Chords for Josh Williams/Paradise
Tempo:
121.25 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Ab
Bb
Gm
Abm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
I was going to tell a story right before this, but this song pretty much tells the story
in itself.
But I kind of live this song because my daddy worked for TVA and for a long time he worked
at this place up in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
It's the second largest fossil fuel plant in the world, I think.
Is that right, Daddy?
We'll just pretend like it still is.
And I used to grow up hearing Daddy sing this song and play it on the guitar.
When [Eb] I was a lad, [Ab] my family [Eb] would travel down to western Kentucky [Bb] where my parents [Eb] were
born.
There's a backwoods old town there [Ab] that's often [Eb] remembered, so many times that my memories are warm.
Daddy, won't you take me back [Ab] to [Eb] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [Bb] where [Eb] paradise lay.
I'm sorry my [Ab] son, but you're too [Eb] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train done haunted away.
I can remember when we were driving up the W.K. Parkway, you'd see the Green River, and
it was exactly that too, let me tell you.
It was green as green.
You don't want to swim in it.
Lord knows you don't want to drink it.
Sometimes we'd roll [Ab] right down the [Eb] Green River to the abandoned old prison down by Adrie
Hill.
Where the air smelled like snakes, [Ab] we'd shoot with our pistols, but empty pop bottles was
all we would kill.
Daddy, won't you take me [Eb] back to Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River where paradise lay.
I'm sorry my son, [Ab] but you're too [Eb] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train done haunted away.
[Bb] [Eb]
I can remember being a kid and looking up over the tree line, and this thing was miles
and miles away.
There was a shovel stuck straight up in the air.
And you'd think it was just right over the tree line, but it was like five miles away or something.
And that was what the next verse talks about.
Well, the coal company came [Ab] with the world's [Eb] largest shovel.
They tortured the timber [Bb] and stripped all [Eb] the land.
They dug for the coal till [Ab] the land was [Eb] forsaken, then wrote it all down as the progress of man.
Daddy, won't you take me back to [Ab] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [Bb] where paradise [Eb] lay.
I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [Gm] done haunted [Eb] away.
In Madisonville, Kentucky, they have a, or at least they used to have, it used to be
a Druther's, and I think it was a Dairy Queen, and it may not even be there anymore, but
they used to have pictures of the world's largest shovel.
They had one picture of a man standing by the tracks of that shovel.
And the tracks took up the entire picture, and if you look really, really hard, you could
see what looks like almost an ant or a speck of dirt, and that was a man standing by the tracks.
Then they had a picture of the shovel that had six full-size, one-ton, dually Chevrolet
trucks parked in the shovel, and not one of them was touching each other.
About five foot in between each one of them, actually.
Six of those big bad boys.
If that gives you any kind of an idea.
The thing was so big they had to tear it down and bury it.
Good marketing strategy.
This next verse is pretty special to my dad, I think.
When I die, let my ashes [Ab] float down the [Eb] Green River, let my soul roll on up to the Rochester Dam.
I'll be halfway to heaven [Abm] with [Eb] paradise wait, five miles away from [Bb] wherever [Eb] I am.
And daddy, won't you take me back [Eb] to Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River where paradise
lay.
I'm sorry my son, [Ab] but you're too [Eb] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train done hauled it away.
Daddy'd always put a John Prine ending on the song, so we'd sing it like this.
Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River where paradise lay.
I'm sorry my son, [Ab] but you're too [Eb] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [Bb] done hauled it [E]
away.
[Eb] [N]
[Bb] [Eb]
I was going to tell a story right before this, but this song pretty much tells the story
in itself.
But I kind of live this song because my daddy worked for TVA and for a long time he worked
at this place up in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
It's the second largest fossil fuel plant in the world, I think.
Is that right, Daddy?
We'll just pretend like it still is.
And I used to grow up hearing Daddy sing this song and play it on the guitar.
When [Eb] I was a lad, [Ab] my family [Eb] would travel down to western Kentucky [Bb] where my parents [Eb] were
born.
There's a backwoods old town there [Ab] that's often [Eb] remembered, so many times that my memories are warm.
Daddy, won't you take me back [Ab] to [Eb] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [Bb] where [Eb] paradise lay.
I'm sorry my [Ab] son, but you're too [Eb] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train done haunted away.
I can remember when we were driving up the W.K. Parkway, you'd see the Green River, and
it was exactly that too, let me tell you.
It was green as green.
You don't want to swim in it.
Lord knows you don't want to drink it.
Sometimes we'd roll [Ab] right down the [Eb] Green River to the abandoned old prison down by Adrie
Hill.
Where the air smelled like snakes, [Ab] we'd shoot with our pistols, but empty pop bottles was
all we would kill.
Daddy, won't you take me [Eb] back to Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River where paradise lay.
I'm sorry my son, [Ab] but you're too [Eb] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train done haunted away.
