Paradise (Muhlenberg County)

John Prine

Melody: do/mi/sol 3/4

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When	I was a child my f	amily would tr	avel

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Down to W	estern Kentucky where my p	arents were b	orn

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And there's a b	ackwards old town that's	often rem	embered

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S	o many times that my m	emories are w	orn

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D	addy, won't you take me back to M	uhlenberg C	ounty

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Down b	y the Green River where p	aradise l	ay

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Well, I'm s	orry, my son, but you're t	oo late in	asking

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Mr. P	eabody's coal train has h	auled it aw	ay

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Well, s	ometimes we'd travel right d	own the Green R	iver

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To the ab	andoned old prison down by	Airdrie H	ill

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Where the	air smelled like snakes and we'd sh	oot with our p	istols

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But	empty pop bottles was	all we would k	ill

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D	addy, won't you take me back to M	uhlenberg C	ounty

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Down b	y the Green River where p	aradise l	ay

	D	G	D
Well, I'm s	orry, my son, but you're t	oo late in	asking

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Mr. P	eabody's coal train has h	auled it aw	ay

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Then the c	oal company came with the w	orld's largest sh	ovel

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And they t	ortured the timber and str	ipped all the l	and

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Well, they d	ug for their coal 'til the l	and was fors	aken

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Then they wr	ote it all down as the pr	ogress of m	an

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D	addy, won't you take me back to M	uhlenberg C	ounty

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Down b	y the Green River where p	aradise l	ay

	D	G	D
Well, I'm s	orry, my son, but you're t	oo late in	asking

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Mr. P	eabody's coal train has h	auled it aw	ay

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When I d	ie let my ashes float d	own the Green R	iver

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Let my s	oul roll on up to the R	ochester D	am

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I'll be h	alfway to Heaven with P	aradise w	aitin'

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Just f	ive miles away from wher	ever I	am

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D	addy, won't you take me back to M	uhlenberg C	ounty

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Down b	y the Green River where p	aradise l	ay

	D	G	D
Well, I'm s	orry, my son, but you're t	oo late in	asking

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Mr. P	eabody's coal train has h	auled it aw	ay

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