Chords for Dwight Yoakam Paradise

_ _ _ And I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ was a boy, [A] my family [E] would travel down _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to western Kentucky where [B] my parents were
[E] born _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ to a lost little town there [A] that's often _ [E] remembered _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ so many _ times that [B] my _ memories [E] are worn. _ _ _
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And Daddy won't you take me back [A] to Muhlenberg [E] County _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ down by the Green River [B] where paradise _ [E] lay. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ He said I'm sorry my son but [A] it's too late [E] now, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Mr.
_ Peabody's cold rain's [Bm] hauled [E] it away.
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Well sometimes we'd travel [A] right down the [E] Green River _ to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the abandoned old prison [B] down
by _ [E] Adriel _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ where the air smelled like snakes [A] and we'd shoot [E] our _ pistols, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ all but empty
pipe bottles [B] is all we would get. _ _
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And Daddy won't you take me [A] back to Muhlenberg [E] County _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ down by the Green River [Bm] where paradise
[E] _ lay. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ He said I'm sorry my son [A] but it's too late [E] now, _ Mr. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Peabody's cold [B] rain's hauled [E] it away. _ _ _ _
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_ _ Well the coal company came [A] with the world's [E] largest shovel, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ they tortured the [Em] timber [Bm] and
stripped all the [E] land, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ lured to death for their coal [A] until the ground was [E] forsaken and _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ brought it all down [B] as a progress [E] man.
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_ So Daddy won't you take me back [A] to Muhlenberg [E] County _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
down by the Green River [Bm] where paradise [E] lay. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ He said I'm sorry my son [A] but it's too late [E] now, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Mr.
_ Peabody's cold [Bm] rain's hauled it [E] away. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ When I die let my ashes [A] float down [G] the Green River, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ let my soul roll on up to [Bm] the Rochester [E] Dam. _
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I'll be hyped away to heaven what [A] _
paradise [E] awaits me _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ just five miles away from [Bm] where
I [E] am.
_ _ _ _ Oh _ and _ Daddy won't you take me back [A] to [E] Muhlenberg County _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ down by the Green River [B] where paradise [E] _ lay. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ He said I'm sorry my son but [A] it's too late [E] now, Mr.
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_ _ _ _ Peabody's cold [Em]
rain's hauled it [E] away. _ _ _
_ _ He said I'm sorry my son but [A] it's too late [E] now, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mr.
_ Peabody's cold [Em] rain's hauled [E] it away. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh Mr.
_ Peabody's cold _ [B] rain's hauled [Em] it [E] away. _ _ _ _
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