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Paradise

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My first tab. I derived this from some live videos of John Fogerty playing this tune 
and these are the chords he seems to be using. It's notably different from the original 
by John Prine.
Intro: G  
GWhen I was a child my Cfamily would traGvel
Down to Western Kentucky where my Dparents were Gborn
And there's a backwards old town that'Cs often rememGbered
So many times that Dmy memories are Gworn
Chorus:
GAnd daddy won't you take me back to CMuhlenberg CouGnty
Down by the green river Dwhere paradise Glay?
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're Ctoo late in asGking
Mister Peabody's coal train has Dhauled it Gaway
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
Chorus
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
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man
Chorus
(Muted Strings)
When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam
I'll be halfway to Heaven with paradise waitin'
Just five miles away from wherever I am
Chorus

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Paradise

by John Fogerty

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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My first tab. I derived this from some live videos of John Fogerty playing this tune

and these are the chords he seems to be using. It's notably different from the original

by John Prine.

Intro:

G C G

When I was a child my family would travel

D G

Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born

C G

And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered

D G

So many times that my memories are worn

Chorus:

G C G

And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County

D G

Down by the green river where paradise lay?

C G

Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking

D G

Mister 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

Chorus

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

Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man

Chorus

(Muted Strings)

When I die let my ashes float down the Green River

Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam

I'll be halfway to Heaven with paradise waitin'

Just five miles away from wherever I am

Chorus

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