Kentucky means Paradise
Glen Campbell
on the 1962 album with Green River Boys
Glen's cover of Merle Travis' hit

intro C Bm A C A D D# C D# C D

(spoken)
Ah listen to that sound

you take a (K) a (E) you add an (N) and a (T) a (U) and a (CKY)
                Em                    A
and that spells Kentucky but it means paradise
                           D
you take a chicken and you kill it and you put it in a skillet
        A                              Em
and you fry it up a golden brown thats southern cookin' and
            A
it's mighty nice.
                  D                           A       Bm
It don't cover a whole lot when you look on a map but I wasn't
                     Em
studyin'no geography when I'as sittin' in my mammy's lap.
    A                            D                          A
you take a (K) a (E) you add an (N) and a (T) a (U) and a (CKY)
                Em                    A
and that spells Kentucky but it means paradise.

A D A Em A Em D

A                    D                       A       Bm
Whoa we don't cover a lot when you look on a map but I wasn't
                                Em
studyin' no geography when I'as sitting on my mammy's lap.
   A                                 D           A 
you take a (K) a (E) you add an (N) and a (T) a (U) and a (CKY)
                                Em     A         D
and that spells Kentucky but it means paradise
   Bm                  A     D   A
I said Kentucky and it means paradise.

flyinglibra51
God Bless Glen Travis Campbell