Kentuck Means Paradise chords by Glen Campbell

Chords with lyrics

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Kentucky Means Paradise
Glen Campbell
on the 1962 album with Green River Boys
Glen's cover of Merle Travis' hit

Intro A augmentedA C majorC A augmentedA D MajorD C majorC A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD Played over verse 1

Verse 1


(spoken)
Ah listen to that sound

you take a (K) a (E MajorE) and you add an (N) and a (T) a (U) and a (CKY)
        E MajorE           A augmentedA
and that spells Kentucky but it means paradise

Verse 2
                      D MajorD
you take a chicken and you kill it and you put it in a skillet
    A augmentedA                    E MajorE
and you fry it up a golden brown thats southern cookin' and
      A augmentedA
it's mighty nice.

Verse 2
         D MajorD           A augmentedA    BB
It don't cover a lot when you look on a map but I wasn't
                E MajorE
studyin'no geography when I'as sittin' in my mammy's lap.
  A augmentedA              D MajorD             A augmentedA
you take a (K) a (E MajorE) you add an (N) and a (T) a (U) and a (CKY)
      E MajorE           A augmentedA
that spells Kentucky And it means paradise.

A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE E7E7 A augmentedA (dobro guitar)

Outro

A augmentedA           D MajorD           A augmentedA    BB
Whoa we don't cover a lot when you look on a map but I wasn't
                E MajorE
studyin' no geography when I'as sitting on my mammy's lap.
  A augmentedA                 D MajorD      A augmentedA
you take a (K) a (E MajorE) you add an (N) and a (T) a (U) and a (CKY)
      E MajorE           A augmentedA    D MajorD    A augmentedA
that spells Kentucky And it means paradise
  BB          D MajorD   A augmentedA     E MajorE  A augmentedA
I said Kentucky and it means paradise.

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