Take Me Home, Country Roads

by John Denver

Capo 2

Intro

GG/D x4

Verse 1

GEmDCG

Almost Heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.

GEmDC

Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains, growin'

like a breeze.

Chorus

GDEmC

Country Roads, take me home, to the place I belong

GDCG

West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.

Verse 2

GEmDCG

All my memories gather 'round her, miner's lady, stranger to blue water.

GEmDCG

Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye.

Chorus

GDEmC

Country Roads, take me home, to the place I belong

GDCG

West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.

Bridge

EmD/F#G

I hear her voice, in the mornin' hour she calls me.

CGD

The radio reminds me of my home far away.

EmFCG

And drivin' down the road I get a feelin' that I should have been home

DD7

yesterday, yesterday.

Chorus

GDEmC

Country Roads, take me home, to the place I belong

GDCG

West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.

GDEmC

Country Roads, take me home, to the place I belong

GDCG

West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.

Outro

Take me home, (down) country roads.

End

How to play Take Me Home, Country Roads chords

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