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In the Style of John Prine Paradise Hear The Song You Must have Real Audio Player When I was a child, my family would travel Down to western Kentucky where my parents were born. And there's a backwoods old town that's often remembered So many times that my memories are worn. Cho: And Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, Down by the Green River where paradise lay? Well, I'm sorry, my son, but you're too late in askin'; Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away. Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill, Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols, But empty pop bottles was all we would kill. Cho. Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel, And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land. Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken, And they wrote it all down as the progress of man. Cho. When I die, let my ashes flow down the Green River, Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester Dam. I'll be halfway to heaven with Paradise waiting, Just five miles away from wherever I am. Cho. HoboTramp Home Page HoboTramp Musicians PLAY ALONG WITH DEL When [D]I was a child my fa[G]mily would tr[D]avel Down to Western Kentucky where my pa[A7]rents were b[D]orn And there's a backwards old town that's [G]often rem[D]embered So many times that my me[A7]mories are w[D]orn. Chorus: And da[D]ddy won't you take me back to Muh[G]lenberg Co[D]unty Down by the Green River where Par[A7]adise l[D]ay Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're t[G]oo late in as[D]king Mister Peabody's coal train has h[A7]auled it a[D]way Well, so[D]metimes we'd travel right d[G]own the Green R[D]iver To the abandoned old prison down b[A7]y Adrie H[D]ill Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd sh[G]oot with our pi[D]stols But empty pop bottles was a[A7]ll we would k[D]ill. Repeat Chorus: Instrumental: [D] [G] [D] [A7] [D] [D] [G] [D] [A7] [D] Then the c[D]oal company came with the wo[G]rld's largest sh[D]ovel And they tortured the timber and str[A7]ipped all the l[D]and Well, they dug for their coal till the l[G]and was for[D]saken Then they wrote it all down as the pr[A7]ogress of m[D]an. Repeat Chorus: When I d[D]ie let my ashes float d[G]own the Green R[D]iver Let my soul roll on up to the Roc[A7]hester d[D]am I'll be halfway to Heaven with Par[G]adise wa[D]itin' Just five miles away from wh[A7]erever I [D]am. Repeat Chorus:
In the Style of John Prine
Paradise
Hear The Song You Must have Real Audio Player
When I was a child, my family would travel Down to western Kentucky where my parents were born. And there's a backwoods old town that's often remembered So many times that my memories are worn.
Cho: And Daddy, won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, Down by the Green River where paradise lay? Well, I'm sorry, my son, but you're too late in askin'; Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away.
Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill, Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols, But empty pop bottles was all we would kill.
Cho.
Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel, And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land. Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken, And they wrote it all down as the progress of man.
When I die, let my ashes flow down the Green River, Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester Dam. I'll be halfway to heaven with Paradise waiting, Just five miles away from wherever I am.
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HoboTramp Musicians
PLAY ALONG WITH DEL
When [D]I was a child my fa[G]mily would tr[D]avel Down to Western Kentucky where my pa[A7]rents were b[D]orn And there's a backwards old town that's [G]often rem[D]embered So many times that my me[A7]mories are w[D]orn.
Chorus: And da[D]ddy won't you take me back to Muh[G]lenberg Co[D]unty Down by the Green River where Par[A7]adise l[D]ay Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're t[G]oo late in as[D]king Mister Peabody's coal train has h[A7]auled it a[D]way
Well, so[D]metimes we'd travel right d[G]own the Green R[D]iver To the abandoned old prison down b[A7]y Adrie H[D]ill Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd sh[G]oot with our pi[D]stols But empty pop bottles was a[A7]ll we would k[D]ill.
Repeat Chorus:
Instrumental: [D] [G] [D] [A7] [D] [D] [G] [D] [A7] [D]
Then the c[D]oal company came with the wo[G]rld's largest sh[D]ovel And they tortured the timber and str[A7]ipped all the l[D]and Well, they dug for their coal till the l[G]and was for[D]saken Then they wrote it all down as the pr[A7]ogress of m[D]an.
When I d[D]ie let my ashes float d[G]own the Green R[D]iver Let my soul roll on up to the Roc[A7]hester d[D]am I'll be halfway to Heaven with Par[G]adise wa[D]itin' Just five miles away from wh[A7]erever I [D]am.
