Chords for Delta Saints cover John Prine's "Paradise" (acoustic)
Tempo:
106.3 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
B
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hey, we're the Delta Saints and this is a song by the wonderful John [G#] Prine called Paradise
and you are watching the [F#] Gondola Sessions.
[E] [G]
[D]
[G] [D]
[A]
[D] When I was a child, [G] my family [D] would travel down to western Kentucky [A] where my [D] parents were born.
There's a backwards old place [G]
that's often [D] remembered, so many times that [A] my [D] memory's worn.
Daddy, won't you take me back [G] to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [A] where [D] paradise lay?
Well, I'm sorry my son, [G]
it's too late [D] in asking, so he bought his gold train [A] done hauled [D] it away.
[A] [D] Sometimes we travel [G] down the [D] green river, we've been to no prison [A] down by [D] the hill.
Where the air smelled like snakes, [G]
we'd shoot with [D] our pistols, and empty pop bottles [A] were
all [D] we would kill.
Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [A]
where paradise [D] lay?
Well, I'm sorry my son, it's too late in asking, so he bought his gold [F#m] train done hauled it
[D] away.
[A]
[D]
[G]
[A]
[D] Well, the coal company came with [G] the world's [D] largest shovel, who returned the timber [A] and
stripped all [D] the land.
Well, they dug for their coal till [G] the land [D] was forsaken, they rolled it all down [A] past
the [D] progress man.
[B] [D]
Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, down by the green river where paradise lay?
Well, I'm sorry my son, [G] it's too [D] late in asking, so he bought his gold train done hauled it away.
I'll let my ashes [G] go down the [D] green river, let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam.
[F#] [B] I'll be halfway to [D] heaven with paradise waiting, she's five miles away from wherever I am.
[B] Daddy, won't you take me [G] back [D] to Muhlenberg County, down by the green river where [A] paradise [D] lay?
Well, I'm sorry my son, [G] it's too late [D] in asking, so he bought his gold train [F#m] done hauled [D] it away.
So he bought his gold train done hauled it away.
[N]
and you are watching the [F#] Gondola Sessions.
[E] [G]
[D]
[G] [D]
[A]
[D] When I was a child, [G] my family [D] would travel down to western Kentucky [A] where my [D] parents were born.
There's a backwards old place [G]
that's often [D] remembered, so many times that [A] my [D] memory's worn.
Daddy, won't you take me back [G] to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [A] where [D] paradise lay?
Well, I'm sorry my son, [G]
it's too late [D] in asking, so he bought his gold train [A] done hauled [D] it away.
[A] [D] Sometimes we travel [G] down the [D] green river, we've been to no prison [A] down by [D] the hill.
Where the air smelled like snakes, [G]
we'd shoot with [D] our pistols, and empty pop bottles [A] were
all [D] we would kill.
Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [A]
where paradise [D] lay?
Well, I'm sorry my son, it's too late in asking, so he bought his gold [F#m] train done hauled it
[D] away.
[A]
[D]
[G]
[A]
[D] Well, the coal company came with [G] the world's [D] largest shovel, who returned the timber [A] and
stripped all [D] the land.
Well, they dug for their coal till [G] the land [D] was forsaken, they rolled it all down [A] past
the [D] progress man.
[B] [D]
Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, down by the green river where paradise lay?
Well, I'm sorry my son, [G] it's too [D] late in asking, so he bought his gold train done hauled it away.
I'll let my ashes [G] go down the [D] green river, let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam.
[F#] [B] I'll be halfway to [D] heaven with paradise waiting, she's five miles away from wherever I am.
[B] Daddy, won't you take me [G] back [D] to Muhlenberg County, down by the green river where [A] paradise [D] lay?
Well, I'm sorry my son, [G] it's too late [D] in asking, so he bought his gold train [F#m] done hauled [D] it away.
So he bought his gold train done hauled it away.
[N]
Key:
D
G
A
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D
G
A
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Hey, we're the Delta Saints and this is a song by the wonderful John [G#] Prine called Paradise
and you are watching the [F#] Gondola Sessions.
