How to Play Paradise on Guitar?

John Prine - Paradise can be played in the key of D using the D, G, A7 chords. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For A7, To play A7, let low E, A, G, high E ring open, mute D, B. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Paradise with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

John Prine - Paradise Chords

Chord reference D, G, A7

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

When [D]I was a child my [G]family would [D]travel, down to Western Kentucky where my [A7]parents were [D]born And there’s a backwards old town that’s [G]often re[D]membered, so many times that my [A7]memories are [D]worn.

And [D]daddy won’t you take me back to [G]Muhlenberg [D]County, down by the Green River where [A7]Paradise [D]lay Well, I’m sorry my son, but you’re [G]too late in [D]asking, Mr. Peabody’s coal train has [A7]hauled it a[D]way

Well, [D]sometimes we’d travel right [G]down the Green [D]River, to the abandoned old prison down by [A7]Adrie [D]Hill Where the air smelled like snakes and we’d [G]shoot with our [D]pistols, but empty pop bottles was [A7]all we would [D]kill.

Then the [D]coal company came with the [G]world’s largest [D]shovel, and they tortured the timber and [A7]stripped all the [D]land Well, they dug for their coal till the [G]land was for[D]saken, then they wrote it all down as the [A7]progress of [D]man.

When I [D]die let my ashes float [G]down the Green [D]River, let my soul roll on up to the [A7]Rochester [D]dam I’ll be halfway to Heaven with [G]Paradise [D]waitin’, just five miles away from wher[A7]ever I [D]am.

Artist John Prine

Album John Prine

Genres Country

Year 1971

Key D

John Prine - Paradise can be played in the key of D using the D, G, A7 chords.

For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For A7, To play A7, let low E, A, G, high E ring open, mute D, B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Paradise with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.