Paradise Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
When [D]I was a child my f[G]amily would t[D]ravel
Down to Western Kentucky
where my [A]parents were [D]born[D]
And there's a backwards old town
that's [G]often re[D]membered
So many times that my [A]memories are [D]worn

[Chorus 1]
And [D]daddy, won't you take me
back to [G]Muhlenberg [D]County
Down by the Green River
where [A]Paradise [D]lay[D]
Well, I'm sorry, my son,
but you're [G]too late in [D]asking[D]
Mister Peabody's coal train has
[A]hauled it a[D]way[D]
[D][D]

[Verse 2]
Well, [D]sometimes we'd travel right [G]down
the Green [D]River[D]
To the abandoned old prison
down [A]by Airdrie [D]Hill[D]
Where the air smelled like snakes
and we'd [G]shoot with our [D]pistols[D]
But empty pop bottles was [A]all we would [D]kill

[Chorus 2]
And [D]daddy, won't you take me
back to [G]Muhlenberg [D]County
Down by the Green River
where [A]Paradise [D]lay[D]
Well, I'm sorry, my son,
but you're [G]too late in [D]asking[D]
Mister Peabody's coal train has
[A]hauled it a[D]way[D]

[Interlude 1]
[D][D][G][D]
[D][D][A][D]
[D][D][G][D]
[D][D][A]
[D][D][D][D]

[Verse 3]
Then the [D]coal company came
with the [G]world's largest [D]shovel
And they tortured the timber
and [A]stripped all the [D]land[D]
Well, they dug for their coal
'til the [G]land was for[D]saken
Then they wrote it all down
as the [A]progress of [D]man

[Chorus 3]
And [D]daddy, won't you take me
back to [G]Muhlenberg [D]County
Down by the Green River
where [A]Paradise [D]lay[D]
Well, I'm sorry, my son,
but you're [G]too late in [D]asking[D]
Mister Peabody's coal train has
[A]hauled it a[D]way
[D][D][D][D][D]

[Verse 4]
When I [D]die let my ashes
float [G]down the Green [D]River
Let my soul roll on up
to the [A]Rochester [D]Dam[D]
I'll be halfway to Heaven
with [G]Paradise [D]waitin'
Just five miles away
from wher[A]ever I [D]am

[Chorus 4]
And [D]daddy, won't you take me
back to [G]Muhlenberg [D]County
Down by the Green River
where [A]Paradise [D]lay[D]
Well, I'm sorry, my son,
but you're [G]too late in [D]asking[D]
Mister Peabody's coal train has
[A]hauled it a[D]way