Paradise Chords & Lyrics - Johnny Cash

[A]When I was a child m[D]y family wo[A]uld travel
Down to Western Kentucky where my p[E]arents were bo[A]rn
To a backwards old town I o[D]ften reme[A]mbered
So many times that my me[E]mories are wo[A]rn
T[A]han, sometimes we'd travel on do[D]wn the Green Ri[A]ver
To the abandoned old prison down by Ad[E]rian H[A]ill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd s[D]hoot with our pis[A]tols
But empty pop bottles was all t[E]hat we?d ki[A]ll

[A]Daddy won't you take me back to M[D]uhlenberg C[A]ounty
Down by the green river where p[E]aradise l[A]ay?"
I'm sorry my son, but you're t[D]oo late in a[A]sking
Mister Peabody's coal train has ha[E]uled it aw[A]ay"
[A]Well the coal company came with the w[D]orld's largest sho[A]vel
They stripped all the timber and to[E]rtured the la[A]nd
They dug for the coal till the l[D]and was fors[A]aken
Then they wrote it all down as the p[E]rogress of m[A]an

[A]Daddy won't you take me back to M[D]uhlenberg C[A]ounty
Down by the green river where p[E]aradise l[A]ay?"
I'm sorry my son, but you're t[D]oo late in a[A]sking
Mister Peabody's coal train has ha[E]uled it aw[A]ay"

[A]When I die let my ashes float d[D]own the Green Ri[A]ver
Let my soul roll on up to the R[E]ochester D[A]am
I'll be halfway to Heaven w[D]ith paradise wa[A]itin'
Five miles away from wh[E]erever I a[A]m
[A]Daddy won't you take me back to M[D]uhlenberg C[A]ounty
Down by the green river where p[E]aradise l[A]ay?"
I'm sorry my son, but you're t[D]oo late in a[A]sking
Mister Peabody's coal train has ha[E]uled it aw[A]ay"
I'm sorry my son, but you're t[D]oo late in a[A]sking
Mister Peabody's coal train has ha[E]uled it aw[A]ay"