Paradise Chords by Johnny Cash
Tempo:
126.35 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Daddy, won't you take me back [A] to Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [E] where paradise [A] lay?
I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train done [E] hauled it away.
When I was a child, [A] my family would travel down to western Kentucky [E] where my parents were [A] born,
to a backward old town that I often remember, so many times that [E] my memories are worn.
And sometimes we'd travel on down the Green River to the abandoned old prison [E] down by [A] Adrian's Hill,
where the air smelled like snakes and we'd [D] shoot with our pistols, but empty pop bottles was all we would kill.
So Daddy, won't you take me back [Dm] to [A] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green [E] River where paradise [A] lay?
I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal [E] train done hauled it [A] away.
The coal company came with the [D] world's largest [A] shovel, they stripped all the timber [E] and tortured the land.
They dug for the coal till the [D] land was [A] forsaken and wrote it [E] all down to the progress [A] of man.
Oh Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, down by the [E] Green River where paradise [A] lay?
I'm sorry my son, but [D] you're too [A] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [E] done hauled [A] it away.
When I die, let my ashes [D] float down the [A] Green River, let my soul roll on up [E] to the Rochester [A] Dam.
I'll be halfway to heaven with [D] paradise [A] waiting, five miles away from [E] wherever [A] I am.
Oh Daddy, won't you take [D] me back to [A] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [E] where [A] paradise lay?
I'm sorry my son, but [D] you're too late [A] in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [E] done hauled it [A] away.
I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train done [E] hauled it away.
When I was a child, [A] my family would travel down to western Kentucky [E] where my parents were [A] born,
to a backward old town that I often remember, so many times that [E] my memories are worn.
And sometimes we'd travel on down the Green River to the abandoned old prison [E] down by [A] Adrian's Hill,
where the air smelled like snakes and we'd [D] shoot with our pistols, but empty pop bottles was all we would kill.
So Daddy, won't you take me back [Dm] to [A] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green [E] River where paradise [A] lay?
I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal [E] train done hauled it [A] away.
The coal company came with the [D] world's largest [A] shovel, they stripped all the timber [E] and tortured the land.
They dug for the coal till the [D] land was [A] forsaken and wrote it [E] all down to the progress [A] of man.
Oh Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, down by the [E] Green River where paradise [A] lay?
I'm sorry my son, but [D] you're too [A] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [E] done hauled [A] it away.
When I die, let my ashes [D] float down the [A] Green River, let my soul roll on up [E] to the Rochester [A] Dam.
I'll be halfway to heaven with [D] paradise [A] waiting, five miles away from [E] wherever [A] I am.
Oh Daddy, won't you take [D] me back to [A] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [E] where [A] paradise lay?
I'm sorry my son, but [D] you're too late [A] in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [E] done hauled it [A] away.
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_ _ Daddy, won't you take me back [A] to Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [E] where paradise [A] lay? _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train done [E] hauled it away. _ _ _ _ _
When I was a child, [A] my family would travel down to western Kentucky [E] where my parents were [A] born,
_ _ _ _ _ to a backward old town that I often remember, so many times that [E] my memories are worn.
_ _ _ _ _ And sometimes we'd travel on down the Green River to the abandoned old prison [E] down by [A] Adrian's Hill, _ _
_ _ _ where the air smelled like snakes and we'd [D] shoot with our pistols, but empty pop bottles was all we would kill.
So _ _ _ _ Daddy, won't you take me back [Dm] to [A] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green [E] River where paradise [A] lay? _ _ _ _ _
I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal [E] train done hauled it [A] away.
_ _ _ _ _ The coal company came with the [D] world's largest [A] shovel, they stripped all the timber [E] and tortured the land. _
_ _ _ _ They dug for the coal till the [D] land was [A] forsaken and wrote it [E] all down to the progress [A] of man. _ _ _
_ _ Oh Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, down by the [E] Green River where paradise [A] lay? _ _ _ _ _
I'm sorry my son, but [D] you're too [A] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [E] done hauled [A] it away.
_ _ _ _ _ When I die, let my ashes [D] float down the [A] Green River, let my soul roll on up [E] to the Rochester [A] Dam. _ _
_ _ _ I'll be halfway to heaven with [D] paradise [A] waiting, five miles away from [E] wherever [A] I am. _ _ _ _
_ Oh Daddy, won't you take [D] me back to [A] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [E] where [A] paradise lay?
_ _ I'm _ _ sorry my son, but [D] you're too late [A] in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [E] done hauled it [A] away. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Daddy, won't you take me back [A] to Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [E] where paradise [A] lay? _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train done [E] hauled it away. _ _ _ _ _
When I was a child, [A] my family would travel down to western Kentucky [E] where my parents were [A] born,
_ _ _ _ _ to a backward old town that I often remember, so many times that [E] my memories are worn.
_ _ _ _ _ And sometimes we'd travel on down the Green River to the abandoned old prison [E] down by [A] Adrian's Hill, _ _
_ _ _ where the air smelled like snakes and we'd [D] shoot with our pistols, but empty pop bottles was all we would kill.
So _ _ _ _ Daddy, won't you take me back [Dm] to [A] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green [E] River where paradise [A] lay? _ _ _ _ _
I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal [E] train done hauled it [A] away.
_ _ _ _ _ The coal company came with the [D] world's largest [A] shovel, they stripped all the timber [E] and tortured the land. _
_ _ _ _ They dug for the coal till the [D] land was [A] forsaken and wrote it [E] all down to the progress [A] of man. _ _ _
_ _ Oh Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, down by the [E] Green River where paradise [A] lay? _ _ _ _ _
I'm sorry my son, but [D] you're too [A] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [E] done hauled [A] it away.
_ _ _ _ _ When I die, let my ashes [D] float down the [A] Green River, let my soul roll on up [E] to the Rochester [A] Dam. _ _
_ _ _ I'll be halfway to heaven with [D] paradise [A] waiting, five miles away from [E] wherever [A] I am. _ _ _ _
_ Oh Daddy, won't you take [D] me back to [A] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [E] where [A] paradise lay?
_ _ I'm _ _ sorry my son, but [D] you're too late [A] in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [E] done hauled it [A] away. _ _ _ _ _
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