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.