Chords
[Intro]
D G D A
D G D A
D
[Verse 1]
When DI was a child my Gfamily would Dtravel
Down to Western Kentucky where my Aparents were Dborn
And there's a backwards old Gtown that's often Dremembered
So many times that my meAmories are Dworn.
[Chorus]
And Ddaddy won't you take me back Gto Muhlenberg DCounty
Down by the Green River where AParadise Dlay
Well, I'm Dsorry my son, but you're Gtoo late inD asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauAled it aDway
[Verse 2]
Well, Dsometimes we'd travel right Gdown the Green DRiver
To the abandoned old prison down Aby Airdrie DHill
Where Dthe air smelled like snakes and we'd Gshoot with our Dpistols
But empty pop bottles was Aall we would Dkill.
[Chorus]
And Ddaddy won't you take me back Gto Muhlenberg DCounty
Down by the Green River where AParadise Dlay
Well, I'm Dsorry my son, but you're Gtoo late inD asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauAled it aDway
[Bridge 1]
D G D A
D D G D
A D
[Verse 3]
Then Dthe coal company came Gwith the world's Dlargest shovel
And they tortured the timber and Astripped all the Dland
Well, Dthey dug for their coal Gtill the land Dwas forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the Aprogress of Dman.
[Chorus]
And Ddaddy won't you take me back Gto Muhlenberg DCounty
Down by the Green River where AParadise Dlay
Well, I'm Dsorry my son, but you're Gtoo late inD asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauAled it aDway
[Verse 4]
When DI die let my ashes float Gdown the Green DRiver
Let my soul roll on up to the ARoches ter Ddam
I'll be halfway to Heaven with GParadise Dwaiting
Just five miles away from wheArever I Dam.
[Chorus]
And Ddaddy won't you take me back Gto Muhlenberg DCounty
Down by the Green River where AParadise Dlay
Well, I'm Dsorry my son, but you're Gtoo late inD asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauAled it aDway