Paradise John Prine
John Prine - Paradise
From Great Days: The John Prine Antholgies (1993)
3/4 time
[D]When I was a child my f[G]amily would t[D]ravel
Down to Western Kentucky where my pa[A]rents were bo[D]rn
And there's a backwards old town that's o[G]ften rem[D]embered
So many times that my me[A]mories are wo[D]rn.
Chorus:
[D]And daddy won't you take me back to M[G]uhlenberg C[D]ounty
Down by the Green River where P[A]aradise l[D]ay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're t[G]oo late in as[D]king
Mister Peabody's coal train has ha[A]uled it a[D]way
[D]Well, sometimes we'd travel right do[G]wn the Green [D]River
To the abandoned old prison down [A]by Adrie H[D]ill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd sh[G]oot with our p[D]istols
But empty pop bottles was a[A]ll we would k[D]ill.
(Chorus)
(Instrumental, same as chorus)
[D]Then the coal company came with the wo[G]rld's largest s[D]hovel
And they tortured the timber and str[A]ipped all the l[D]and
Well, they dug for their coal till the la[G]nd was fors[D]aken
Then they wrote it all down as the pr[A]ogress of m[D]an.
(Chorus)
[D]When I die let my ashes float d[G]own the Green R[D]iver
Let my soul roll on up to the R[A]ochester d[D]am
I'll be halfway to Heaven with P[G]aradise w[D]aitin'
Just five miles away from wher[A]ever I [D]am.
(Chorus)
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