[Bb] [Eb]
I can remember being a kid and looking up over the tree line, and this thing was miles
and miles away.
There was a shovel stuck straight up in the air.
And you'd think it was just right over the tree line, but it was like five miles away or something.
And that was what the next verse talks about.
Well, the coal company came [Ab] with the world's [Eb] largest shovel.
They tortured the timber [Bb] and stripped all [Eb] the land.
They dug for the coal till [Ab] the land was [Eb] forsaken, then wrote it all down as the progress of man.
Daddy, won't you take me back to [Ab] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [Bb] where paradise [Eb] lay.
I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [Gm] done haunted [Eb] away.
In Madisonville, Kentucky, they have a, or at least they used to have, it used to be
a Druther's, and I think it was a Dairy Queen, and it may not even be there anymore, but
they used to have pictures of the world's largest shovel.
They had one picture of a man standing by the tracks of that shovel.
And the tracks took up the entire picture, and if you look really, really hard, you could
see what looks like almost an ant or a speck of dirt, and that was a man standing by the tracks.
Then they had a picture of the shovel that had six full-size, one-ton, dually Chevrolet
trucks parked in the shovel, and not one of them was touching each other.
About five foot in between each one of them, actually.
Six of those big bad boys.
If that gives you any kind of an idea.
The thing was so big they had to tear it down and bury it.
Good marketing strategy.
This next verse is pretty special to my dad, I think.
When I die, let my ashes [Ab] float down the [Eb] Green River, let my soul roll on up to the Rochester Dam.
I'll be halfway to heaven [Abm] with [Eb] paradise wait, five miles away from [Bb] wherever [Eb] I am.
And daddy, won't you take me back [Eb] to Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River where paradise
lay.
I'm sorry my son, [Ab] but you're too [Eb] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train done hauled it away.
Daddy'd always put a John Prine ending on the song, so we'd sing it like this.
Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River where paradise lay.
I'm sorry my son, [Ab] but you're too [Eb] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [Bb] done hauled it [E]
away.
[Eb] [N]
Key:
Eb
Ab
Bb
Gm
Abm
Eb
Ab
Bb
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I was going to tell a story right before this, but this song pretty much tells the story _
in itself.
_ _ But I kind of live this song because my daddy _ worked _ for TVA _ _ and for a long time he worked
at this place up in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
_ _ _ It's the second largest fossil fuel plant in the world, I think.
Is that right, Daddy? _ _ _ _ _ _
We'll just pretend like it still is. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And I used to grow up hearing Daddy sing this song and play it on the guitar.
_ _ _ _ _ When _ _ _ _ [Eb] I was a lad, [Ab] my family [Eb] would travel down to western Kentucky [Bb] where my parents [Eb] were
born.
_ There's a backwoods old town there [Ab] that's often [Eb] remembered, so many times that my memories are warm.
_ _ Daddy, won't you take me back [Ab] to [Eb] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [Bb] where [Eb] paradise lay.
_ _ I'm sorry my [Ab] son, but you're too [Eb] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train done haunted away.
_ _ _ _ _ I can remember when we were driving up the W.K. Parkway, _ _ you'd see the Green River, _ _ and
it was exactly that too, let me tell you.
It was green as _ green. _ _
_ _ _ _ You don't want to swim in it.
_ _ Lord knows you don't want to drink it. _
_ _ _ _ _ Sometimes we'd roll [Ab] right down the [Eb] Green River to the abandoned old prison down by Adrie
Hill. _
Where the air smelled like snakes, [Ab] we'd shoot with our pistols, but empty pop bottles was
all we would kill.
_ _ Daddy, won't you take me [Eb] back to Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River where paradise lay. _ _
I'm sorry my son, [Ab] but you're too [Eb] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train done haunted away. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I can remember being a kid and looking up over the tree line, _ _ and this thing was miles
and miles away.
_ _ _ There was a shovel stuck straight up in the air. _ _ _ _
_ And you'd think it was just right over the tree line, but it was like five miles away or something.
_ _ And that was what the next verse talks about. _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, the coal company came [Ab] with the world's [Eb] largest shovel.
They tortured the timber [Bb] and stripped all [Eb] the land.
_ They dug for the coal till [Ab] the land was [Eb] forsaken, then wrote it all down as the progress of man.
_ _ _ Daddy, won't you take me back to [Ab] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [Bb] where paradise [Eb] lay.
_ _ I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [Gm] done haunted [Eb] away.
_ _ _ _ _ In Madisonville, Kentucky, they have a, or at least they used to have, it used to be
a Druther's, and I think it was a Dairy Queen, and it may not even be there anymore, but _
they used to have pictures of the world's largest shovel.
_ They had one picture _ _ of a man standing by the tracks of that shovel.
And the tracks took up the entire picture, and if you look really, really hard, _ _ you could
see what looks like almost an ant or a speck of dirt, and that was a man standing by the tracks. _ _
_ _ Then they had a picture of the shovel that had six full-size, one-ton, dually Chevrolet
trucks parked in the shovel, and not one of them was touching each other.
