Paradise
John Prine
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D G When I was a child my family wouldD travelD Down to Western Kentucky where myA D parents were bornD And there's a backwards old townG D that's often rememberedD A So many times that my memories areD worn. [Chorus]D And daddy won't you take me back toG D Muhlenberg CountyD Down by the Green River whereA D Paradise layD Well, I'm sorry my son, but you'reG D too late in askingD Mister Peabody's coal train hasA D hauled it away [Verse 2]D Well sometimes we'd travel rightG D down the Green RiverD A To the abandoned old prison downD by Adrie HillD Where the air smelled like snakesG D and we'd shoot with our pistolsContinúa después del anuncioD A But empty pop bottles was all weD would kill. [Chorus]D And daddy won't you take me back toG D Muhlenberg CountyD Down by the Green River whereA D Paradise layD Well, I'm sorry my son, but you'reG D too late in askingD Mister Peabody's coal train hasA D hauled it away [Verse 3]D Then the coal company came with theG D world's largest shovelD And they tortured the timber andA D stripped all the landD Well, they dug for their coal 'tilG D the land was forsakenD Then they wrote it all down as theA D progress of man. [Chorus]D And daddy won't you take me back toG D Muhlenberg CountyD Down by the Green River whereA D Paradise layD Well, I'm sorry my son, but you'reG D too late in askingD Mister Peabody's coal train hasA D hauled it away [Verse 4]D G When I die let my ashes float downD the Green RiverD Let my soul roll on up to theA D Rochester damD I'll be halfway to Heaven withG D Paradise waitingD A Just five miles away from whereverD I am. [Chorus]D And daddy won't you take me back toG D Muhlenberg CountyD Down by the Green River whereA D Paradise layD Well, I'm sorry my son, but you'reG D too late in askingD Mister Peabody's coal train hasA D hauled it away