Chords for Sturgill Simpson and John Prine Perform "Paradise" (Mr. Peabody's Coal Train) | GRAMMYs
Tempo:
82.125 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Em
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Em] [E] When
[D]
I was a child, [G] my family [D] would travel down to western Kentucky [A] where my parents [D] were born.
There's a backwards old [G] town that's often [D]
remembered.
So many times [A] that my [D] memories are worn.
Daddy, won't you take [G] me back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [A] where [D] Paradise lay?
I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking Mr.
Peabody's coal [A] trains, [D] holiday way.
Well, sometimes we [G] travel right down the [D] Green River to the [A] abandoned old prison down by
[D] Adriel.
Well, the air smelled like snakes when [G] we'd shoot [D] with our pistols, but empty pipe bottles
[A] was [D] all that we killed.
Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [A] where Paradise [D] lay?
I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking Mr.
Peabody's coal trains, [A] [D] holiday
way.
[G] [D]
[G]
[D] [A] [D]
And then the coal company came [G] with the world's [D] largest shovel, where they tortured the timber
[A] and stripped all [D] the land.
They dug for their coal [G] till the land was [D] forsaken, and then they wrote it all down
[A] as a [D] progress of man.
Daddy, won't you take [G] me back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [A] where Paradise
[D] lay?
I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking Mr.
Peabody's coal [A] trains, holiday [D] way.
When I die, let my ashes [G] float [D] down the Green River.
Let my soul roll on [A] up to the [D] Rochester Dam.
I'll be halfway to heaven [G] with [D] paradise waiting, just five miles away [A] from wherever [D] I am.
Daddy, won't you take [G] me back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [A] where [D] Paradise lay?
I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking Mr.
Peabody's coal [A] trains, holiday [D] way.
Mr.
Peabody's coal [A] trains, holiday [D] way.
Mr.
Peabody's coal [A] trains, holiday [D] way.
Hi,
[D]
I was a child, [G] my family [D] would travel down to western Kentucky [A] where my parents [D] were born.
There's a backwards old [G] town that's often [D]
remembered.
So many times [A] that my [D] memories are worn.
Daddy, won't you take [G] me back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [A] where [D] Paradise lay?
I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking Mr.
Peabody's coal [A] trains, [D] holiday way.
Well, sometimes we [G] travel right down the [D] Green River to the [A] abandoned old prison down by
[D] Adriel.
Well, the air smelled like snakes when [G] we'd shoot [D] with our pistols, but empty pipe bottles
[A] was [D] all that we killed.
Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [A] where Paradise [D] lay?
I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking Mr.
Peabody's coal trains, [A] [D] holiday
way.
[G] [D]
[G]
[D] [A] [D]
And then the coal company came [G] with the world's [D] largest shovel, where they tortured the timber
[A] and stripped all [D] the land.
They dug for their coal [G] till the land was [D] forsaken, and then they wrote it all down
[A] as a [D] progress of man.
Daddy, won't you take [G] me back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [A] where Paradise
[D] lay?
I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking Mr.
Peabody's coal [A] trains, holiday [D] way.
When I die, let my ashes [G] float [D] down the Green River.
Let my soul roll on [A] up to the [D] Rochester Dam.
I'll be halfway to heaven [G] with [D] paradise waiting, just five miles away [A] from wherever [D] I am.
Daddy, won't you take [G] me back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [A] where [D] Paradise lay?
I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking Mr.
Peabody's coal [A] trains, holiday [D] way.
Mr.
Peabody's coal [A] trains, holiday [D] way.
Mr.
Peabody's coal [A] trains, holiday [D] way.
Hi,
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[Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ When _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I was a child, [G] my family [D] would travel down to western Kentucky [A] where my parents [D] were born.
_ There's a backwards old [G] town that's often [D]
remembered.
So many times [A] that my [D] memories are worn. _
_ _ _ Daddy, won't you take [G] me back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [A] where [D] Paradise lay?
_ I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking Mr.
Peabody's coal [A] trains, [D] holiday way. _ _
_ _ Well, sometimes we [G] travel right down the [D] Green River to the [A] abandoned old prison down by
[D] Adriel.
Well, the air smelled like snakes when [G] we'd shoot [D] with our pistols, but empty pipe bottles
[A] was [D] all that we killed. _ _ _
_ Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [A] where Paradise [D] lay? _
I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking Mr.
Peabody's coal trains, [A] [D] holiday
way. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ And then the coal company came [G] with the world's [D] largest shovel, where they tortured the timber
[A] and stripped all [D] the land.
_ They dug for their coal [G] till the land was [D] forsaken, and then they wrote it all down
[A] as a [D] progress of man. _ _
Daddy, won't you take [G] me back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [A] where Paradise
[D] lay?
I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking Mr.
Peabody's coal [A] trains, holiday [D] way. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ When I die, let my ashes [G] float [D] down the Green River.
Let my soul roll on [A] up to the [D] Rochester Dam.
I'll be halfway to heaven [G] with [D] paradise waiting, just five miles away [A] from wherever [D] I am. _ _
_ _ _ Daddy, won't you take [G] me back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [A] where [D] Paradise lay?
_ I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking Mr.
Peabody's coal [A] trains, holiday [D] way. _
Mr.
Peabody's coal [A] trains, holiday [D] way. _
Mr.
Peabody's coal [A] trains, holiday [D] way.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Hi,
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I was a child, [G] my family [D] would travel down to western Kentucky [A] where my parents [D] were born.
_ There's a backwards old [G] town that's often [D]
remembered.
So many times [A] that my [D] memories are worn. _
_ _ _ Daddy, won't you take [G] me back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [A] where [D] Paradise lay?
_ I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking Mr.
Peabody's coal [A] trains, [D] holiday way. _ _
_ _ Well, sometimes we [G] travel right down the [D] Green River to the [A] abandoned old prison down by
[D] Adriel.
Well, the air smelled like snakes when [G] we'd shoot [D] with our pistols, but empty pipe bottles
[A] was [D] all that we killed. _ _ _
_ Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [A] where Paradise [D] lay? _
I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking Mr.
Peabody's coal trains, [A] [D] holiday
way. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ And then the coal company came [G] with the world's [D] largest shovel, where they tortured the timber
[A] and stripped all [D] the land.
_ They dug for their coal [G] till the land was [D] forsaken, and then they wrote it all down
[A] as a [D] progress of man. _ _
Daddy, won't you take [G] me back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [A] where Paradise
[D] lay?
I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking Mr.
Peabody's coal [A] trains, holiday [D] way. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ When I die, let my ashes [G] float [D] down the Green River.
Let my soul roll on [A] up to the [D] Rochester Dam.
I'll be halfway to heaven [G] with [D] paradise waiting, just five miles away [A] from wherever [D] I am. _ _
_ _ _ Daddy, won't you take [G] me back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the Green River [A] where [D] Paradise lay?
_ I'm sorry my son, [G] but you're too [D] late in asking Mr.
Peabody's coal [A] trains, holiday [D] way. _
Mr.
Peabody's coal [A] trains, holiday [D] way. _
Mr.
Peabody's coal [A] trains, holiday [D] way.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Hi,