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Paradise (D Major)
Artist: John Prine    Genre: Folk    Tempo: Waltz time    Roman Numerals: I, IV, V7    Instrument: Guitar - Standard Tuning [E,A,D,G,B,E]    Entered by: ICDb   
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D
(D,F♯,A)
- - D A D F♯
G
(G,B,D)
G B D G B G
A7
(A,C♯,E,G)
- A E G C♯ E


Verse 1
{D} When [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] I was a child, my		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] family would		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] travel
Down to [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Western Kentucky where my		 [A7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] parents were		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] born.
There's a [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] backwoods old town that's		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] often re-		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] membered
So [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] many times over my		 [A7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] memories are		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] worn.

Chorus
And [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Daddy won't you take me back to		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] Muehlenberg		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] County,
Down [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] by the Green River where		 [A7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] Paradise		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] lay.
Well, I'm [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] sorry my son, but you're		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] too late in		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] asking
Mister [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Peabody's coal train has		 [A7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] hauled it a-		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] way.

Verse 2
We'll, [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] sometimes we'd travel right		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] down the Green		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] River.
To the a- [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] bandoned old prison down by		 [A7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] Airdrie		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Hill
Where the [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] air smelled like snakes, we'd		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] shoot with our		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] pistols
And [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] empty pop bottles is		 [A7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] all we would		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] kill.
Repeat Chorus

Verse 3
Well the [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] coal companies came with the		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] world's largest		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] shovel
Now they [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] tortured the timber, ya they		 [A7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] stripped all the		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] land.
And they [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] dug for their coal ‘til the		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] land was for-		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] saken,
And they [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] wrote it all down as the		 [A7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] progress of		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] man.
Repeat Chorus

Verse 4
When I [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] die let my ashes float		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] down the Green		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] River
Let my [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] soul roll on up to the		 [A7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] Rochester		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Dam.
I'll be [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] half way to heaven with		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] Paradise		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] waiting
Just [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] five miles away from where		 [A7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] ever I		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] am.

Final Chorus
And [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Daddy won't you take me back to		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] Muehlenberg		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] County,
Down [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] by the Green River where		 [A7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] Paradise		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] lay.
Well, I'm [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] sorry my son, but you're		 [GMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth] too late in		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] asking
Mister [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Peabody's coal train has		 [A7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] hauled it a-		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] way.
Slower
Mister [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] Peabody's coal train has		 [A7Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth] hauled it a-		 [DMajor Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison] way.
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