Chords for Paradise (John Prine) Cover
Tempo:
85.975 bpm
Chords used:
C#
F#
G#
C
A#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#] Well, when I was a child, [F#] my [C#] family would travel down to western [G#] Kentucky where my [C#] parents
were born, to a backward old [F#] town that's often [C#] remembered, so many times, [G#] my [C#] memories are worn.
So now Daddy, won't you take me back [F#] to [C#] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green [G#] River where my
parents [C#] died away.
I'm sorry my [F#] son, but you're [C#] too late now, Mr.
Peabody's [G#] cold train's been [C#] hauled away.
Well, sometimes we'd travel [F#] way [C#] down the Green River to an abandoned old prison [G#] up [C#] on 8th
Avenue, where the air smells like stanks [F#] till we'd [C#] shoot with our pistols, but empty [G#] bottles
was all [C#] we would get.
So now Daddy, won't you [F#] take me back to [C#] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [G#] where my parents [C#] died away.
I'm sorry my son, [F#] but you're too [C#] late now, Mr.
Peabody's [G#] cold train's been hauled [C#] away.
[F#] [C#]
[G#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
Well, the coal companies [F#] came with the world's [C#] largest shovels, they tortured the timber
[G#] and they [C#] stripped all the land, and they dug for the coal [F#] till the land [C#] was for sale.
Well, they rolled it all [G#] down as [C] the progress [C#]
plan.
So now Daddy, won't you take [F#] me back to [C#] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [G#] where my [C#] parents died away.
I'm sorry my [F#] son, but you're too [C#] late now, Mr.
Peabody's cold [G#] train's been hauled [C#] away.
Oh, when I die, let my [F#] ashes flow [C#] down the Green River, let my soul rise on up [G#] to the Rochester [C#] Dam.
I'll be halfway to [F#] heaven with [C#] paradise waiting, just five miles away [G#] from wherever [C#] I am.
So Daddy, won't you take [F#] me back to [C#]
Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [G#] where my [C#] parents died away.
I'm sorry my son, [F#] but you're too [C#] late now, Mr.
Peabody's cold [G#] train's been hauled [C#] away.
Yes, I'm sorry my [F#] son, but you're [C#] too late now, Mr.
Peabody's cold [A#] train's been [C#] hauled away.
were born, to a backward old [F#] town that's often [C#] remembered, so many times, [G#] my [C#] memories are worn.
So now Daddy, won't you take me back [F#] to [C#] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green [G#] River where my
parents [C#] died away.
I'm sorry my [F#] son, but you're [C#] too late now, Mr.
Peabody's [G#] cold train's been [C#] hauled away.
Well, sometimes we'd travel [F#] way [C#] down the Green River to an abandoned old prison [G#] up [C#] on 8th
Avenue, where the air smells like stanks [F#] till we'd [C#] shoot with our pistols, but empty [G#] bottles
was all [C#] we would get.
So now Daddy, won't you [F#] take me back to [C#] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [G#] where my parents [C#] died away.
I'm sorry my son, [F#] but you're too [C#] late now, Mr.
Peabody's [G#] cold train's been hauled [C#] away.
[F#] [C#]
[G#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
Well, the coal companies [F#] came with the world's [C#] largest shovels, they tortured the timber
[G#] and they [C#] stripped all the land, and they dug for the coal [F#] till the land [C#] was for sale.
Well, they rolled it all [G#] down as [C] the progress [C#]
plan.
So now Daddy, won't you take [F#] me back to [C#] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [G#] where my [C#] parents died away.
I'm sorry my [F#] son, but you're too [C#] late now, Mr.
Peabody's cold [G#] train's been hauled [C#] away.
Oh, when I die, let my [F#] ashes flow [C#] down the Green River, let my soul rise on up [G#] to the Rochester [C#] Dam.
I'll be halfway to [F#] heaven with [C#] paradise waiting, just five miles away [G#] from wherever [C#] I am.
So Daddy, won't you take [F#] me back to [C#]
Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [G#] where my [C#] parents died away.
I'm sorry my son, [F#] but you're too [C#] late now, Mr.
Peabody's cold [G#] train's been hauled [C#] away.
Yes, I'm sorry my [F#] son, but you're [C#] too late now, Mr.
Peabody's cold [A#] train's been [C#] hauled away.
