Chords for John Prine & Sturgill Simpson - Paradise (Live in Waterford 2017)
Tempo:
82.375 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] This is a song I wrote for my father back in [E]
1968.
It's [D] [E] a song [D] about his hometown.
[E] I wanted him to know I was a songwriter, so [Bb] I put [Ab] him in the song.
[Gm] I sang about something he'd know about.
I [D] think he agreed that I was a songwriter.
I'm going to bring [E] Bo to sing [Bb] the song.
[Eb]
[D] He went to the pool hall for a haircut.
When I was a child, [G] my family [D] would travel down to western Kentucky [A] where my [D] parents were born.
There was a back where it's called town.
[G] It's all the [D] time I remember.
So many times, I [A] remember [D] every one.
Now they won't take me [G] back to [D] Hulunburg again.
And I'm not a green root, [A] dear [D] darling.
I'm sorry my son, [G] for you to [D] lay down.
And if you keep a high school [A] train, I'll haul you there [D] away.
[G] [D] [A]
[D]
[G] [D] [A]
[D] Sometimes we travel [G] right down the [D] Green River.
We abandon old prison [A] down by A&E.
[D] Where the Irish black slaves, [G] we shoot [D] for our best.
But in deep, our valleys, [A] that's all that we [D] keep.
They won't take me [G] back to [D] Hulunburg again.
Down by the Green River, [A] where the [D] weary nights lay.
[G]
[D] Today's the day, we should be back on the train.
[A] I'll haul you [D] there away.
Down by the Green River,
[G] [D] [A] [D]
[G] [D] [A]
[D] where the cold come to carry.
Where [G] the roads [D] like the ship, run [A] and strip all [D] the land.
You dug for the gold, [G] till the land was [D] forsaken.
And the road that goes down has [A] the progress [D] of man.
They won't [G] take me back to [D] Hulunburg again.
Down by the Green River, [A] where the weary [D] nights lay.
I'm sorry my son, [G] for you [D] to lay down.
And if you keep a high school train, [A] I'll haul you [D] there away.
When I die with my ashes, [G] float down the [D] Green River.
Let my soul burn up, [A] and do the right [D] church again.
I'll be halfway to [G] heaven, with the weary [D] days away.
Just five miles away from, [A] the river [D] I am.
They won't take [G] me back to [D] Hulunburg again.
Down by the Green River, [A] where the weary nights [D] lay.
I'm sorry my son, [G] for you to [D] lay down.
And if you keep a high school [A] train, I'll haul [D] you there away.
A high school [A] train, I'll haul you [D] there away.
A high school [A] train, [D] I'll haul you there away.
[B]
[N]
1968.
It's [D] [E] a song [D] about his hometown.
[E] I wanted him to know I was a songwriter, so [Bb] I put [Ab] him in the song.
[Gm] I sang about something he'd know about.
I [D] think he agreed that I was a songwriter.
I'm going to bring [E] Bo to sing [Bb] the song.
[Eb]
[D] He went to the pool hall for a haircut.
When I was a child, [G] my family [D] would travel down to western Kentucky [A] where my [D] parents were born.
There was a back where it's called town.
[G] It's all the [D] time I remember.
So many times, I [A] remember [D] every one.
Now they won't take me [G] back to [D] Hulunburg again.
And I'm not a green root, [A] dear [D] darling.
I'm sorry my son, [G] for you to [D] lay down.
And if you keep a high school [A] train, I'll haul you there [D] away.
[G] [D] [A]
[D]
[G] [D] [A]
[D] Sometimes we travel [G] right down the [D] Green River.
We abandon old prison [A] down by A&E.
[D] Where the Irish black slaves, [G] we shoot [D] for our best.
But in deep, our valleys, [A] that's all that we [D] keep.
They won't take me [G] back to [D] Hulunburg again.
Down by the Green River, [A] where the [D] weary nights lay.
[G]
[D] Today's the day, we should be back on the train.
[A] I'll haul you [D] there away.
Down by the Green River,
[G] [D] [A] [D]
[G] [D] [A]
[D] where the cold come to carry.
Where [G] the roads [D] like the ship, run [A] and strip all [D] the land.
You dug for the gold, [G] till the land was [D] forsaken.
And the road that goes down has [A] the progress [D] of man.
They won't [G] take me back to [D] Hulunburg again.
Down by the Green River, [A] where the weary [D] nights lay.
I'm sorry my son, [G] for you [D] to lay down.
And if you keep a high school train, [A] I'll haul you [D] there away.
When I die with my ashes, [G] float down the [D] Green River.
Let my soul burn up, [A] and do the right [D] church again.
I'll be halfway to [G] heaven, with the weary [D] days away.
Just five miles away from, [A] the river [D] I am.
They won't take [G] me back to [D] Hulunburg again.
Down by the Green River, [A] where the weary nights [D] lay.
I'm sorry my son, [G] for you to [D] lay down.
And if you keep a high school [A] train, I'll haul [D] you there away.
A high school [A] train, I'll haul you [D] there away.
A high school [A] train, [D] I'll haul you there away.
[B]
[N]
Key:
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[D] _ This is a song I wrote for my father back in [E]
1968.
