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Paradise by John Prine
Paradise
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:2nd fret
[Verse 1]
C F C
When I was a child my family would travel
C G C
Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born
C F C
And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered
C G C
So many times that the memories are worn
[Chorus]
C F C
And Daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
C G C
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
C F C
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
C G C
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
[Verse 2]
C F C
Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River
C G C
To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill
C F C
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols
C G C
But empty pop bottles was all we would kill
[Chorus]
C F C
And Daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
C G C
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
C F C
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
C G C
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
[Instrumental]
C C F C
C C G C
C C F C
C C G C C C C
[Verse 3]
C F C
Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
C G C
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
C F C
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken
C G C
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man
[Chorus]
C F C
And Daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
C G C
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
C F C
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
C G C
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
[Verse 4]
C F C
When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
C G C
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam
C F C
I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waiting
C G C
Just five miles away from wherever I am
[Chorus]
C F C
And Daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
C G C
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
C F C
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
C G C
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Verse 1]
D G D
When I was a child my family would travel
D A D
Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born
D G D
And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered
D A D
So many times that my memories are worn.
[Chorus]
D G D
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
D A D
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
D G D
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
D A D
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
[Verse 2]
D G D
Well sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River
D A D
To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill
D G D
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols
D A D
But empty pop bottles was all we would kill.
[Chorus]
D G D
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
D A D
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
D G D
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
D A D
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
[Verse 3]
D G D
Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
D A D
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
D G D
Well, they dug for their coal 'til the land was forsaken
D A D
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man.
[Chorus]
D G D
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
D A D
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
D G D
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
D A D
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
[Verse 4]
D G D
When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
D A D
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam
D G D
I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waiting
D A D
Just five miles away from wherever I am.
[Chorus]
D G D
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
D A D
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
D G D
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
D A D
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
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version 3
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:D
Capo:2nd fret
C F C G7 C F C G7 C G7 C
C F C
When I was a child my family would travel,
G7 C
down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born
F C
And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered,
G7 C
so many times that my memories are worn.
C F C
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County,
G7 C
down by the Green River where Paradise lay
F C
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking,
G7 C
Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
C F C
Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River,
G7 C
to the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill
F C
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols,
G7 C
but empty pop bottles was all we would kill.
C F C
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County,
G7 C
down by the Green River where Paradise lay
F C
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking,
G7 C
Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
C F C G7 C F C G7 C G7 C
C F C
Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel,
G7 C
and they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
F C
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken,
G7 C
then they wrote it all down as the progress of man.
C F C
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County,
G7 C
down by the Green River where Paradise lay
F C
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking,
G7 C C G7 C
Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
C F C
When I die let my ashes float down the Green River,
G7 C
let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam
F C
I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin',
G7 C
just five miles away from wherever I am.
C F C
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County,
G7 C
down by the Green River where Paradise lay
F C
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking,
G7 C
Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
C F C G7 C F C G7 C G7 C . . .
* Alternate
Open
C = D
F = G
G7 = A7
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