Paradise John Prine
Paradise chords
John Prine (1971)
Capo II or open D G A7
[C]
When [C]I was a child my [F]family would [C]travel,
down to Western Kentucky where my [G7]parents were [C]born
And there's a backwards old town that's [F]often re[C]membered,
so many times that my [G7]memories are [C]worn.
And [C]daddy won't you take me back to [F]Muhlenberg [C]County,
down by the Green River where [G7]Paradise [C]lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're [F]too late in [C]asking,
Mr. Peabody's coal train has [G7]hauled it a[C]way
Well, [C]sometimes we'd travel right [F]down the Green [C]River,
to the abandoned old prison down by [G7]Adrie [C]Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd [F]shoot with our [C]pistols,
but empty pop bottles was [G7]all we would [C]kill.
And [C]daddy won't you take me back to [F]Muhlenberg [C]County,
down by the Green River where [G7]Paradise [C]lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're [F]too late in [C]asking,
Mr. Peabody's coal train has [G7]hauled it a[C]way
Then the [C]coal company came with the [F]world's largest [C]shovel,
and they tortured the timber and [G7]stripped all the [C]land
Well, they dug for their coal till the [F]land was for[C]saken,
then they wrote it all down as the [G7]progress of [C]man.
And [C]daddy won't you take me back to [F]Muhlenberg [C]County,
down by the Green River where [G7]Paradise [C]lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're [F]too late in [C]asking,
Mr. Peabody's coal train has [G7]hauled it a[C]way
When I [C]die let my ashes float [F]down the Green [C]River,
let my soul roll on up to the [G7]Rochester [C]dam
I'll be halfway to Heaven with [F]Paradise [C]waitin',
just five miles away from wher[G7]ever I [C]am.
And [C]daddy won't you take me back to [F]Muhlenberg [C]County,
down by the Green River where [G7]Paradise [C]lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're [F]too late in [C]asking,
Mr. Peabody's coal train has [G7]hauled it a[C]way
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