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Paradise chords by John Prine (Ver. 2)

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Paradise chords
John Prine  (1971)

Capo II or open Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA7A7

Chord diagramC majorC

     Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramC majorC
When I was a child my family would travel,
                                  Chord diagramG7G7           Chord diagramC majorC
down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born
                                        Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramC majorC
And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered,
                      Chord diagramG7G7           Chord diagramC majorC
so many times that my memories are worn.

    Chord diagramC majorC                               Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramC majorC
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County,
                              Chord diagramG7G7       Chord diagramC majorC
down by the Green River where Paradise lay
                                   Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramC majorC
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking,
                             Chord diagramG7G7         Chord diagramC majorC
Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

      Chord diagramC majorC                           Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramC majorC
Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River,
                                    Chord diagramG7G7    Chord diagramC majorC
to the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill
                                           Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramC majorC
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols,
                          Chord diagramG7G7           Chord diagramC majorC
but empty pop bottles was all we would kill.

    Chord diagramC majorC                               Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramC majorC
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County,
                              Chord diagramG7G7       Chord diagramC majorC
down by the Green River where Paradise lay
                                   Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramC majorC
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking,
                             Chord diagramG7G7         Chord diagramC majorC
Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

         Chord diagramC majorC                          Chord diagramFF               Chord diagramC majorC
Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel,
                                 Chord diagramG7G7               Chord diagramC majorC
and they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
                                       Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramC majorC
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken,
                                   Chord diagramG7G7          Chord diagramC majorC
then they wrote it all down as the progress of man.

    Chord diagramC majorC                               Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramC majorC
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County,
                              Chord diagramG7G7       Chord diagramC majorC
down by the Green River where Paradise lay
                                   Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramC majorC
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking,
                             Chord diagramG7G7         Chord diagramC majorC
Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away

       Chord diagramC majorC                      Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramC majorC
When I die let my ashes float down the Green River,
                              Chord diagramG7G7        Chord diagramC majorC
let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam
                               Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramC majorC
I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin',
                              Chord diagramG7G7     Chord diagramC majorC
just five miles away from wherever I am.

    Chord diagramC majorC                               Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramC majorC
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County,
                              Chord diagramG7G7       Chord diagramC majorC
down by the Green River where Paradise lay
                                   Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramC majorC
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking,
                             Chord diagramG7G7         Chord diagramC majorC
Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away


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