Country Road Chords
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Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Capo: | no capo |
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[Chords]
Dm7 x x 0 5 6 5
G/D x x 0 4 3 3
G/D* x x 0 0 0 3
e|---------| e|-------| e|-------------|
B|---------| B|-------| B|-------------|
G|---------| play when * G|-------| play when ** G|-------------| play when ***
D|------0--| D|-------| D|------0---0--|
A|--0h2----| A|----0--| A|--0h2--h2----|
E|---------| E|--2----| E|-------------|
e|--0h2-----3p2-0----|
B|--3---3-3-3---3-3--|
G|--2---2-2-2---2-2--| lick to play when D*
D|--0---0-0-0---0-0--|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
[Intro]
* D* C/D G/D
** D* C/D G/D* D
[Verse 1]
*** D C/D G/D
Take to the highway, won't you lend me your name
D C/D D
Your way and my way seem to be one and the same
Em7 A
Momma don't understand it
Em7 A
She wants to know where I been
Em7 A
I'd have to be some kind of natural born fool
Bm7 C/D
To want to pass that way again
D* C/D G/D
But you know I could feel it
D* C/D G/D* D
On a country road
[Verse 2]
*** D C/D G/D
Sail on home to Jesus, won't you good girls and boys
D C/D D
I'm all in pieces, you can have your own choice
Em7 A
But I can hear a heavenly band full of angels
Em7 A
And they're a comin' to set me free
Em7 A
I don't know nothin' bout the why or when
Bm7 C/D
But I can tell you that it's bound to be
D D* C/D G/D
Because I could feel it, child, yeah
D* C/D G/D* D
On a country road
[Bridge]
Dm7 G D C G/B A7sus4
I guess my feet know where they want me to go
Walkin' on a country road
[Interlude]
D* C/D G/D
** D* C/D G/D* D
[Verse 3]
*** D C/D G/D
Take to the highway, won't you lend me your name
D C/D D
Your way and my way seem to be one and the same, child
Em7 A
Momma don't understand it
Em7 A
She wants to know where I been
Em7 A
I'd have to be some kind of natural born fool
Bm7 C/D
To want to pass that way again
D D* C/D G/D
But I could feel it, no
D* C/D G/D* D
On a country road
[Outro]
*** D C/D
Walk on down, walk on down, walk on down, walk on down,
D*
Walk on down a country road
C/D D C/D
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
D* C/D G/D*
Country road, oh, yeah
D* C/D G/D* D* C/D G/D*
Walkin' on a country road
D* C/D G/D* D* C/D G/D* D
Country road, uh country road
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17 comments

I think it's D, Dsus, back to D really quickly, then C and G... "on the country road"... and again, D, Dsus, D, C in that classic \ \ \/ \ strum, final G strum.
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Absolutely drop D
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For much fuller sound and closer to the way James plays it, I'd recommend playing in Drop D which gives you that low baritone in the opening lick and throughout the song. As well, change out the G for a Bm#5 then to D.
Bm#5
E ------3--------
B ------3--------
G ------4--------
D ---------------
A ---------------
D --------------- Drop D
Let me know what you think.
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