Chords for Paradise (John Prine Cover)
Tempo:
89.25 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Go round and round.
Sorry.
[C] One more time.
And if not [G] we've got it the first time.
I know, I swear this is it.
[C]
When I was a child
my family would travel
down to western Kentucky
[G] where my [C] parents were born.
These backwoods old [F] towns
as [C] often remembered
so many times
[G] have my [C] memories of war.
And daddy won't you take me
back to North County
down by the green [G] river
where [C] paradise awaits.
I'm starting
my semester too late
and asking Mr.
Peabody
to [G] go take [C] Dunhaw get away.
[G] [C]
Sometimes we travel
right down the green river
to the abandoned old prison
[G] down [C] by the hill
where the air
smells like snakes
and we shoot with our pistols
but empty fire [G] puddles
was all [C] we would kill.
And daddy won't you
take me back to Muhlenberg County
down by the [G] river
where [C] paradise awaits.
I'm starting my summer
but you're too late
and asking Mr.
Peabody
to [G] go take [C] Dunhaw get away.
[G] [C]
[G] [C] The coal company
came with the world's
largest shovel.
They
tortured the timber [G] and
stripped [C] all the lead.
They dug for their
coal till the land was
for chicken and rolled it
all [G] down half the [C] progress of man.
And daddy won't you take me
back to Muhlenberg County
down by the green [G] river
where [C] paradise awaits.
I'm starting my summer
but you're too late
and asking Mr.
Peabody
to [G] go take Dunhaw [C] get away.
When [G] [C]
I die let my ashes
float down the green river
let my soul hold [G] on
to the rocks [C] just your tail.
I'll be halfway
to heaven when paradise awaits.
It's five miles [G] away from
[C] wherever I am.
Daddy won't you
take me back to Muhlenberg
County down by
the [G]
green river [C] where paradise awaits.
I'm starting my
[F] summer but [C] you're too
late and asking Mr.
Peabody
to [G] go take Dunhaw [C] get away.
Mr.
Peabody
to [G] go take Dunhaw get [C] away.
[C#m] I nailed that.
Do you like
Sorry.
[C] One more time.
And if not [G] we've got it the first time.
I know, I swear this is it.
[C]
When I was a child
my family would travel
down to western Kentucky
[G] where my [C] parents were born.
These backwoods old [F] towns
as [C] often remembered
so many times
[G] have my [C] memories of war.
And daddy won't you take me
back to North County
down by the green [G] river
where [C] paradise awaits.
I'm starting
my semester too late
and asking Mr.
Peabody
to [G] go take [C] Dunhaw get away.
[G] [C]
Sometimes we travel
right down the green river
to the abandoned old prison
[G] down [C] by the hill
where the air
smells like snakes
and we shoot with our pistols
but empty fire [G] puddles
was all [C] we would kill.
And daddy won't you
take me back to Muhlenberg County
down by the [G] river
where [C] paradise awaits.
I'm starting my summer
but you're too late
and asking Mr.
Peabody
to [G] go take [C] Dunhaw get away.
[G] [C]
[G] [C] The coal company
came with the world's
largest shovel.
They
tortured the timber [G] and
stripped [C] all the lead.
They dug for their
coal till the land was
for chicken and rolled it
all [G] down half the [C] progress of man.
And daddy won't you take me
back to Muhlenberg County
down by the green [G] river
where [C] paradise awaits.
I'm starting my summer
but you're too late
and asking Mr.
Peabody
to [G] go take Dunhaw [C] get away.
When [G] [C]
I die let my ashes
float down the green river
let my soul hold [G] on
to the rocks [C] just your tail.
I'll be halfway
to heaven when paradise awaits.
It's five miles [G] away from
[C] wherever I am.
Daddy won't you
take me back to Muhlenberg
County down by
the [G]
green river [C] where paradise awaits.
I'm starting my
[F] summer but [C] you're too
late and asking Mr.
Peabody
to [G] go take Dunhaw [C] get away.
Mr.
Peabody
to [G] go take Dunhaw get [C] away.
[C#m] I nailed that.