Key:
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[C#] _ _ _ _ Well, when I was a child, [F#] my [C#] family would travel down to western [G#] Kentucky where my [C#] parents
were born, to a backward old [F#] town that's often [C#] remembered, so many times, [G#] my [C#] memories are worn.
So now Daddy, won't you take me back [F#] to [C#] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green [G#] River where my
parents [C#] died away.
I'm sorry my [F#] son, but you're [C#] too late now, _ Mr.
Peabody's [G#] cold train's been [C#] hauled away. _
_ _ Well, sometimes we'd travel [F#] way [C#] down the Green River to an abandoned old prison [G#] up [C#] on 8th
Avenue, where the air smells like stanks [F#] till we'd [C#] shoot with our pistols, but empty [G#] bottles
was all [C#] we would get.
So now Daddy, won't you [F#] take me back to [C#] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [G#] where my parents [C#] died away.
_ I'm sorry my son, [F#] but you're too [C#] late now, _ Mr.
Peabody's [G#] cold train's been hauled [C#] away.
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, the coal companies [F#] came with the world's [C#] largest shovels, they tortured the timber
[G#] and they [C#] stripped all the land, _ and they dug for the coal [F#] till the land [C#] was for sale.
Well, they rolled it all [G#] down as [C] the progress [C#]
plan.
So now Daddy, won't you take [F#] me back to [C#] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [G#] where my [C#] parents died away.
_ I'm sorry my [F#] son, but you're too [C#] late now, Mr.
Peabody's cold [G#] train's been hauled [C#] away. _
_ _ _ Oh, when I die, let my [F#] ashes flow [C#] down the Green River, let my soul rise on up [G#] to the Rochester [C#] Dam.
_ I'll be halfway to [F#] heaven with [C#] paradise waiting, just five miles away [G#] from wherever [C#] I am.
So Daddy, won't you take [F#] me back to [C#]
Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [G#] where my [C#] parents died away.
_ I'm sorry my son, [F#] but you're too [C#] late now, Mr.
Peabody's cold [G#] train's been hauled [C#] away.
_ Yes, I'm sorry my [F#] son, but you're [C#] too late now, _ Mr.
Peabody's cold [A#] train's been [C#] hauled away. _
were born, to a backward old [F#] town that's often [C#] remembered, so many times, [G#] my [C#] memories are worn.
So now Daddy, won't you take me back [F#] to [C#] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green [G#] River where my
parents [C#] died away.
I'm sorry my [F#] son, but you're [C#] too late now, _ Mr.
Peabody's [G#] cold train's been [C#] hauled away. _
_ _ Well, sometimes we'd travel [F#] way [C#] down the Green River to an abandoned old prison [G#] up [C#] on 8th
Avenue, where the air smells like stanks [F#] till we'd [C#] shoot with our pistols, but empty [G#] bottles
was all [C#] we would get.
So now Daddy, won't you [F#] take me back to [C#] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [G#] where my parents [C#] died away.
_ I'm sorry my son, [F#] but you're too [C#] late now, _ Mr.
Peabody's [G#] cold train's been hauled [C#] away.
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, the coal companies [F#] came with the world's [C#] largest shovels, they tortured the timber
[G#] and they [C#] stripped all the land, _ and they dug for the coal [F#] till the land [C#] was for sale.
Well, they rolled it all [G#] down as [C] the progress [C#]
plan.
So now Daddy, won't you take [F#] me back to [C#] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [G#] where my [C#] parents died away.
_ I'm sorry my [F#] son, but you're too [C#] late now, Mr.
Peabody's cold [G#] train's been hauled [C#] away. _
_ _ _ Oh, when I die, let my [F#] ashes flow [C#] down the Green River, let my soul rise on up [G#] to the Rochester [C#] Dam.
_ I'll be halfway to [F#] heaven with [C#] paradise waiting, just five miles away [G#] from wherever [C#] I am.
So Daddy, won't you take [F#] me back to [C#]
Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [G#] where my [C#] parents died away.
_ I'm sorry my son, [F#] but you're too [C#] late now, Mr.
Peabody's cold [G#] train's been hauled [C#] away.
_ Yes, I'm sorry my [F#] son, but you're [C#] too late now, _ Mr.
Peabody's cold [A#] train's been [C#] hauled away. _