Key: D major•
Verse 1
D
A
D
I was a child,
my family would travel down to western
D
were born
There's a backwards old town
that's often remembered
So many times that
A
D
my memories are worn
Dad, won't you take me back to
G
Muhlenberg
D
County
Down by the
Green
A
D
Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
Well, sometimes we'd
Green
D
River
Avery
Hill
G
D
we'd shoot with our pistols
And empty pop bottles
A
D
was all we would kill
Dad, won't you take me back to
G
Muhlenberg
D
County
Down by the
Green
A
D
River where paradise reigns
I said, I'm sorry, my son,
G
D
but you're too late in asking
Mr.
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G
D
away
A
D
G
D
A
D
When the coal company came with
the world's largest shovel
They tortured the timber
A
D
and stripped all the land
He dug for the coal until
the land was forsaken
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D
He wrote it all down as a progress man
Dad won't you take me back to
G
Muhlenberg
D
County
Down by the green river
A
D
where paradise was laid
I said I'm sorry my son
A
D
that's hauled in a wave
When I die, my ashes float
Bm
D
down the green river
Let my soul roll on up to the
A
D
Rochester dam
And I'll be halfway to heaven,
G
D
but paradise is waiting
A
D
Just five miles away from wherever I am
Dad, won't you take me back to
G
Muhlenberg
D
County
Down by the green river
A
D
where paradise will lay
I said, I'm sorry my son,
G
D
but you're too late in asking
Mr.
A
D
Peabody's gold train has hauled it away
How dare won't you take
me back to
G
Newtonburg
D
County
Down by the
Green
A
D
River where paradise lays
Said I'm sorry my son,
G
D
but you're too late in asking
Mr.
D
G
D
it away
A
D
G
D
A
D
D
You
D
You
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD A G Bm
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