Paradise Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]When [G]I w[C]as a ch[G]ild[C],
my fam[F]ily [C]would travel down to western Kentucky
where my [G]parents were [C]born.
There's a backwards old town
that's [F]often [C]remembered so many times
that my memor[G]ies are worn.
[C]An [G]d Dad[C]dy, won't you take me back
to [F]Muhlenberg County
[C]Down by the Green River
where [G]Paradise lay
[C]I'm sorry my son,
but you're [F]too late in [C]asking
Mr. Peabody's coal train
has [G]hauled it [C]away[G][C]
Well sometimes we'd travel
right [F]down the Green [C]River
To an abandoned old prison
down [G]by Edry [C]Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes
and we'd [F]shoot with our [C]pistols
But empty pop bottles was [G]all we would [C]kill
And daddy, won't you take me back
to [F]Muhlenberg County
[C]Down by the green river where par[G]adise lay
[C]I'm sorry my son,
but you're [F]too late in [C]asking
Mr. Peabody's coal train
[G]has hauled it [C]away[F][C][G]
[C]
Then the coal company came
with the [F]world's largest [C]shovel
And they tortured the timber
and [G]stripped off all the [C]land
Well, they dug for their coal
till the [F]land was forsaken
[C]Then they wrote it all down
as the pro[G]gress of [C]man
An[G]d D[C]addy, won't you take me back
to [F]Muhlenberg County
[C]Down by the Green River
where [G]paradise [C]lay
I'm sorry my son,
but you're [F]too late in [C]asking
Mr. Peabody's coal train is [G]hauled
head[C]way[F][C][G][C]
When I die, my ashes float
[F]down the green [C]river
Let my soul roll on up to
[G]the Rochester [C]dam
I'll be halfway to heaven
with [F]paradise wait[C]in'
Just five miles away from [G]wherever I [C]am
And Daddy, won't you take me back
to [F]Muhlenberg County
[C]Down by the Green River
where [G]paradise await[C]s
I'm sorry my son,
but you're [F]too late in [C]asking
Mr. Peabody's coal train
[G]has hauled it away

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