Chords for John Prine Paradise
Tempo:
87.1 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Gm
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] Thank you.
We're gonna do a song I wrote some years ago for my father Bill Fry.
Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County?
When I was a child, [G] my family [D] would travel
Down to western Kentucky [A] where my parents were [D] born
There's a backwards old [G] town that's often [D] remembered
So many times that my memories are worn
Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County?
Down by the green river [A] where [D] paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it away
Well, sometimes we'd travel [Gm] right [D] down the green river
To the abandoned old prison [A] down [D] by Avery Hill
Well, the air smelled like snakes [G] and we'd shoot [D] without pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would get
Daddy, won't you take me back to [D] Muhlenberg County?
Down by the green river where paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it away
[G] [D]
[A] [D]
[G]
[D] [A]
[D] Well, then the cold company came with [G] the world's [D] largest shuttle
Well, they tortured the tender and [A] stripped [D] all the lame
They dug for the coal, [G] the land was [D] forsaken
And then they wrote it all down as the progress of man
Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County?
Down by the green river [A] where [D] paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it away
[A] [D]
[G]
[D] [A]
[D]
Well, I'm dialing my ashes [G] floating down [D] the green river
Let my soul roll on up [A] to the [D] Rochester band
I'll be halfway to heaven [G] where paradise [D] waits
Just five miles away from [A] wherever [D] I am
Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County?
Down by the green river where paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it away
Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it away
Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it away
We're gonna do a song I wrote some years ago for my father Bill Fry.
Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County?
When I was a child, [G] my family [D] would travel
Down to western Kentucky [A] where my parents were [D] born
There's a backwards old [G] town that's often [D] remembered
So many times that my memories are worn
Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County?
Down by the green river [A] where [D] paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it away
Well, sometimes we'd travel [Gm] right [D] down the green river
To the abandoned old prison [A] down [D] by Avery Hill
Well, the air smelled like snakes [G] and we'd shoot [D] without pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would get
Daddy, won't you take me back to [D] Muhlenberg County?
Down by the green river where paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it away
[G] [D]
[A] [D]
[G]
[D] [A]
[D] Well, then the cold company came with [G] the world's [D] largest shuttle
Well, they tortured the tender and [A] stripped [D] all the lame
They dug for the coal, [G] the land was [D] forsaken
And then they wrote it all down as the progress of man
Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County?
Down by the green river [A] where [D] paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it away
[A] [D]
[G]
[D] [A]
[D]
Well, I'm dialing my ashes [G] floating down [D] the green river
Let my soul roll on up [A] to the [D] Rochester band
I'll be halfway to heaven [G] where paradise [D] waits
Just five miles away from [A] wherever [D] I am
Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County?
Down by the green river where paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it away
Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it away
Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it away
Key:
D
G
A
Gm
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D
G
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[D] Thank you.
We're gonna do a song I wrote some years ago for my father Bill Fry.
Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County? _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ When I was a child, [G] my family [D] would travel
Down to western Kentucky [A] where my parents were [D] born
_ There's a backwards old [G] town that's often [D] remembered
So many times that my memories are worn _
Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County?
Down by the green river [A] where [D] paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it away
Well, _ _ _ sometimes we'd travel [Gm] right [D] down the green river
To the abandoned old prison [A] down [D] by Avery Hill
Well, the air smelled like snakes [G] and we'd shoot [D] without pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would get
_ Daddy, won't you take me back to [D] Muhlenberg County?
Down by the green river where paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it away _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ Well, then the cold company came with [G] the world's [D] largest shuttle
Well, they tortured the tender and [A] stripped [D] all the lame
They dug for the coal, [G] the land was [D] forsaken
And then they wrote it all down as the progress of man
_ Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County?
Down by the green river [A] where [D] paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it away _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _
Well, I'm dialing my ashes [G] floating down [D] the green river
Let my soul roll on up [A] to the [D] Rochester band
I'll be halfway to heaven [G] where paradise [D] waits
Just five miles away from [A] wherever [D] I am
Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County?
Down by the green river where paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it away _
Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it away
_ Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it _ away _
_ _ _ _ _ _
We're gonna do a song I wrote some years ago for my father Bill Fry.
Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County? _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ When I was a child, [G] my family [D] would travel
Down to western Kentucky [A] where my parents were [D] born
_ There's a backwards old [G] town that's often [D] remembered
So many times that my memories are worn _
Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County?
Down by the green river [A] where [D] paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it away
Well, _ _ _ sometimes we'd travel [Gm] right [D] down the green river
To the abandoned old prison [A] down [D] by Avery Hill
Well, the air smelled like snakes [G] and we'd shoot [D] without pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would get
_ Daddy, won't you take me back to [D] Muhlenberg County?
Down by the green river where paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it away _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ Well, then the cold company came with [G] the world's [D] largest shuttle
Well, they tortured the tender and [A] stripped [D] all the lame
They dug for the coal, [G] the land was [D] forsaken
And then they wrote it all down as the progress of man
_ Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County?
Down by the green river [A] where [D] paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it away _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _
Well, I'm dialing my ashes [G] floating down [D] the green river
Let my soul roll on up [A] to the [D] Rochester band
I'll be halfway to heaven [G] where paradise [D] waits
Just five miles away from [A] wherever [D] I am
Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County?
Down by the green river where paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it away _
Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it away
_ Mr.
Peabody's cold train has hauled it _ away _
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