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
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
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
I was a child, my
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
family would
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
travel
Down to
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Western Kentucky where my
[
A7
Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
parents were
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
born.
There's a
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
backwoods old town that's
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
often re-
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
membered
So
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
many times over my
[
A7
Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
memories are
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
worn.
Chorus
And
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Daddy won't you take me back to
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
Muehlenberg
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
County,
Down
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
by the Green River where
[
A7
Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
Paradise
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
lay.
Well, I'm
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
sorry my son, but you're
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
too late in
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
asking
Mister
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Peabody's coal train has
[
A7
Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
hauled it a-
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
way.
Verse 2
We'll,
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
sometimes we'd travel right
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
down the Green
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
River.
To the a-
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
bandoned old prison down by
[
A7
Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
Airdrie
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Hill
Where the
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
air smelled like snakes, we'd
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
shoot with our
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
pistols
And
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
empty pop bottles is
[
A7
Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
all we would
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
kill.
Repeat Chorus
Verse 3
Well the
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
coal companies came with the
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
world's largest
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
shovel
Now they
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
tortured the timber, ya they
[
A7
Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
stripped all the
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
land.
And they
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
dug for their coal ‘til the
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
land was for-
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
saken,
And they
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
wrote it all down as the
[
A7
Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
progress of
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
man.
Repeat Chorus
Verse 4
When I
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
die let my ashes float
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
down the Green
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
River
Let my
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
soul roll on up to the
[
A7
Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
Rochester
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Dam.
I'll be
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
half way to heaven with
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
Paradise
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
waiting
Just
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
five miles away from where
[
A7
Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
ever I
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
am.
Final Chorus
And
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Daddy won't you take me back to
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
Muehlenberg
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
County,
Down
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
by the Green River where
[
A7
Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
Paradise
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
lay.
Well, I'm
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
sorry my son, but you're
[
G
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Fourth
]
too late in
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
asking
Mister
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Peabody's coal train has
[
A7
Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
hauled it a-
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
way.
Slower
Mister
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
Peabody's coal train has
[
A7
Dominant 7th Chord (U,M3,P5,m7)
on the Perfect Fifth
]
hauled it a-
[
D
Major Chord (U,M3,P5)
on the Perfect Unison
]
way.
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