Kentuck Means Paradise Chords
Kentuck Means Paradise by Glen Campbell is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, C, D, E, B and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: A C A D C A C D
verse 1
(spoken)
Ah listen to that sound
you take a (K) a (E) and you add an (N) and a (T) a (U) and a (CKY)
E A
and that spells Kentucky but it means paradise
verse 2
D
you take a chicken and you kill it and you put it in a skillet
A E
and you fry it up a golden brown thats southern cookin' and
A
it's mighty nice.
verse 2
D A B
It don't cover a lot when you look on a map but I wasn't
E
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)
E A
that spells Kentucky And it means paradise.
A D A E A D A E E7 A (dobro guitar)
Outro
A D A B
Whoa we don't cover a lot when you look on a map but I wasn't
E
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)
E A D A
that spells Kentucky And it means paradise
B D A E A
I said Kentucky and it means paradise.