It's [D] [E] a song [D] about his hometown.
[E] I wanted him to know I was a songwriter, so [Bb] I put [Ab] him in the song.
[Gm] I sang about something he'd know about.
I [D] think he agreed that I was a songwriter. _ _ _
I'm going to bring [E] Bo to sing [Bb] the song.
[Eb] _
_ [D] _ _ _ He _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ went to the pool hall for a haircut. _ _ _
When _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I was a child, [G] my family [D] would travel down to western Kentucky [A] where my [D] parents were born.
_ There was a back where it's called town.
[G] It's all the [D] time I remember.
So many times, I [A] remember [D] every one.
_ _ _ _ Now they won't take me [G] back to [D] Hulunburg again.
And I'm not a green root, [A] dear [D] darling.
_ I'm sorry my son, [G] for you to [D] lay down.
And if you keep a high school [A] train, I'll haul you there [D] away. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ Sometimes we travel [G] right down the [D] Green River.
We abandon old prison [A] down by A&E.
[D] _ _ Where the Irish black slaves, [G] we shoot [D] for our best.
But in deep, our valleys, [A] that's all that we [D] keep.
_ _ _ _ They won't take me [G] back to [D] Hulunburg again.
Down by the Green River, [A] where the [D] weary nights lay.
_ _ _ _ _ [G]
[D] Today's the day, we should be back on the train.
[A] I'll haul you [D] there away.
Down by the Green River, _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ where the cold come to carry.
Where [G] the roads [D] like the ship, run [A] and strip all [D] the land.
_ You dug for the gold, [G] till the land was [D] forsaken.
And the road that goes down has [A] the progress [D] of man. _ _ _ _ _
They won't [G] take me back to [D] Hulunburg again.
Down by the Green River, [A] where the weary [D] nights lay.
_ I'm sorry my son, [G] for you [D] to lay down.
And if you keep a high school train, [A] I'll haul you [D] there away. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ When I die with my ashes, [G] float down the [D] Green River.
Let my soul burn up, [A] and do the right [D] church again.
I'll be halfway to [G] heaven, with the weary [D] days away.
Just five miles away from, [A] the river [D] I am. _ _ _ _
They won't take [G] me back to [D] Hulunburg again.
Down by the Green River, [A] where the weary nights [D] lay.
_ I'm sorry my son, [G] for you to [D] lay down.
And if you keep a high school [A] train, I'll haul [D] you there away.
_ _ A high school [A] train, I'll haul you [D] there away.
_ _ A high school [A] train, _ _ _ _ [D] I'll haul you there away. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1968.
It's [D] [E] a song [D] about his hometown.
[E] I wanted him to know I was a songwriter, so [Bb] I put [Ab] him in the song.
[Gm] I sang about something he'd know about.
I [D] think he agreed that I was a songwriter. _ _ _
I'm going to bring [E] Bo to sing [Bb] the song.
[Eb] _
_ [D] _ _ _ He _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ went to the pool hall for a haircut. _ _ _
When _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I was a child, [G] my family [D] would travel down to western Kentucky [A] where my [D] parents were born.
_ There was a back where it's called town.
[G] It's all the [D] time I remember.
So many times, I [A] remember [D] every one.
_ _ _ _ Now they won't take me [G] back to [D] Hulunburg again.
And I'm not a green root, [A] dear [D] darling.
_ I'm sorry my son, [G] for you to [D] lay down.
And if you keep a high school [A] train, I'll haul you there [D] away. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ Sometimes we travel [G] right down the [D] Green River.
We abandon old prison [A] down by A&E.
[D] _ _ Where the Irish black slaves, [G] we shoot [D] for our best.
But in deep, our valleys, [A] that's all that we [D] keep.
_ _ _ _ They won't take me [G] back to [D] Hulunburg again.
Down by the Green River, [A] where the [D] weary nights lay.
_ _ _ _ _ [G]
[D] Today's the day, we should be back on the train.
[A] I'll haul you [D] there away.
Down by the Green River, _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ where the cold come to carry.
Where [G] the roads [D] like the ship, run [A] and strip all [D] the land.
_ You dug for the gold, [G] till the land was [D] forsaken.
And the road that goes down has [A] the progress [D] of man. _ _ _ _ _
They won't [G] take me back to [D] Hulunburg again.
Down by the Green River, [A] where the weary [D] nights lay.
_ I'm sorry my son, [G] for you [D] to lay down.
And if you keep a high school train, [A] I'll haul you [D] there away. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ When I die with my ashes, [G] float down the [D] Green River.
Let my soul burn up, [A] and do the right [D] church again.
I'll be halfway to [G] heaven, with the weary [D] days away.
Just five miles away from, [A] the river [D] I am. _ _ _ _
They won't take [G] me back to [D] Hulunburg again.
Down by the Green River, [A] where the weary nights [D] lay.
_ I'm sorry my son, [G] for you to [D] lay down.
And if you keep a high school [A] train, I'll haul [D] you there away.
_ _ A high school [A] train, I'll haul you [D] there away.
_ _ A high school [A] train, _ _ _ _ [D] I'll haul you there away. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
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