Chords for Shakey Graves - Paradise (Cover for Sunday Sessions)
Tempo:
90.025 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
Abm
Dbm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] Well, [G] [C] when [Ab] [B] [Dbm]
[Gb] [Abm] [E]
[B]
I was a child, [E] my family [B] would travel [Abm] down to western [Bb] Kentucky where my [B] parents were born.
Well, there's a backwards old town [E] that's [B] often remembered.
[Abm] So many times in [E] my memories [B] are worn.
[Em] [B]
Yeah, [Abm] when daddy wants you [B] take me [E] back to [B] Muhlenberg County [Abm] down by the Green River
[E] where [B] paradise lay.
Well, I'm sorry my son, but [E] you're too [B] late in asking.
[Abm] Mr.
Peabody's [E] coal train has [B] hopped it away.
Well, you know, sometimes [Ebm] we [E] float right down [B] the Green [Abm] River to the abandoned old [E] prison
down [B] by Drie Hill [Abm] where the [B] air smelled like snakes and [E] we'd shoot [B] with our pistols, [Abm] but
empty pop bottles is [E] [B] all.
[Abm] Yeah, when daddy wants you [E] take me back to [B] Muhlenberg County [Abm] down by the Green [Dbm] River
where [B] paradise lay.
[Abm] I'm sorry my [E] son, but you're too [B] late in asking.
Mr.
Peabody's [E] coal train has [B] hopped it away.
Well, you know, the coal company came [E] with the [B]
earth's largest shovel.
[Abm] They tortured the timber [E] and they [B] stripped all the land.
Well, they dug for their coal [E] till the earth was [B]
forsaken [Abm] and they wrote it all down [B] as the progress.
So when I die, let my [E] ashes float down [B] the Green River.
[Abm] Let my soul wash against the [E] old [B] Rochester Dam.
Well, I'll be halfway to heaven, [E] paradise [B] awaiting [Abm] just five miles away from [E] wherever [B] I am.
[Abm] Yeah, because daddy wants you take me [E] back to [B] Muhlenberg [Abm] County down by the Green River
[E] where [B] paradise lay.
Well, [Abm] I'm sorry my son, [B] [E] but you're too [B] late in asking.
[Abm] Mr.
Peabody's coal [E] train has [B] hopped it away.
Mr.
[E] Peabody's [Abm] coal [Dbm] train has [Abm] hopped it away.
[Gb] [B]
[Gb] [Abm] [E]
[B]
I was a child, [E] my family [B] would travel [Abm] down to western [Bb] Kentucky where my [B] parents were born.
Well, there's a backwards old town [E] that's [B] often remembered.
[Abm] So many times in [E] my memories [B] are worn.
[Em] [B]
Yeah, [Abm] when daddy wants you [B] take me [E] back to [B] Muhlenberg County [Abm] down by the Green River
[E] where [B] paradise lay.
Well, I'm sorry my son, but [E] you're too [B] late in asking.
[Abm] Mr.
Peabody's [E] coal train has [B] hopped it away.
Well, you know, sometimes [Ebm] we [E] float right down [B] the Green [Abm] River to the abandoned old [E] prison
down [B] by Drie Hill [Abm] where the [B] air smelled like snakes and [E] we'd shoot [B] with our pistols, [Abm] but
empty pop bottles is [E] [B] all.
[Abm] Yeah, when daddy wants you [E] take me back to [B] Muhlenberg County [Abm] down by the Green [Dbm] River
where [B] paradise lay.
[Abm] I'm sorry my [E] son, but you're too [B] late in asking.
Mr.
Peabody's [E] coal train has [B] hopped it away.
Well, you know, the coal company came [E] with the [B]
earth's largest shovel.
[Abm] They tortured the timber [E] and they [B] stripped all the land.
Well, they dug for their coal [E] till the earth was [B]
forsaken [Abm] and they wrote it all down [B] as the progress.
So when I die, let my [E] ashes float down [B] the Green River.
[Abm] Let my soul wash against the [E] old [B] Rochester Dam.
Well, I'll be halfway to heaven, [E] paradise [B] awaiting [Abm] just five miles away from [E] wherever [B] I am.
[Abm] Yeah, because daddy wants you take me [E] back to [B] Muhlenberg [Abm] County down by the Green River
[E] where [B] paradise lay.
Well, [Abm] I'm sorry my son, [B] [E] but you're too [B] late in asking.
[Abm] Mr.
Peabody's coal [E] train has [B] hopped it away.
Mr.
[E] Peabody's [Abm] coal [Dbm] train has [Abm] hopped it away.
