Take Me Home Country Roads _
by John Denver · posted by MuhaFranz
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- Half-step bend
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- Two half-step bend
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TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS
I transformed the refrain and the strophe III in
the lower octave. So it’s the same melody, but it’s
easier to play and it’s more pleasant for your ears.
Have a big kick!
I.
6 6 -6 6 -6 6 -6 7
Al-most heav-en West Vir-gin-ia
-8 -8 8 -8 -6 -6 -6 6 -6 7
Blue ridge moun-tains Shen-an-do-ah Riv-er
6 6 -6 6 -6 7 7 -8 8
Life is old there old-er than the trees
-8 -8 -8 -8 8 -8
Young-er than the moun-tains
-6 7 7 -8 7
Grow-in' like a breeze
II. (Refrain)
4 -4 5 5 4 -4
Coun-try Roads take me home
5 -4 4 5 6 -6
to the place I be-long
-6 -6 6 5 5 4 -4 5
West Vir-gin-ia moun-tain ma-ma
5 -4 4 4 -4 4
take me home coun-try roads
I.
All my mem'ries gather ‘round her
Miner's lady stranger to blue water
dark and dusty painted on the skies
misty taste of moonshine
teardrop in my eyes
II. (Refrain)
III.
4 4 4 -3 4 -4 5 5 5
I hear her voice in the morn-ing hours
5 5 -4 4
she calls me
4 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 5
the ra-di- o re-minds me
-4 4 -4 5 5 -4
of my home far a-way
-4 5 5 5 5 -4 -4 -4 -4 4 4
and driv-in' down the road I get a feel-ing
4 4 4 4 4 4 -4 5 -4
that I should have been home yes-ter-day
-4 5 -5
yes-ter-day
II. (Refrain)
II. (Refrain)