Do you like
Key:
C
G
F
C#m
C
G
F
C#m
Go round and round.
_ Sorry.
[C] One more time.
And if not [G] we've got it the first time.
I know, I swear this is it.
_ _ _ [C]
When _ I was a child
my family would travel
down to western Kentucky
[G] where my [C] parents were born.
These backwoods old [F] towns
as [C] often remembered
so many times
[G] have my [C] memories of war.
And daddy won't you take me
back to North County
down by the green [G] river
where [C] paradise _ awaits.
I'm starting
my semester too late
and asking Mr.
Peabody
to [G] go take [C] Dunhaw get away. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _
Sometimes we travel
right down the green river
to the abandoned old prison
[G] down [C] by the hill
where the air
smells like snakes
and we shoot with our pistols
but empty fire [G] puddles
was all [C] we would kill.
And daddy won't you
take me back to Muhlenberg County
down by the [G] river
where [C] paradise awaits.
_ I'm starting my summer
but you're too late
and asking Mr.
Peabody
to [G] go take [C] Dunhaw get away. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ The coal company
came with the world's
largest shovel.
They
tortured the timber [G] and
stripped [C] all the lead.
_ They dug for their
coal till the land was
for chicken and rolled it
all [G] down half the [C] progress of man. _
And daddy won't you take me
back to Muhlenberg County
down by the green [G] river
where [C] paradise awaits.
_ I'm starting my summer
but you're too late
and asking Mr.
Peabody
to [G] go take Dunhaw [C] get away.
_ _ When _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ I die let my ashes
float down the green river
let my soul hold [G] on
to the rocks [C] just your tail.
I'll be halfway
to heaven when paradise awaits.
It's five miles [G] away from
_ [C] wherever I am.
Daddy won't you
take me back to Muhlenberg
County down by
the [G]
green river [C] where paradise awaits.
_ I'm starting my
[F] summer but [C] you're too
late and asking Mr.
Peabody
to [G] go take Dunhaw [C] get away.
Mr.
Peabody
to [G] go take Dunhaw get [C] away. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] I nailed that.
Do you like
_ Sorry.
[C] One more time.
And if not [G] we've got it the first time.
I know, I swear this is it.
_ _ _ [C]
When _ I was a child
my family would travel
down to western Kentucky
[G] where my [C] parents were born.
These backwoods old [F] towns
as [C] often remembered
so many times
[G] have my [C] memories of war.
And daddy won't you take me
back to North County
down by the green [G] river
where [C] paradise _ awaits.
I'm starting
my semester too late
and asking Mr.
Peabody
to [G] go take [C] Dunhaw get away. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _
Sometimes we travel
right down the green river
to the abandoned old prison
[G] down [C] by the hill
where the air
smells like snakes
and we shoot with our pistols
but empty fire [G] puddles
was all [C] we would kill.
And daddy won't you
take me back to Muhlenberg County
down by the [G] river
where [C] paradise awaits.
_ I'm starting my summer
but you're too late
and asking Mr.
Peabody
to [G] go take [C] Dunhaw get away. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ The coal company
came with the world's
largest shovel.
They
tortured the timber [G] and
stripped [C] all the lead.
_ They dug for their
coal till the land was
for chicken and rolled it
all [G] down half the [C] progress of man. _
And daddy won't you take me
back to Muhlenberg County
down by the green [G] river
where [C] paradise awaits.
_ I'm starting my summer
but you're too late
and asking Mr.
Peabody
to [G] go take Dunhaw [C] get away.
_ _ When _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ I die let my ashes
float down the green river
let my soul hold [G] on
to the rocks [C] just your tail.
I'll be halfway
to heaven when paradise awaits.
It's five miles [G] away from
_ [C] wherever I am.
Daddy won't you
take me back to Muhlenberg
County down by
the [G]
green river [C] where paradise awaits.
_ I'm starting my
[F] summer but [C] you're too
late and asking Mr.
Peabody
to [G] go take Dunhaw [C] get away.
Mr.
Peabody
to [G] go take Dunhaw get [C] away. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] I nailed that.
Do you like