[Gb] [B]
Key:
B
E
Abm
Dbm
C
B
E
Abm
[C] _ _ Well, [G] _ _ [C] when [Ab] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I was a child, [E] my family [B] would travel [Abm] down to western [Bb] Kentucky where my [B] parents were born. _ _
_ _ _ Well, there's a backwards old town [E] that's [B] often remembered.
_ [Abm] So many times in [E] my memories [B] are worn.
_ [Em] _ _ [B] _
_ Yeah, [Abm] when daddy wants you [B] take me [E] back to [B] Muhlenberg County [Abm] down by the Green River
[E] where [B] paradise lay.
_ Well, I'm sorry my son, but [E] you're too [B] late in asking.
[Abm] Mr.
Peabody's [E] coal train has [B] hopped it away. _ _ _
_ _ Well, you know, sometimes [Ebm] we [E] float right down [B] the Green [Abm] River to the abandoned old [E] prison
down [B] by Drie Hill _ [Abm] where the [B] air smelled like snakes and [E] we'd shoot [B] with our pistols, [Abm] but
empty pop bottles is [E] [B] all. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] Yeah, when daddy wants you [E] take me back to [B] Muhlenberg County [Abm] down by the Green [Dbm] River
where [B] paradise lay.
[Abm] I'm sorry my [E] son, but you're too [B] late in asking.
Mr.
Peabody's [E] coal train has [B] hopped it away. _ _ _ _ _
Well, you know, the coal company came _ [E] with the [B]
earth's largest shovel.
[Abm] They tortured the timber [E] and they [B] stripped all the land.
Well, they dug for their coal [E] till the earth was [B]
forsaken [Abm] and they wrote it all down [B] as the progress.
_ _ _ _ _ So when I die, let my [E] ashes float down [B] the Green River.
[Abm] Let my soul wash against the [E] old [B] Rochester Dam.
Well, _ _ _ _ _ I'll be halfway to heaven, [E] paradise [B] awaiting [Abm] just five miles away from [E] wherever [B] I am. _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] Yeah, because daddy wants you take me [E] back to [B] Muhlenberg [Abm] County down by the Green River
[E] where [B] paradise lay. _ _ _ _ _
Well, [Abm] I'm sorry my son, [B] [E] but you're too [B] late in asking.
[Abm] Mr.
Peabody's coal [E] train has [B] hopped it away.
_ _ _ _ _ Mr.
[E] _ Peabody's [Abm] coal [Dbm] train has _ _ [Abm] hopped it away.
[Gb] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I was a child, [E] my family [B] would travel [Abm] down to western [Bb] Kentucky where my [B] parents were born. _ _
_ _ _ Well, there's a backwards old town [E] that's [B] often remembered.
_ [Abm] So many times in [E] my memories [B] are worn.
_ [Em] _ _ [B] _
_ Yeah, [Abm] when daddy wants you [B] take me [E] back to [B] Muhlenberg County [Abm] down by the Green River
[E] where [B] paradise lay.
_ Well, I'm sorry my son, but [E] you're too [B] late in asking.
[Abm] Mr.
Peabody's [E] coal train has [B] hopped it away. _ _ _
_ _ Well, you know, sometimes [Ebm] we [E] float right down [B] the Green [Abm] River to the abandoned old [E] prison
down [B] by Drie Hill _ [Abm] where the [B] air smelled like snakes and [E] we'd shoot [B] with our pistols, [Abm] but
empty pop bottles is [E] [B] all. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] Yeah, when daddy wants you [E] take me back to [B] Muhlenberg County [Abm] down by the Green [Dbm] River
where [B] paradise lay.
[Abm] I'm sorry my [E] son, but you're too [B] late in asking.
Mr.
Peabody's [E] coal train has [B] hopped it away. _ _ _ _ _
Well, you know, the coal company came _ [E] with the [B]
earth's largest shovel.
[Abm] They tortured the timber [E] and they [B] stripped all the land.
Well, they dug for their coal [E] till the earth was [B]
forsaken [Abm] and they wrote it all down [B] as the progress.
_ _ _ _ _ So when I die, let my [E] ashes float down [B] the Green River.
[Abm] Let my soul wash against the [E] old [B] Rochester Dam.
Well, _ _ _ _ _ I'll be halfway to heaven, [E] paradise [B] awaiting [Abm] just five miles away from [E] wherever [B] I am. _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] Yeah, because daddy wants you take me [E] back to [B] Muhlenberg [Abm] County down by the Green River
[E] where [B] paradise lay. _ _ _ _ _
Well, [Abm] I'm sorry my son, [B] [E] but you're too [B] late in asking.
[Abm] Mr.
Peabody's coal [E] train has [B] hopped it away.
_ _ _ _ _ Mr.
[E] _ Peabody's [Abm] coal [Dbm] train has _ _ [Abm] hopped it away.
[Gb] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _