Chords for songsParadiseParadise chordsby John PrineYear: 1971Genre: FolkGuitarSimplifiedOriginalTabsTuning E A D G B ECapo No capoTransposeEADGBEDGALearnSmart scrollChord HighlightVerse 1When I D was a child G my family D would travel Down to Western Kentucky where my A parents D were born D And there's a backwards old town G that's often D remembered So many times that my A memories D are worn Chorus 1And 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 hauled A it D away D D D Verse 2D Well, 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 D our pistols D But empty pop bottles A was all we D would kill Chorus 2And 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 hauled A it D away D Interlude 1D D G D D D A D D D G D D D A D D D D Verse 3Then the D coal company came with the G world's largest D shovel And they tortured the timber and A stripped all D the land D Well, they dug for their coal 'til the G land was D forsaken Then they wrote it all down as the A progress D of man Chorus 3And 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 hauled A it D away D D D D D Verse 4When I D die let my ashes G float 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 wherA ever D I am Chorus 4And 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 hauled A it D away