About five foot in between each one of them, actually.
Six of those big bad boys.
_ If that gives you any kind of an idea. _
The thing was so big they had to tear it down and bury it. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Good marketing strategy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ This next verse is _ pretty _ _ special to my dad, I think. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ When I die, let my ashes [Ab] float down the [Eb] Green River, let my soul roll on up to the Rochester Dam.
_ _ I'll be halfway to heaven [Abm] with [Eb] paradise wait, five miles away from [Bb] wherever [Eb] I am. _
And daddy, won't you take me back [Eb] to Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River where paradise
lay.
_ _ I'm sorry my son, [Ab] but you're too [Eb] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train done hauled it away. _ _
_ _ Daddy'd always put a John Prine ending on the song, _ _ so we'd sing it like this. _ _
Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River where paradise lay.
_ _ I'm sorry my son, [Ab] but you're too [Eb] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [Bb] done hauled it _ [E]
away.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I was going to tell a story right before this, but this song pretty much tells the story _
in itself.
_ _ But I kind of live this song because my daddy _ worked _ for TVA _ _ and for a long time he worked
at this place up in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
_ _ _ It's the second largest fossil fuel plant in the world, I think.
Is that right, Daddy? _ _ _ _ _ _
We'll just pretend like it still is. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And I used to grow up hearing Daddy sing this song and play it on the guitar.
_ _ _ _ _ When _ _ _ _ [Eb] I was a lad, [Ab] my family [Eb] would travel down to western Kentucky [Bb] where my parents [Eb] were
born.
_ There's a backwoods old town there [Ab] that's often [Eb] remembered, so many times that my memories are warm.
_ _ Daddy, won't you take me back [Ab] to [Eb] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [Bb] where [Eb] paradise lay.
_ _ I'm sorry my [Ab] son, but you're too [Eb] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train done haunted away.
_ _ _ _ _ I can remember when we were driving up the W.K. Parkway, _ _ you'd see the Green River, _ _ and
it was exactly that too, let me tell you.
It was green as _ green. _ _
_ _ _ _ You don't want to swim in it.
_ _ Lord knows you don't want to drink it. _
_ _ _ _ _ Sometimes we'd roll [Ab] right down the [Eb] Green River to the abandoned old prison down by Adrie
Hill. _
Where the air smelled like snakes, [Ab] we'd shoot with our pistols, but empty pop bottles was
all we would kill.
_ _ Daddy, won't you take me [Eb] back to Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River where paradise lay. _ _
I'm sorry my son, [Ab] but you're too [Eb] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train done haunted away. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I can remember being a kid and looking up over the tree line, _ _ and this thing was miles
and miles away.
_ _ _ There was a shovel stuck straight up in the air. _ _ _ _
_ And you'd think it was just right over the tree line, but it was like five miles away or something.
_ _ And that was what the next verse talks about. _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, the coal company came [Ab] with the world's [Eb] largest shovel.
They tortured the timber [Bb] and stripped all [Eb] the land.
_ They dug for the coal till [Ab] the land was [Eb] forsaken, then wrote it all down as the progress of man.
_ _ _ Daddy, won't you take me back to [Ab] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [Bb] where paradise [Eb] lay.
_ _ I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [Gm] done haunted [Eb] away.
_ _ _ _ _ In Madisonville, Kentucky, they have a, or at least they used to have, it used to be
a Druther's, and I think it was a Dairy Queen, and it may not even be there anymore, but _
they used to have pictures of the world's largest shovel.
_ They had one picture _ _ of a man standing by the tracks of that shovel.
And the tracks took up the entire picture, and if you look really, really hard, _ _ you could
see what looks like almost an ant or a speck of dirt, and that was a man standing by the tracks. _ _
_ _ Then they had a picture of the shovel that had six full-size, one-ton, dually Chevrolet
trucks parked in the shovel, and not one of them was touching each other.
About five foot in between each one of them, actually.
Six of those big bad boys.
_ If that gives you any kind of an idea. _
The thing was so big they had to tear it down and bury it. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Good marketing strategy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ This next verse is _ pretty _ _ special to my dad, I think. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ When I die, let my ashes [Ab] float down the [Eb] Green River, let my soul roll on up to the Rochester Dam.
_ _ I'll be halfway to heaven [Abm] with [Eb] paradise wait, five miles away from [Bb] wherever [Eb] I am. _
And daddy, won't you take me back [Eb] to Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River where paradise
lay.
_ _ I'm sorry my son, [Ab] but you're too [Eb] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train done hauled it away. _ _
_ _ Daddy'd always put a John Prine ending on the song, _ _ so we'd sing it like this. _ _
Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River where paradise lay.
_ _ I'm sorry my son, [Ab] but you're too [Eb] late in asking, Mr.
Peabody's coal train [Bb] done hauled it _ [E]
away.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _