Country Roads Chords & Tabs
Intro:
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Country Roads
D Hm
Almost heaven, West Virginia
A G D
Blue Ridge Mountain, Shenandoah River
Hm
Life is old there, older than the trees
A
Younger than the mountains
G D
Growing like a breeze
D A
Country roads take me home
Hm G
To the place I belong
D A
West Virginia, Mountain Mama
G D
Take me home country roads
D Hm
All my memories gather 'round her
A G D
Miners Lady, stranger to blue water
Hm
Dark and dusky painted on the sky
A
Misty taste of moonshine
G D
Teardrop in my eye
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D A
Country roads take me home
Hm G
To the place I belong
D A
West Virginia, Mountain Mama
G D
Take me home country roads
Hm A D D7
I hear the voice in the morning hour - she calls me
G D A
The radio reminds me of my home far away
Hm C G
And driving down the road I get a feeling
D A A7
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday
D A
Country roads take me home
Hm G
To the place I belong
D A
West Virginia, Mountain Mama
G D
Take me home country roads
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I basically play the intro pattern throughout the entire song.
I Play the bass note of the current chord, pluck the two bottom strings at the same
time, then, (for most chords) I play the E-string whilst holding the same chord, then
pluck the two bottom strings again and proceed to the next chord.