{title: Paradise}
{artist: John Prine}
{capo: 5}
{time: 3/4}

{start_of_verse}
When [C]I was a child my [F]family would [C]travel
Down to [C]Western Kentucky where my [G]parents were [C]born
And there's a [C]backwards old town that's [F]often re[C]membered
[C]So many times that the [G]memories are [C]worn
{end_of_verse}

{soc}
So [C]Daddy won't you take me back to [F]Muhlenberg [C]County
Down [C]by the Green River where [G]Paradise [C]lay
Well, I'm [C]sorry my son, but you're [F]too late in [C]asking
Mister [C]Peabody's coal train done [G]hauled it a[C]way
{eoc}

{start_of_verse}
[C]Sometimes we'd travel right [F]down the Green [C]River
To the [C]abandoned old prison u[G]pon Adrie [C]Hill
Where the [C]air smelled like snakes and we'd [F]shoot with our [C]pistols
But [C]empty pop bottles was [G]all that we'd [C]kill
{end_of_verse}

{soc}
So [C]Daddy won't you take me back to [F]Muhlenberg [C]County
Down [C]by the Green River where [G]Paradise [C]lay
Well, I'm [C]sorry my son, but you're [F]too late in [C]asking
Mister [C]Peabody's coal train done [G]hauled it a[C]way
{eoc}

{start_of_grid}
|| C . . | C . . | F . . | C . . |
|  C . . | C . . | G . . | C . . |
|  C . . | C . . | F . . | C . . |
|  C . . | C . . | G . . | C . . ||
{end_of_grid}

{start_of_verse}
Then the [C]coal comp'ny came with the [F]world's largest [C]shovel
They [C]tortured the timber, they [G]stripped all the [C]land
Well, they [C]cut it all down lookin' [F]for that [C]coal
An' they [C]wrote it all down as the [G]progress of [C]man
{end_of_verse}

{soc}
So [C]Daddy won't you take me back to [F]Muhlenberg [C]County
Down [C]by the Green River where [G]Paradise [C]lay
Well, I'm [C]sorry my son, but you're [F]too late in [C]asking
Mister [C]Peabody's coal train done [G]hauled it a[C]way
{eoc}

{start_of_verse}
When I [C]die let my ashes float [F]down the Green [C]River
Let 'em [C]roll on up to the [G]Rochester [C]Dam
I'll be [C]halfway to heaven with [F]Paradise [C]waitin'
Just [C]five miles away from wher[G]ever I [C]am
{end_of_verse}

{soc}
So [C]Daddy won't you take me back to [F]Muhlenberg [C]County
Down [C]by the Green River where [G]Paradise [C]lay
Well, I'm [C]sorry my son, but you're [F]too late in [C]asking
Mister [C]Peabody's coal train done [G]hauled it a[C]way
{eoc}