John Denver - Take me home country roads
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Title: Country Roads
Artist: John Denver
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Time: 4/4
Tempo: Q=140
Capo: 2 or higher, optionally for higher pitch
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths.
Eighths are marked '+'.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
[Verse]
C + Am +
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
B|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|----------1-------------|
G|------0---------0----|-2--------0-------------|------2---------0----|-2----------------------|
D|------2---------2----|------x------------2----|------2---------2----|------2------------2----|
A|-3---------3---------|-3------------3---------|-0---------0---------|-0------------0---------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
Almost heaven, West Vir- ginia,
All my mem'ries, gather round her,
G + F + C
E|---------------------|-0----------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
B|------3---------3----|----------3-------------|------------------------|------1--------------|
G|---------------------|------------------------|-2--------2--------0----|-2-------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------0------------0----|------3------------3----|------3---------2----|
A|---------------------|------------------------|-3------------3---------|-3---------3---------|
E|-3---------3---------|-3------------3---------|------------------------|---------------------|
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
miner's lady, stranger to blue water.
+ Am
E|---------------------|------------------------|----------------0----|-0-------------------|
B|---------------------|------------------------|------1----1---------|---------------------|
G|------0---------0----|-2--------0-------------|-2-------------------|---------------------|
D|------2---------2----|------x------------2----|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|
A|-3---------3---------|-3------------3---------|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Life is old there, older than the trees,
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky,
G + + F C
E|------------------------|-0----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|-3--------3--------3----|----------3-------------|------1----1----3----|-1-------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|-2-------------------|---------------------|
D|------0------------0----|------0------------0----|------3---------x----|------2---------2----|
A|------------------------|------------------------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|
E|-3------------3---------|-3------------3---------|---------------------|---------------------|
younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze.
misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye.
[Chorus]
C G
E|---------------------|-0-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|-----------1----3----|-1-------------------|-----------3----1----|-3-------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-0-------------------|
D|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|------0---------0----|
A|-3---------3---------|-3-------------------|-3-------------------|-----------2---------|
E|---------------------|-----------3---------|-----------3---------|-3-------------------|
Country roads, take me home
Am F
E|-----------0---------|---------------------|-----------0----3----|-5-------------------|
B|----------------3----|-1-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|---------------------|-2-------------------|---------------------|------5---------5----|
D|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|------2---------2----|-3---------3---------|
A|-----------2---------|-0---------0---------|-0---------0---------|---------------------|
E|-3-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
to the place I be- long.
C + G +
E|-----------5----5----|-3--------0-------------|---------------------|----------0-------------|
B|---------------------|-1----------------------|-----------3----1----|-3----------------------|
G|------5---------5----|------------------------|---------------------|-0----------------------|
D|-3---------3---------|------2------------2----|------2---------0----|------0------------0----|
A|---------------------|-3----------------------|-3-------------------|------------------------|
E|---------------------|--------------3---------|-----------3---------|-3------------3---------|
West Vir- ginia, Mountain mama,
F C
E|-----------0---------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|----------------3----|-1-------------------|-----------1----3----|-1-------------------|
G|---------------------|-2-------------------|---------------------|-0-------------------|
D|------0---------0----|------3---------3----|------3---------x----|------2---------2----|
A|-----------2---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3-------------------|
E|-3-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------3---------|
take me home country roads.
[Interlude]
Am G C + + +
E|---------------------|---------------------|-0--------0--------0----|-0-------------------------|
B|------1----1----1----|-0---------1----3----|------------------------|-----3-------1--------1----|
G|------2----2----2----|-0---------0----0----|------------------------|---------------------------|
D|------2---------2----|------0--------------|------2------------2----|---------2------------2----|
A|-0---------0---------|---------------------|-3------------3---------|-3---------------3---------|
E|---------------------|-3---------3---------|------------------------|---------------------------|
I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me, the
F + C + + G +
E|-1--------1--------1----|-1-p0------------------|-----------0----0-------|---------------------|
B|------------------------|----------3-------1----|-3------------------3---|---------------------|
G|------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|----------------0----|
D|------3------------3----|-------2----------3----|------0---------0-------|------0---------0----|
A|-3------------3---------|-3-----------3---------|------------------------|---------------------|
E|------------------------|-----------------------|-3---------3------------|-3---------3---------|
radio re- minds me of my home far away, and
Am + Bb + F + C +
E|-0--------0--------0----|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|-1--------1--------1----|-3--------3--------3----|-1--------1--------1----|-1--------1--------1----|
G|------------------------|-3--------3--------3----|-2--------2--------2----|-0--------0--------0----|
D|------2------------2----|------3------------3----|------3------------3----|------2------------2----|
A|-0------------0---------|-1------------1---------|-3------------3---------|-3------------3---------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
driving down the road I get a feeling that I should have been home
G + G7
E|------------------------|----------------0----|-1-------------------|
B|-3-----------------3----|-----------3---------|---------------------|
G|----------0-------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|------0------------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|
A|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-3------------3---------|-3---------3---------|-3---------3---------|
yesterday, yesterday.
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| x Dead note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
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