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Paradise by Kingdom Jasmine
Paradise
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
In verse 4 of the video, the guitar drops out and only the mandolin and banjo are played. I have included the
chords here as they would be played on the guitar alone.
[Intro]
E A E
[Verse 1]
E A E
When I was a child my family would travel,
E B7 E
Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born
E A E
And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered,
E B7 E
So many times that my memories are worn.
[Chorus 1]
E A E
Oh, daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County,
E B7 E
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
E A E
I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking,
E B7 E
Mr. Peabody's coal train done hauled it away
[INSTRUMENTAL]
E A E
E B7 E
[Verse 2]
E A E
Oh, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River,
E B7 E
To the abandoned old prison upon Adrie Hill
E A E
Where the air smelled like sex and we'd shoot with our pistols,
E B7 E
But empty pop bottles is all that we'd kill.
[Chorus 2]
E A E
Daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County,
E B7 E
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
E A E
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking,
E B7 E
Mr. Peabody's coal train done hauled it away
[Instrumental]
E A E
E B7 E
[Verse 3]
E A E
Well, the coal company came with the world's largest shovel,
E B7 E
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
E A E
They cut it all down, lookin' for that coal,
E B7 E
And they wrote it all down as the progress of man.
[Chorus 3]
E A E
Daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County,
E B7 E
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
E A E
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking,
E B7 E
Mr. Peabody's coal train done hauled it away
[Instrumental]
E A E
E B7 E
[Verse 4]
E A E
When I die let my ashes float down the Green River,
E B7 E
Then roll up on North to the Rochester dam
E A E
I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin',
E B7 E
Just five miles away from wherever I am.
[Chorus 4]
E A E
So, daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County,
E B7 E
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
E A E
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking,
E B7 E
Mr. Peabody's coal train done hauled it away
N.C. B7 E
Mr. Peabody's coal train done hauled it away
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