Paradise Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]I w[A]as a[D] child,
my family would travel down to western
Kentucky where my [A]parents
[D]were born
There's a backwards old town
that's often remembered
So many times that
[A]my memories [D]are worn
Dad, won't you take me back to
[G]Muhlenberg
[D]County
Down by the
Green
River where [A]paradise lay
[D]He said, I'm sorry, my son,
but you're [G]too late
[D]And ask him if the
Peabody's coal train has [A]hauled it [D]away
Well, sometimes we'd
travel right down [G]the
Green
[D]River
To the abandoned old prison down [A]by
Avery
Hill
[D]Where the air smelled like snakes,
we'd [G]shoot with our [D]pistols
And empty pop bottles
was [A]all we would [D]kill
Dad, won't you take me back to
[G]Muhlenberg
[D]County
Down by the
Green
River where [A]paradise [D]reigns
I said, I'm sorry, my son,
but you're [G]too late in [D]asking
Mr.
Peabody's coal train [A]has hauled it
[D]away[G][D]
[A][D][G][D][A][D]
When the coal company came with
the world's largest shovel
They tortured the timber
and [A]stripped all [D]the land
He dug for the coal until
the land was forsaken
He wrote it all down as a [A]progress [D]man
Dad won't you take me back to
[G]Muhlenberg
[D]County
Down by the green river
where [A]paradise was [D]laid
I said I'm sorry my son
but you're [G]too late
[D]To be my ice -cold train
that's [A]hauled in a [D]wave
When I die, my ashes float
down [Bm]the green [D]river
Let my soul roll on up to the
[A]Rochester [D]dam
And I'll be halfway to heaven,
but para[G]dise is [D]waiting
Just five miles away from wherever [A]I a[D]m
Dad, won't you take me back to
[G]Muhlenberg
[D]County
Down by the green river
where [A]paradise will [D]lay
I said, I'm sorry my son,
but you're [G]too late in ask[D]ing
Mr.
Peabody's gold train has [A]hauled it [D]away
How dare won't you take
me back to
[G]Newtonburg
[D]County
Down by the
Green
River where [A]paradise [D]lays
Said I'm sorry my son,
but you're [G]too late in ask[D]ing
Mr.
Peabody's gold train has [A]hauled
it [D]away[G][D]
[A][D][G][D][A][D]
[D]You
[D]
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