JOHN DENVER - "take me home country roads" Tablature

Subject: CRD: Take Me Home Country Roads (John Denver)

TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS Time: 2/2 Tenor: G Bass: C Class: G

1 * 6m *
.... Almost heaven, .... West Vir-ginia

5 * 4 1 *
.... Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River___

* * 6m *
.... Life is old there, older than the trees

5 * 4 1
Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze


CHORUS:

1 * 57 *
Country roads___, take me home___
6m * 4 *
To the place___, I be-long___
1 * 57 *
West Vir-gin-ia___, mountain momma___
4 * 1 * *
Take me home___, Country Roads___


1 * 6m *
.... All my mem'ries, gather 'round her
5 * 4 1
.... Miner's lady, stranger to blue water
* * 6m *
.... Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
5 * 4 1
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye


6m 5 1 *
.. I hear her voice, in the mornin' hours she calls to me
4 1 57 *
The radio re-minds me of my home far a-way
6m 7b 4
And drivin' down the road I get a feeling'
1 5 * 57 *
That I should have been home yesterday___, yester-day___


ENDING: CHORUS, REPEAT LAST LINE


NOTES:
- Key of G: 7th note is F#, so 7b is F

SYMBOLS:
- Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord
- Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure
- Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure

CHORDS (Number System):
- The numbers are the notes of the diatonic scale (do-re-me-fa-so-la-ti-do)
- Play a song in any key from the same chart
Common Keys 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Key of C: C D E F G A B
Key of D D E F# G A B C#
Key of G G A B C D E F#
Key of A A B C# D E F# G#

- Submitted by: Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)