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
Jam Along & Learn...
When I was a child, [G] my family [A] would travel down to western Kentucky where my parents were born.
There's a backwards old town [G] that's often [D] remembered, so many [A] times that my memories are worn.
Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [A] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River where Paradise lay.
I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking.
Peabody's [A] coal trains hauled it away.
Well sometimes we'd travel [G] right down the [D] Green River to the abandoned old prison [A] down
where the air smelled like snakes and [G] we'd shoot with [D] our pistol, but empty
bottles [A] was all that [D] we'd carry.
There's a backwards old town [G] that's often [D] remembered, so many [A] times that my memories are worn.
Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [A] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River where Paradise lay.
I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking.
Peabody's [A] coal trains hauled it away.
Well sometimes we'd travel [G] right down the [D] Green River to the abandoned old prison [A] down
where the air smelled like snakes and [G] we'd shoot with [D] our pistol, but empty
bottles [A] was all that [D] we'd carry.
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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] _ _