forsaken.
They wrote it all down as [D] a progress [G] of man
Daddy, won't you take me back to Newland County down by the Green River where paradise lay?
Sorry my son, [C] but you're too [G] late now skin Colonel Peabody's [D] cold train has [G] hauled it away
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
When I die my ashes [C] flow down the [G] Green River let my soul roll on up to the
Rochester down
halfway to heaven [C] with [G] paradise waiting just five miles away from
Daddy won't you take me [C] back to Newland [G] County down by the Green River [D] where [G] paradise lay?
Sorry my son, but [C] you're too [G] late now skin Colonel Peabody's cold [D] train has hauled it away
has hauled it away
[G]
[Ab]
[G]
[Cm]
[D] When I
[Gm]
[G]
[C]
[G] [D]
[G]
[D]
[G] Was a child [C] my family [G] would travel down to western, Kentucky [D] where my parents [G] were born
backwards old town
[C] That's [G] often remembered so many times my memories are war
Daddy, won't you take me [C] back in Newland [G] County down by the Green River where paradise lay?
Sorry my son, [C] but you're too [G] late now skin Colonel Peabody's cold [D] train has hauled [G] it away
Sometimes we travel [C] right down the [G] Green River to the abandoned old prison [D] down by a
[G] Drill the air smelled like smoke we [C] shoot with [G] our pistols and keep up bottle
[D] Was all [G] you were here
Daddy, won't you take me [C] back to Newland [G] County down by the Green River where paradise lay?
Sorry my son, but you're too late now skin Peabody's cold train [D] has hauled [G] it away
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
Then the coal company came with [C] the world's [G] largest shovel and they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Doug for the coal [C] till the land [G] was forsaken.
They wrote it all down as [D] a progress [G] of man
Daddy, won't you take me back to Newland County down by the Green River where paradise lay?
Sorry my son, [C] but you're too [G] late now skin Colonel Peabody's [D] cold train has [G] hauled it away
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
When I die my ashes [C] flow down the [G] Green River let my soul roll on up to the
Rochester down
halfway to heaven [C] with [G] paradise waiting just five miles away from
Daddy won't you take me [C] back to Newland [G] County down by the Green River [D] where [G] paradise lay?
Sorry my son, but [C] you're too [G] late now skin Colonel Peabody's cold [D] train has hauled it away
has hauled it away
[G]
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ Okay better check you ready
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[D] When I
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[G] _ _ Was a child [C] my family [G] would travel down to western, Kentucky [D] where my parents [G] were born
backwards old town
[C] That's [G] often remembered so many times my memories are war _ _ _ _ _ _
Daddy, won't you take me [C] back in Newland [G] County down by the Green River where paradise lay?
Sorry my son, [C] but you're too [G] late now skin Colonel Peabody's cold [D] train has hauled [G] it away _
_ _ _ _ _ Sometimes we travel [C] right down the [G] Green River to the abandoned old prison [D] down by a
[G] Drill the air smelled like smoke we [C] shoot with [G] our pistols and keep up bottle
[D] Was all [G] you were here _ _ _
_ _ _ Daddy, won't you take me [C] back to Newland [G] County down by the Green River where paradise lay?
Sorry my son, but you're too late now skin _ Peabody's cold train [D] has hauled [G] it away _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Then the coal company came with [C] the world's [G] largest shovel and they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Doug for the coal [C] till the land [G] was forsaken.
They wrote it all down as [D] a progress [G] of man _ _ _
_ _ Daddy, won't you take me back to Newland County down by the Green River where paradise lay?
Sorry my son, [C] but you're too [G] late now skin Colonel Peabody's [D] cold train has [G] hauled it away _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ When I die my ashes [C] flow down the [G] Green River let my soul roll on up to the
Rochester down
halfway to heaven [C] with [G] paradise waiting just five miles away from _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Daddy won't you take me [C] back to Newland [G] County down by the Green River [D] where [G] paradise lay?
Sorry my son, but [C] you're too [G] late now skin Colonel Peabody's cold [D] train has hauled it away
has hauled it away _ _ _ _ _ _
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[D] When I
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[G] _ _ Was a child [C] my family [G] would travel down to western, Kentucky [D] where my parents [G] were born
backwards old town
[C] That's [G] often remembered so many times my memories are war _ _ _ _ _ _
Daddy, won't you take me [C] back in Newland [G] County down by the Green River where paradise lay?
Sorry my son, [C] but you're too [G] late now skin Colonel Peabody's cold [D] train has hauled [G] it away _
_ _ _ _ _ Sometimes we travel [C] right down the [G] Green River to the abandoned old prison [D] down by a
[G] Drill the air smelled like smoke we [C] shoot with [G] our pistols and keep up bottle
[D] Was all [G] you were here _ _ _
_ _ _ Daddy, won't you take me [C] back to Newland [G] County down by the Green River where paradise lay?
Sorry my son, but you're too late now skin _ Peabody's cold train [D] has hauled [G] it away _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Then the coal company came with [C] the world's [G] largest shovel and they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Doug for the coal [C] till the land [G] was forsaken.
They wrote it all down as [D] a progress [G] of man _ _ _
_ _ Daddy, won't you take me back to Newland County down by the Green River where paradise lay?
Sorry my son, [C] but you're too [G] late now skin Colonel Peabody's [D] cold train has [G] hauled it away _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ When I die my ashes [C] flow down the [G] Green River let my soul roll on up to the
Rochester down
halfway to heaven [C] with [G] paradise waiting just five miles away from _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Daddy won't you take me [C] back to Newland [G] County down by the Green River [D] where [G] paradise lay?
Sorry my son, but [C] you're too [G] late now skin Colonel Peabody's cold [D] train has hauled it away
has hauled it away _ _ _ _ _ _
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