Chords
Take me home, country roads

Country Roads was written by John Denver, Bill Danoff, and Taffy Nivert, and was partially inspired by a back road in Maryland. Denver described how he felt peaceful and content in the countryside, which inspired the songs lyrics.

Key: G

Introduction:  G   G/D  

difficulty
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 G               Em              D                        C           G 
  Almost Heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
 G                     Em                     D                            C 
  Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains, growin' 
          G 
like a breeze.
 !--Chorus-- 
         G               D7            Em         C 
Country Roads, take me home, to the place I belong
         G                D              C              G 
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.
 !--Verse 2-- 
 G                Em                  D                C                 G 
 All my memories  gather ' round her, miner' s lady, stranger to blue water.
 G                  Em                   D                          C               G 
  Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye.
 !--Chorus-- 
         G               D7            Em         C 
Country Roads, take me home, to the place I belong
         G                D              C              G 
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.
 !--Bridge-- 
 Em           D           G 
 I hear her voice, in the mornin'  hour she calls me.
     C        G               D 
The radio reminds me of my home far away.
     Em                F             C               G 
And drivin'  down the road I get a feelin'  that I should have been home
 D                 D7 
yesterday, yesterday.
 !--Chorus-- 
         G               D7            Em         C 
Country Roads, take me home, to the place I belong
         G                D              C              G 
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.
 !--Chorus-- 
         G               D7            Em         C 
Country Roads, take me home, to the place I belong
         G                D              C              G 
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.
 !--Outro-- 
         D                     G 
Take me home, (down) country roads.
         D                     G 
Take me home, (down) country roads.