Paradise

Paradise easy guitar chords by John Prine

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  • Verse 1
    When 
    was 
    child 
    my 
    family 
    would 
    travel 

    Down 
    to 
    Western 
    Kentucky 

    where 
    my 
    parents 
    were 
    born 

    And 
    there's 
    backwards 
    old 
    town 

    that's 
    often 
    re
    membered 

    So 
    many 
    times 
    that 
    my 
    memories 
    are 
    worn 

    Chorus 1
    And 
    daddy, 
    won't 
    you 
    take 
    me 

    back 
    to 
    Muhlenberg 
    County 

    Down 
    by 
    the 
    Green 
    River 

    where 
    Paradise 
    lay 

    Well, 
    I'm 
    sorry, 
    my 
    son, 

    but 
    you're 
    too 
    late 
    in 
    asking 

    Mister 
    Peabody's 
    coal 
    train 
    has 

    hauled 
    it 
    a
    way 


    Verse 2
    Well, 
    sometimes 
    we'd 
    travel 
    right 
    down 

    the 
    Green 
    River 

    To 
    the 
    a
    bandoned 
    old 
    prison 

    down 
    by 
    Airdrie 
    Hill 

    Where 
    the 
    air 
    smelled 
    like 
    snakes 

    and 
    we'd 
    shoot 
    with 
    our 
    pistols 

    But 
    empty 
    pop 
    bottles 
    was 
    all 
    we 
    would 
    kill 

    Chorus 2
    And 
    daddy, 
    won't 
    you 
    take 
    me 

    back 
    to 
    Muhlenberg 
    County 

    Down 
    by 
    the 
    Green 
    River 

    where 
    Paradise 
    lay 

    Well, 
    I'm 
    sorry, 
    my 
    son, 

    but 
    you're 
    too 
    late 
    in 
    asking 

    Mister 
    Peabody's 
    coal 
    train 
    has 

    hauled 
    it 
    a
    way 

    Interlude 1





    Verse 3
    Then 
    the 
    coal 
    company 
    came 

    with 
    the 
    world's 
    largest 
    shovel 

    And 
    they 
    tortured 
    the 
    timber 

    and 
    stripped 
    all 
    the 
    land 

    Well, 
    they 
    dug 
    for 
    their 
    coal 

    'til 
    the 
    land 
    was 
    for
    saken 

    Then 
    they 
    wrote 
    it 
    all 
    down 

    as 
    the 
    progress 
    of 
    man 

    Chorus 3
    And 
    daddy, 
    won't 
    you 
    take 
    me 

    back 
    to 
    Muhlenberg 
    County 

    Down 
    by 
    the 
    Green 
    River 

    where 
    Paradise 
    lay 

    Well, 
    I'm 
    sorry, 
    my 
    son, 

    but 
    you're 
    too 
    late 
    in 
    asking 

    Mister 
    Peabody's 
    coal 
    train 
    has 

    hauled 
    it 
    a
    way 


    Verse 4
    When 
    die 
    let 
    my 
    ashes 

    float 
    down 
    the 
    Green 
    River 

    Let 
    my 
    soul 
    roll 
    on 
    up 

    to 
    the 
    Rochester 
    Dam 

    I'll 
    be 
    halfway 
    to 
    Heaven 

    with 
    Paradise 
    waitin' 

    Just 
    five 
    miles 
    away 

    from 
    wher
    ever 
    am 

    Chorus 4
    And 
    daddy, 
    won't 
    you 
    take 
    me 

    back 
    to 
    Muhlenberg 
    County 

    Down 
    by 
    the 
    Green 
    River 

    where 
    Paradise 
    lay 

    Well, 
    I'm 
    sorry, 
    my 
    son, 

    but 
    you're 
    too 
    late 
    in 
    asking 

    Mister 
    Peabody's 
    coal 
    train 
    has 

    hauled 
    it 
    a
    way 

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