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Paradise ~ by the late, great John Prine. Played on a cool old beater of a six string that I re-glued, repaired and made into a tenor guitar. With Iowa Saxophone Inster Mental.

"Paradise" by John Prine

When [D]I was a child my [G] family would [D]travel
Down to Western Kentucky where my [A] parents were [D]born
And there's a backwards old town that's [G] often re[D]membered
So many times that my [A] memories are [D] worn.

And daddy won't you take me back to [G] Muhlenberg [D] County?
Down by the Green River where [A] Paradise [D] lay.
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're [G] too late in [D] asking.
Mister Peabody's coal train has [A] hauled it [D] away.

Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River
To the abandoned old prison down by Airdrie 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]

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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If you want to do this with a slide on an open tuned guitar like a GDG,
make the D open, the G at the 5th fret and the A at the 7th fret.

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Comment by Uncle John on April 13, 2020 at 2:29am: Thanks, Rick. Good song and story. Needs a bunch of folks taking turns on verses and all singing the chorus.

Comment by Richard Sundberg on April 12, 2020 at 4:33pm: A strong enthusiastic heartfelt singing and playing your love for JP! Superb John!

Comment by AGP # on April 12, 2020 at 11:40am: Yep! will do "UJ", I notice he recorded quite a few songs with Iris DeMent, but as yet still haven't looked at her Solo side, will also look further into Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark :-)

Comment by Uncle John on April 11, 2020 at 3:10pm: Make that JP.

Comment by Uncle John on April 11, 2020 at 3:10pm: AGP, search out UP diets with Iris Dement.

Comment by Uncle John on April 11, 2020 at 3:09pm: I am glad you are digging him, Alan. I have often been late in learning to like an artist or a style. For the most part, I didn't get into Townes Van Zandt or Guy Clark until after their deaths. But now I am a pretty big fan.

Comment by AGP # on April 11, 2020 at 10:14am: Thanks 'UJ' for alerting me to the Music of John Prine, I have now become a big fan of this recently departed Legend, have been all over Utube these past few days, listening to some of his 18 Studio Albums, at the moment I think I'm up to abt number 5, "Bruised Orange", and can honestly say, as yet, I haven't heard a Song I didn't like. :-)

Comment by Uncle John on April 11, 2020 at 1:14am: Thanks, Derek. It has its own personal yelp, but now that you mention it, it is kind of a dulcimer tone.