Paradise Chords by John Denver
Tempo:
125.65 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
F#
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#] [G]
When I was a child, [C] the family [G] would travel down to western Kentucky [D] where my [G] parents were born.
There's a backwards old [C] town that's [G] often remembered, so many times that [D] the memories are [G] worn.
And Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [D] where [G] paradise lay?
Well, sorry my son, [C] but you're too [G] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [D] has hauled [G] it away.
Sometimes we'd travel [C] right down the [G] green river, the abandoned old prison [D] down by Avery [G] Hill,
where the air smelled like snakes, [C] and we'd shoot with [G] our pistols, but empty pop bottles [D] was all [G] we would kill.
And Daddy, won't you take [Am] me back to [G] Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [D] where paradise [G]
lays?
Well, sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal [D] train has hauled [G] it away.
The coal company came with [C] the world's [G] largest shovel, and they tortured the timber and [D] stripped [G] all the land.
And they dug for the coal [C] till the land was [G] forsaken, they wrote it all down as [D] the progress [G] of man.
And Daddy, won't you take me [C] back to [G] Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [D] where [G] paradise lays?
Well, sorry my son, [C] but you're too late [G] in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [D] has hauled [G] it away.
And Daddy, won't you take me [C] back to [G] Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [D] where paradise [G] lays?
Well, sorry my son, but [C] you're too [G] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal [D] train has hauled [G] it away.
When I was a child, [C] the family [G] would travel down to western Kentucky [D] where my [G] parents were born.
There's a backwards old [C] town that's [G] often remembered, so many times that [D] the memories are [G] worn.
And Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [D] where [G] paradise lay?
Well, sorry my son, [C] but you're too [G] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [D] has hauled [G] it away.
Sometimes we'd travel [C] right down the [G] green river, the abandoned old prison [D] down by Avery [G] Hill,
where the air smelled like snakes, [C] and we'd shoot with [G] our pistols, but empty pop bottles [D] was all [G] we would kill.
And Daddy, won't you take [Am] me back to [G] Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [D] where paradise [G]
lays?
Well, sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal [D] train has hauled [G] it away.
The coal company came with [C] the world's [G] largest shovel, and they tortured the timber and [D] stripped [G] all the land.
And they dug for the coal [C] till the land was [G] forsaken, they wrote it all down as [D] the progress [G] of man.
And Daddy, won't you take me [C] back to [G] Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [D] where [G] paradise lays?
Well, sorry my son, [C] but you're too late [G] in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [D] has hauled [G] it away.
And Daddy, won't you take me [C] back to [G] Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [D] where paradise [G] lays?
Well, sorry my son, but [C] you're too [G] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal [D] train has hauled [G] it away.
Key:
G
D
C
F#
Am
G
D
C
[F#] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
When I was a child, [C] the family [G] would travel down to western Kentucky [D] where my [G] parents were born.
_ There's a backwards old [C] town that's [G] often remembered, so many times that [D] the memories are [G] worn.
_ And Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [D] where [G] paradise lay? _
Well, sorry my son, [C] but you're too [G] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [D] has hauled [G] it away.
_ _ Sometimes we'd travel [C] right down the [G] green river, the abandoned old prison [D] down by Avery [G] Hill,
_ where the air smelled like snakes, [C] and we'd shoot with [G] our pistols, but empty pop bottles [D] was all [G] we would kill. _
And Daddy, won't you take [Am] me back to [G] Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [D] where paradise [G]
lays?
_ Well, sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal [D] train has hauled [G] it away.
_ _ The coal company came with [C] the world's [G] largest shovel, and they tortured the timber and [D] stripped [G] all the land. _
And they dug for the coal [C] till the land was [G] forsaken, they wrote it all down as [D] the progress [G] of man.
And Daddy, won't you take me [C] back to [G] Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [D] where [G] paradise lays?
_ Well, sorry my son, [C] but you're too late [G] in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [D] has hauled [G] it away.
_ And Daddy, won't you take me [C] back to [G] Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [D] where paradise [G] lays? _
Well, sorry my son, but [C] you're too [G] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal [D] train has hauled [G] it away. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
When I was a child, [C] the family [G] would travel down to western Kentucky [D] where my [G] parents were born.
_ There's a backwards old [C] town that's [G] often remembered, so many times that [D] the memories are [G] worn.
_ And Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [D] where [G] paradise lay? _
Well, sorry my son, [C] but you're too [G] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [D] has hauled [G] it away.
_ _ Sometimes we'd travel [C] right down the [G] green river, the abandoned old prison [D] down by Avery [G] Hill,
_ where the air smelled like snakes, [C] and we'd shoot with [G] our pistols, but empty pop bottles [D] was all [G] we would kill. _
And Daddy, won't you take [Am] me back to [G] Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [D] where paradise [G]
lays?
_ Well, sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal [D] train has hauled [G] it away.
_ _ The coal company came with [C] the world's [G] largest shovel, and they tortured the timber and [D] stripped [G] all the land. _
And they dug for the coal [C] till the land was [G] forsaken, they wrote it all down as [D] the progress [G] of man.
And Daddy, won't you take me [C] back to [G] Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [D] where [G] paradise lays?
_ Well, sorry my son, [C] but you're too late [G] in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [D] has hauled [G] it away.
_ And Daddy, won't you take me [C] back to [G] Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [D] where paradise [G] lays? _
Well, sorry my son, but [C] you're too [G] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal [D] train has hauled [G] it away. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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