Country Roads
John Denver (with Danoff & Nivert, 1971)
Strum Carter Picking
4/4 | d - D u d - D u | or | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 &
| [G] | [G] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] ...Almost | heaven | [Em] ...West Vir- | ginia |
| [D] ...Blue Ridge | mountains | [C] Shenandoah | [G] River | [G] |
| [G] ...Life is | old there | [Em] older than the | trees |
| [D] Younger than the | mountains | [C] growing like a | [G] breeze
Chorus
Country | [G] roads | ...take me | [D] home | [D]
to the | [Em] place | ...I be- | [C] long | [C]
West Vir- | [G] ginia | ...mountain | [D] mama | [D]
Take me | [C] home | ...country | [G] roads | [G] |
| [G] ...All my | memories | [Em] ...gather | round her |
| [D] ...Miner's | lady | [C] stranger to blue | [G] water | [G] |
| [G] ...Dark and | dusty | [Em] painted on the | sky |
| [D] Misty taste of | moonshine | [C] teardrop in my | [G] eye
Chorus
Country | [G] roads | ...take me | [D] home | [D]
to the | [Em] place | ...I be- | [C] long | [C]
West Vir- | [G] ginia | ...mountain | [D] mama | [D]
Take me | [C] home | ...country | [G] roads | [G] |
Bridge
| [Em] I hear her | [D] voice
In the | [G] mornin' hours she | [G7] calls me
The | [C] radio re- | [G] minds me of my | [D] home far a- | way
And | [Em] drivin' down the | [F] road I get a | [C] feelin'
That I | [G] should've been home | [D] yesterday | ...yester- | [D7] day | [D7↓]
Chorus
Country | [G] roads | ...take me | [D] home | [D]
to the | [Em] place | ...I be- | [C] long | [C]
West Vir- | [G] ginia | ...mountain | [D] mama | [D]
Take me | [C] home | ...country | [G] roads | [G] |
Chorus
Country | [G] roads | ...take me | [D] home | [D]
to the | [Em] place | ...I be- | [C] long | [C]
West Vir- | [G] ginia | ...mountain | [D] mama | [D]
Take me | [C] home | ...country | [G] roads | [G]
Take me | [D] home | down country | [G] roads | [G]
Take me | [D] home | down country | [G] roads | [G↓] [C↓] [G↓]
#Capo on 2nd fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 10/15/18 JJ
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John Denver (with Danoff & Nivert, 1971)
Strum Carter Picking
4/4 | d - D u d - D u | or | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
1 2 & 3 4 & 1 2 & 3 4 &
| [G] | [G] | [G] | [G] |
| [G] ...Almost | heaven | [Em] ...West Vir- | ginia |
| [D] ...Blue Ridge | mountains | [C] Shenandoah | [G] River | [G] |
| [G] ...Life is | old there | [Em] older than the | trees |
| [D] Younger than the | mountains | [C] growing like a | [G] breeze
Chorus
Country | [G] roads | ...take me | [D] home | [D]
to the | [Em] place | ...I be- | [C] long | [C]
West Vir- | [G] ginia | ...mountain | [D] mama | [D]
Take me | [C] home | ...country | [G] roads | [G] |
| [G] ...All my | memories | [Em] ...gather | round her |
| [D] ...Miner's | lady | [C] stranger to blue | [G] water | [G] |
| [G] ...Dark and | dusty | [Em] painted on the | sky |
| [D] Misty taste of | moonshine | [C] teardrop in my | [G] eye
Chorus
Country | [G] roads | ...take me | [D] home | [D]
to the | [Em] place | ...I be- | [C] long | [C]
West Vir- | [G] ginia | ...mountain | [D] mama | [D]
Take me | [C] home | ...country | [G] roads | [G] |
Bridge
| [Em] I hear her | [D] voice
In the | [G] mornin' hours she | [G7] calls me
The | [C] radio re- | [G] minds me of my | [D] home far a- | way
And | [Em] drivin' down the | [F] road I get a | [C] feelin'
That I | [G] should've been home | [D] yesterday | ...yester- | [D7] day | [D7↓]
Chorus
Country | [G] roads | ...take me | [D] home | [D]
to the | [Em] place | ...I be- | [C] long | [C]
West Vir- | [G] ginia | ...mountain | [D] mama | [D]
Take me | [C] home | ...country | [G] roads | [G] |
Chorus
Country | [G] roads | ...take me | [D] home | [D]
to the | [Em] place | ...I be- | [C] long | [C]
West Vir- | [G] ginia | ...mountain | [D] mama | [D]
Take me | [C] home | ...country | [G] roads | [G]
Take me | [D] home | down country | [G] roads | [G]
Take me | [D] home | down country | [G] roads | [G↓] [C↓] [G↓]
#Capo on 2nd fret to play with original.
#Last Updated 10/15/18 JJ
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