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