John Denver

In 3/4 time
When ^D I was a child my ^G family would ^D travel
Down to ^D Western Kentucky where my ^A parents were ^D born
And there's a ^D backwards old town that's ^G often re- ^D membered
^D So many times that my ^A memories are ^D worn.
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And ^D daddy won't you take me back to ^G Muhlenberg ^D County
Down ^D by the Green River where ^A Paradise ^D lay
Well, I'm ^D sorry my son, but you're t ^G oo late in ^D asking
Mister ^D Peabody's coal train has ^A hauled it a ^D way
Well ^D sometimes we'd travel right ^G down the Green ^D River
To the a- ^D bandoned old prison down by ^A Adrie ^D Hill
Where the ^D air smelled like snakes and we'd ^G shoot with our ^D pistols
But ^D empty pop bottles was ^A all we would ^D kill.
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Then the ^D coal company came with the ^G world's largest ^D shovel
And they ^D tortured the timber and ^A stripped all the ^D land
Well, they ^D dug for their coal till the ^G land was for- ^D saken
Then they ^D wrote it all down as the ^A progress of ^D man.
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When I ^D die let my ashes float ^G down the Green ^D River
Let my ^D soul roll on up to the ^A Rochester ^D dam
I'll be ^D halfway to Heaven with ^G Paradise ^D waiting
Just ^D five miles away from wher- ^A ever I ^D am.
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