Take Me Home Country Roads Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	A
Capo:	2nd fret

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[Verse 1]
 
G             Em             D                         C         G
 Almost Heaven; West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
G                   Em                     D
 Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains,
  C              G
Growin' like a breeze.
 
[Chorus]
 
         G              D            Em         C
Country Roads, take me home, to the place, I belong,
         G               D             C             G
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.
 
[Verse 2]
 
G               Em                 D                 C              G
 All my memories gather 'round her, miner's lady, stranger to blue water.
G                 Em                  D
 Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, misty taste of moonshine,
  C            G
Teardrop in my eye.
 
[Chorus]
 
         G              D            Em         C
Country Roads, take me home, to the place, I belong,
         G               D             C             G
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.
 
[Bridge]
 
Em             D            G
   I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
    C        G             D
The radio reminds me of my home far away.
    Em                F            C
And driving down the road I get a feeling
       G                     D                 D7
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.
 
[Chorus]
 
N.C.     G              D            Em         C
Country Roads, take me home, to the place, I belong,
         G               D             C             G
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.
         G              D            Em         C
Country Roads, take me home, to the place, I belong,
         G               D             C             G
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.
         D                  G              D                  G
Take me home, down country roads; take me home, down country roads
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186 comments

You use capo´s to make the song fit your voice. In my case it sounds much better without the capo on the 2nd fret, even if its closer to the original.

+195

I would like to formally apologise for my capo comment 3 years ago. I didn't realise how harsh I was as I was a stroppy teenager and new to UG at the time. This version is great and these are now the chords I use for this song. I've re-rated it with 5 stars :)

+88

Everyone sings in a different Key. And I think comment on where the capo is to be placed is irrelevant. Most guitar players will place a capo where ever they need it to play and sing in their own key. I am just happy that this person took the time to compose the chords and lyrics out and give us all on UG a way to play the song.

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