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John Denver - Country Roads (Chord)
Album: Country Roads: The Very Best of John Denver (1998)
Submitter: hertzer (5) on 2/5/04 5 comments
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COUNTRY ROADS By John Denver

Matellmon did a great job tabbing this song, and the lyrics but 
John actually sang it in the key of A






    A           F#m
ALMOST HEAVEN, WEST VIRGINIA
    E                   D         A
BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS, SHENANDOAH RIVER
                    F#m 
LIFE IS OLD THERE, OLDER THAN THE TREES
  E                            D            A
YOUNGER THAN THE MOUNTAINS, BLOWING LIKE A BREEZE


  A                    E
COUNTRY ROAD, TAKE ME HOME
       F#m        D
TO THE PLACE, I BELONG
         A                E
WEST VIRGINIA, MOUNTAIN MOMMA
         D            A
TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROAD


        A         F#m 
ALL MY MEMORIES GATHER ROUND HER
 E              D               A
MINERS LADY, STRANGER TO BLUE WATER
                 F#m
DARK AND DUSTY, PAINTED ON THE SKY
 E                          D             A
MISTY TASTE OF MOONSHINE, TEARDROP IN MY EYE


    A                  E
COUNTRY ROAD, TAKE ME HOME
       F#m        D
TO THE PLACE, I BELONG
         A                E
WEST VIRGINIA, MOUNTAIN MOMMA
         D            A
TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROAD


  F#m        E             A
I HEAR HER VOICE, IN THE MORNING HOURS SHE CALLS ME
     D        A             E
THE RADIO REMINDS ME OF MY HOME FAR AWAY
    F#m              G               D
AND DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD I GET THE FEELING
         A                    E         E7
THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEE HOME YESTERDAY, YESTERDAY


    A                  E
COUNTRY ROAD, TAKE ME HOME
       F#m        D
TO THE PLACE, I BELONG
         A                E
WEST VIRGINIA, MOUNTAIN MOMMA
         D            A
TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROAD


        E                  A
TAKE ME HOME, DOWN COUNTRY ROADS

        E                  A
TAKE ME HOME, DOWN COUNTRY ROADS



                         







  
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capo 2nd fret and play the chords G E D C

-onlyrebelson | 3/10/2004
great job. Thanks for puttin it in the correct key!
-sigmapi | 3/12/2004
what are the right chords from "and drivin down"
to "yesterday, yesterday"? i figured out the rest
apart from that line
-davidn87 | 10/28/2005
Capo 2 :
pre>
G EM D
ALMOST HEAVEN WEST VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS,
(C G) G EM
SHENADOAH RIVER. LIFE IS OLD THERE OLDER THAN THE TREES,
D (C G)
YOUNGER THAN THE MOUNTAINS, GROWING LIKE A BREEZE.

G D EM C
COUNTRY ROADS, TAKE ME HOME TO THE PLACE, I BELONG
G D C G
WEST VIRGINIA, MOUNTAIN MOMMA, TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS.

G EM D
ALL MY MEMORIES GATHER ROUND HER, MINER'S LADY,
(C G) G EM
STRANGER TO BLUE WATER. DARK AND DUSTY PAINTED ON THE SKY
D (C G)
MISTY TASTE OF MOONSHINE TEAR DROP IN MY EYE.

G D EM C
COUNTRY ROADS, TAKE ME HOME TO THE PLACE I BELONG
G D C G
WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN MOMMA TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS.

(EM D) G
I HEAR HER VOICE IN THE MORNIN' HOURS SHE CALLS ME
(C G) D (EM
THE RADIO REMINDS ME OF MY HOME FAR AWAY, AND DRIVIN' DOWN
F) (C G)
THE ROAD I GET THE FEELIN' THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN HOME
D D7
YESTERDAY, YESTERDAY.

G D EM C G
COUNTRY ROADS TAKE ME HOME THE PLACE I BELONG, WEST VIRGINIA
D C G
MOUNTAIN MOMMA TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS
D G D G
TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS, TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS.
/pre>
found it
-davidn87 | 10/28/2005
actually the way it is on this tab is perfectly fine....
i have the "John Denver Anthology" song book with the exact
sheet music and John has it written A F#m E D
-lilledford | 1/5/2006
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