Chords for Paradise - John Prine on The Marty Stuart Show (Live)
Tempo:
174.35 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
When I was a child, [G] my family [A] would travel down to western Kentucky where my parents were born.
[D]
There's a backwards old town [G] that's often [D] remembered, so many [A] times that my memories are worn.
[D]
Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [A] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River where Paradise lay.
[D] Well, I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking.
Mr.
Peabody's [A] coal trains hauled it away.
[D]
Well sometimes we'd travel [G] right down the [D] Green River to the abandoned old prison [A] down
by [D] Adria where the air smelled like snakes and [G] we'd shoot with [D] our pistol, but empty
pot bottles [A] was all that [D] we'd carry.
Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [A] where Paradise lay.
[D] Well, I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too late [D] in asking.
Mr.
Peabody's coal trains [A] hauled it [D]
away.
[A] [D]
[A]
[Em] [D]
And then the coal company came [G] with the world's [D] largest shovel.
Well, they tortured the timber [A] and they stripped all the [D] land.
They dug for their coal till [G] the land was [D]
forsaken and then they wrote it all down [A] as
a progress [D] man.
And Daddy, won't you take me back [G] to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green [A] River where Paradise [D] lay.
Well, I'm sorry my son, but [G] you're too late [D] in asking.
Mr.
Peabody's coal trains [A] hauled it away.
[D] [E] [D]
Now when the dazzling ashes float down the Green River, let my soul roll [A] on up to the Rochester Dam.
[D]
I'll be halfway to heaven [G] with Paradise [A]
waiting, just five miles away from wherever [D] I am.
Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green [A]
River where Paradise [D] lay.
Well, I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking.
Mr.
Peabody's coal trains [A] hauled it [D] away.
Mr.
Peabody's coal [A] trains hauled it away.
[D]
That's it right there.
[N]
[D]
There's a backwards old town [G] that's often [D] remembered, so many [A] times that my memories are worn.
[D]
Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [A] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River where Paradise lay.
[D] Well, I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking.
Mr.
Peabody's [A] coal trains hauled it away.
[D]
Well sometimes we'd travel [G] right down the [D] Green River to the abandoned old prison [A] down
by [D] Adria where the air smelled like snakes and [G] we'd shoot with [D] our pistol, but empty
pot bottles [A] was all that [D] we'd carry.
Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [A] where Paradise lay.
[D] Well, I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too late [D] in asking.
Mr.
Peabody's coal trains [A] hauled it [D]
away.
[A] [D]
[A]
[Em] [D]
And then the coal company came [G] with the world's [D] largest shovel.
Well, they tortured the timber [A] and they stripped all the [D] land.
They dug for their coal till [G] the land was [D]
forsaken and then they wrote it all down [A] as
a progress [D] man.
And Daddy, won't you take me back [G] to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green [A] River where Paradise [D] lay.
Well, I'm sorry my son, but [G] you're too late [D] in asking.
Mr.
Peabody's coal trains [A] hauled it away.
[D] [E] [D]
Now when the dazzling ashes float down the Green River, let my soul roll [A] on up to the Rochester Dam.
[D]
I'll be halfway to heaven [G] with Paradise [A]
waiting, just five miles away from wherever [D] I am.
Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green [A]
River where Paradise [D] lay.
Well, I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking.
Mr.
Peabody's coal trains [A] hauled it [D] away.
Mr.
Peabody's coal [A] trains hauled it away.
[D]
That's it right there.
[N]
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ When I was a child, [G] my family [A] would travel down to western Kentucky where my parents were born.
_ [D] _
_ _ There's a backwards old town [G] that's often _ [D] remembered, _ so many _ [A] times that my memories are worn.
[D] _ _ _ _
_ Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to _ [A] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River where Paradise lay.
_ [D] _ _ Well, I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking.
Mr. _
Peabody's [A] coal trains hauled it away.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well sometimes we'd travel [G] right down the [D] Green River to the abandoned old prison _ [A] down
by [D] Adria _ _ where _ the air smelled like snakes and [G] we'd shoot with [D] our pistol, _ but empty
pot bottles [A] was all that [D] we'd carry.
_ _ _ _ _ Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to _ _ [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [A] where _ Paradise lay.
_ [D] _ _ _ Well, I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too late [D] in asking.
Mr. _ _
Peabody's coal trains [A] hauled it [D]
away. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And then the coal company came [G] with the world's [D] largest shovel.
Well, they tortured the timber _ [A] and they stripped all the [D] land.
_ _ _ _ They dug for their coal till [G] the land was [D]
forsaken and then they wrote it all down [A] as
a progress [D] man. _
_ _ _ _ And Daddy, won't you take me back [G] to _ [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green [A] River where Paradise _ [D] lay.
_ _ _ Well, I'm sorry my son, but [G] you're too late [D] in asking.
_ Mr.
_ Peabody's coal trains [A] _ hauled it away. _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ Now when the dazzling ashes _ float down the Green River, _ let my soul roll [A] on up to the Rochester Dam.
[D] _
_ _ I'll be halfway to heaven [G] with Paradise [A] _
waiting, just five miles away from wherever _ [D] I am.
_ _ _ _ Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to _ [D] Muhlenberg County, _ down by the Green [A]
River where Paradise _ [D] lay.
_ _ _ Well, I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking.
Mr.
_ Peabody's coal trains _ [A] hauled it [D] away. _
_ _ _ _ Mr. _
Peabody's coal [A] trains _ hauled it _ _ _ _ away.
[D] _
_ _ _ That's it right there.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ When I was a child, [G] my family [A] would travel down to western Kentucky where my parents were born.
_ [D] _
_ _ There's a backwards old town [G] that's often _ [D] remembered, _ so many _ [A] times that my memories are worn.
[D] _ _ _ _
_ Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to _ [A] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River where Paradise lay.
_ [D] _ _ Well, I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking.
Mr. _
Peabody's [A] coal trains hauled it away.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well sometimes we'd travel [G] right down the [D] Green River to the abandoned old prison _ [A] down
by [D] Adria _ _ where _ the air smelled like snakes and [G] we'd shoot with [D] our pistol, _ but empty
pot bottles [A] was all that [D] we'd carry.
_ _ _ _ _ Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to _ _ [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [A] where _ Paradise lay.
_ [D] _ _ _ Well, I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too late [D] in asking.
Mr. _ _
Peabody's coal trains [A] hauled it [D]
away. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And then the coal company came [G] with the world's [D] largest shovel.
Well, they tortured the timber _ [A] and they stripped all the [D] land.
_ _ _ _ They dug for their coal till [G] the land was [D]
forsaken and then they wrote it all down [A] as
a progress [D] man. _
_ _ _ _ And Daddy, won't you take me back [G] to _ [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green [A] River where Paradise _ [D] lay.
_ _ _ Well, I'm sorry my son, but [G] you're too late [D] in asking.
_ Mr.
_ Peabody's coal trains [A] _ hauled it away. _
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ Now when the dazzling ashes _ float down the Green River, _ let my soul roll [A] on up to the Rochester Dam.
[D] _
_ _ I'll be halfway to heaven [G] with Paradise [A] _
waiting, just five miles away from wherever _ [D] I am.
_ _ _ _ Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to _ [D] Muhlenberg County, _ down by the Green [A]
River where Paradise _ [D] lay.
_ _ _ Well, I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking.
Mr.
_ Peabody's coal trains _ [A] hauled it [D] away. _
_ _ _ _ Mr. _
Peabody's coal [A] trains _ hauled it _ _ _ _ away.
[D] _
_ _ _ That's it right there.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _