The Seldom Scene
"Paradise Valley"
This is an old hymn arranged for bluegrass. It's in 3/4 (waltz)
A D
As we travel through life with its trouble and strife
E A
I've a glorious hope to seat to give cheer on the way
D
Soon this life will be o'er and I'll rest on that shore
E A
Where the night has been turned into day
Chorus:
A
Up in paradise valley (up in the beautiful paradise valley)
D A
By the side of the river of life (of the river of life)
A
Up in paradise valley (up in the valley, the wonderful valley)
B E
We'll be free from all pain and all strife (from all pain and all strife)
A
There we'll live in the garden (there we shall live in the rose tinted garden)
D
'Neath the shade of the evergreen tree (of the evergreen tree)
A F#m
How I long for the paradise valley (for the paradise valley)
B E A
Where the beauty of heaven I'll see (beauty of heaven I'll see)
Solo: use chorus chords
verse 2:
A D
As I roam the hillside, oh I list to the tide,
E A
As I pluck the sweet flowers that grow in the dale;
D
A faint picture is there of a land bright and fair
E A
Where perennial flowers ne'er fail.
Chorus
A
Up in paradise valley (up in the beautiful paradise valley)
D A
By the side of the river of life (of the river of life)
A
Up in paradise valley (up in the valley, the wonderful valley)
B E
We'll be free from all pain and all strife (from all pain and all strife)
A
There we'll live in the garden (there we shall live in the rose tinted garden)
D
'Neath the shade of the evergreen tree (of the evergreen tree)
A F#m
How I long for the paradise valley (for the paradise valley)
B E A
Where the beauty of heaven I'll see (beauty of heaven I'll see)