_ [E] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ When I was a child, [G] my family [D] would travel down to western Kentucky [A] where my [D] parents were born. _ _
There's a backwards old place [G]
that's often [D] remembered, so many times that [A] my [D] memory's worn.
_ _ _ Daddy, won't you take me back [G] to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [A] where [D] paradise lay? _
Well, I'm sorry my son, [G]
it's too late [D] in asking, so he bought his gold train [A] done hauled [D] it away.
_ [A] _ _ [D] Sometimes we travel [G] _ down the [D] green river, we've been to no prison [A] down by [D] the hill. _ _
Where the air smelled like snakes, [G]
we'd shoot with [D] our pistols, and empty pop bottles [A] were
all [D] we would kill.
_ _ _ Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [A]
where paradise [D] lay? _
Well, I'm sorry my son, it's too late in asking, so he bought his gold [F#m] train done hauled it
[D] away. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ Well, the coal company came with [G] the world's [D] largest shovel, who returned the timber [A] and
stripped all [D] the land. _
Well, they dug for their coal till [G] the land [D] was forsaken, they rolled it all down [A] past
the [D] progress man.
_ [B] _ _ _ [D]
Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, down by the green river where paradise lay? _
Well, I'm sorry my son, [G] it's too [D] late in asking, so he bought his gold train done hauled it away. _ _ _
I'll let my ashes [G] go down the [D] green river, _ _ let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam.
[F#] _ [B] I'll be halfway to [D] heaven with paradise waiting, _ she's five miles away from wherever I am.
_ [B] _ _ Daddy, won't you take me [G] back [D] to Muhlenberg County, down by the green river where [A] paradise [D] lay? _
Well, I'm sorry my son, [G] it's too late [D] in asking, _ _ so he bought his gold train [F#m] done hauled [D] it away. _ _
So he bought his gold train done hauled it away. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Hey, we're the Delta Saints and this is a song by the wonderful John [G#] Prine called Paradise
and you are watching the [F#] Gondola Sessions.
_ [E] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ When I was a child, [G] my family [D] would travel down to western Kentucky [A] where my [D] parents were born. _ _
There's a backwards old place [G]
that's often [D] remembered, so many times that [A] my [D] memory's worn.
_ _ _ Daddy, won't you take me back [G] to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [A] where [D] paradise lay? _
Well, I'm sorry my son, [G]
it's too late [D] in asking, so he bought his gold train [A] done hauled [D] it away.
_ [A] _ _ [D] Sometimes we travel [G] _ down the [D] green river, we've been to no prison [A] down by [D] the hill. _ _
Where the air smelled like snakes, [G]
we'd shoot with [D] our pistols, and empty pop bottles [A] were
all [D] we would kill.
_ _ _ Daddy, won't you take me [G] back to [D] Muhlenberg County, down by the green river [A]
where paradise [D] lay? _
Well, I'm sorry my son, it's too late in asking, so he bought his gold [F#m] train done hauled it
[D] away. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ Well, the coal company came with [G] the world's [D] largest shovel, who returned the timber [A] and
stripped all [D] the land. _
Well, they dug for their coal till [G] the land [D] was forsaken, they rolled it all down [A] past
the [D] progress man.
_ [B] _ _ _ [D]
Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, down by the green river where paradise lay? _
Well, I'm sorry my son, [G] it's too [D] late in asking, so he bought his gold train done hauled it away. _ _ _
I'll let my ashes [G] go down the [D] green river, _ _ let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam.
[F#] _ [B] I'll be halfway to [D] heaven with paradise waiting, _ she's five miles away from wherever I am.
_ [B] _ _ Daddy, won't you take me [G] back [D] to Muhlenberg County, down by the green river where [A] paradise [D] lay? _
Well, I'm sorry my son, [G] it's too late [D] in asking, _ _ so he bought his gold train [F#m] done hauled [D] it away. _ _
So he bought his gold train done hauled it away. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _