1{title: Paradise}
 2{artist: John Prine}
 3{capo: 5}
 4{time: 3/4}
 5
 6{start_of_verse}
 7When [C]I was a child my [F]family would [C]travel
 8Down to [C]Western Kentucky where my [G]parents were [C]born
 9And there's a [C]backwards old town that's [F]often re[C]membered
10[C]So many times that the [G]memories are [C]worn
11{end_of_verse}
12
13{soc}
14So [C]Daddy won't you take me back to [F]Muhlenberg [C]County
15Down [C]by the Green River where [G]Paradise [C]lay
16Well, I'm [C]sorry my son, but you're [F]too late in [C]asking
17Mister [C]Peabody's coal train done [G]hauled it a[C]way
18{eoc}
19
20{start_of_verse}
21[C]Sometimes we'd travel right [F]down the Green [C]River
22To the [C]abandoned old prison u[G]pon Adrie [C]Hill
23Where the [C]air smelled like snakes and we'd [F]shoot with our [C]pistols
24But [C]empty pop bottles was [G]all that we'd [C]kill
25{end_of_verse}
26
27{soc}
28So [C]Daddy won't you take me back to [F]Muhlenberg [C]County
29Down [C]by the Green River where [G]Paradise [C]lay
30Well, I'm [C]sorry my son, but you're [F]too late in [C]asking
31Mister [C]Peabody's coal train done [G]hauled it a[C]way
32{eoc}
33
34{start_of_grid}
35|| C . . | C . . | F . . | C . . |
36|  C . . | C . . | G . . | C . . |
37|  C . . | C . . | F . . | C . . |
38|  C . . | C . . | G . . | C . . ||
39{end_of_grid}
40
41{start_of_verse}
42Then the [C]coal comp'ny came with the [F]world's largest [C]shovel
43They [C]tortured the timber, they [G]stripped all the [C]land
44Well, they [C]cut it all down lookin' [F]for that [C]coal
45An' they [C]wrote it all down as the [G]progress of [C]man
46{end_of_verse}
47
48{soc}
49So [C]Daddy won't you take me back to [F]Muhlenberg [C]County
50Down [C]by the Green River where [G]Paradise [C]lay
51Well, I'm [C]sorry my son, but you're [F]too late in [C]asking
52Mister [C]Peabody's coal train done [G]hauled it a[C]way
53{eoc}
54
55{start_of_verse}
56When I [C]die let my ashes float [F]down the Green [C]River
57Let 'em [C]roll on up to the [G]Rochester [C]Dam
58I'll be [C]halfway to heaven with [F]Paradise [C]waitin'
59Just [C]five miles away from wher[G]ever I [C]am
60{end_of_verse}
61
62{soc}
63So [C]Daddy won't you take me back to [F]Muhlenberg [C]County
64Down [C]by the Green River where [G]Paradise [C]lay
65Well, I'm [C]sorry my son, but you're [F]too late in [C]asking
66Mister [C]Peabody's coal train done [G]hauled it a[C]way
67{eoc}