Kentuck Means Paradise chords by Glen Campbell

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

Intro A C A D C A C D Played over verse 1

Verse 1


(spoken)
Ah listen to that sound

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

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

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

A D A E A D A E E7 A (dobro guitar)

Outro

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

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