Take Me Home Country Roads Tab

by John Denver
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Mississippi Fingerstyle version: simple acoustic mix with rhythm, melody and harmony in the tradition of Mississippi John Hurt.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: C
Capo: no capo
Author MississippiHans [pro] 33,344.
1 contributor total, last edit on Aug 8, 2022
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Title:  Country Roads
Artist: John Denver
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Time:   4/4, Tempo: Q=160, Beats on eighths are marked "+".
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes. Use thumb-fretting. Let ring.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
 
[Verse]
   C                       +           Am                      +           G                       +
E|----------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|-0----------------|
B|----------------|------------------|----------------|--------1---------|-----3-------3--|--------3---------|
G|-----0-------0--|-2------0---------|-----2-------0--|-2----------------|----------------|------------------|
D|-----2-------2--|-----2---------2--|-----2-------2--|-----2---------2--|-----0-------0--|-----0---------0--|
A|-3--------------|-3----------------|-0--------------|-0----------------|---------2------|-----------2------|
E|---------3------|-----------3------|---------0------|-----------0------|-3--------------|-3----------------|
       Almost       heaven,                West    Vir- ginia,                 Blue  Ridge  Mountains,
       All     my   mem'ries,              gather       round  her,            miner's      lady, 
 
   F      +                   C                                +           Am
E|------------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|-------------0--|-0--------------|
B|------------------|-----1----------|----------------|------------------|-----1---1------|----------------|
G|-2------2------0--|-2--------------|-----0-------0--|-2------0---------|-2--------------|----------------|
D|-----3---------3--|-----3-------2--|-----2-------2--|-----2---------2--|-----2-------2--|-----2-------2--|
A|-----------0------|---------3------|-3--------------|-3---------3------|-0--------------|-0--------------|
E|-1----------------|-1--------------|---------3------|------------------|---------0------|---------0------|
   Shenandoah         River.               Life    is   old    there,      older   than the trees,
   stranger to blue   water.               Dark    and  dusty,             painted on  the  sky,
 
   G      +                  +           F
E|------------------|-0----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|-3------3------3--|--------3---------|-----1---1---3--|-1-------1---3--|
G|------------------|------------------|-2--------------|----------------|
D|-----0---------0--|-----0---------0--|-----3-------3--|-----2-------2--|
A|-----------2------|-----------2------|---------0------|-3--------------|
E|-3----------------|-3----------------|-1--------------|---------3------|
   younger than  the  mountains,         growin' like a   breeze. Take me ...
   misty  taste  of   moonshine,         teardrop in my   eye.    Take me ...
 
 
[Chorus]
   C                                   G                                   Am
E|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|-----------------|
B|-1---------------|---------3---1---|-3---------------|-------------3---|-1---------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-2---------------|
D|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|
A|-3---------------|-3---------------|---------2-------|---------2-------|-0---------------|
E|---------3-------|---------3-------|-3---------------|-3---------------|---------0-------|
   home,                     country   roads                     to  the   place
 
                     F                                   C
E|---------0---3---|-5---------------|---------5---5---|-3------0-----------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1------------------|---------3---1---|
G|-----------------|-5---5-------5---|-----5-------5---|--------------------|-----------------|
D|-----2-------2---|---------3-------|---------3-------|-----2----------2---|-----2-------2---|
A|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-3------------------|-3---------------|
E|---------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|------------3-------|---------3-------|
           I   be-   long,                     West Vir- ginia,                       Mountain   
 
   G                                     F                                    C
E|--------0----------|---------0-------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-3-----------------|-------------3---|-1----------------|---------1---3---|-1---------------|
G|-0-----------------|-----------------|-2----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
D|-----0---------0---|-----0-------0---|-----3-------3----|-----3-------3---|-----2-------2---|
A|-----------2-------|---------2-------|---------0--------|---------0-------|-3---------------|
E|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-1----------------|-1---------------|---------3-------|
   mama,                       take me   home,                      country   roads!
 
 
[Interlude]
   Am                G                 C      +               +     +            F      +
E|-----------------|-----------------|-0------0------0---|-0-------------------|-1------1------1---|
B|-----1---1---1---|-0-------1---3---|-1-----------------|----3-----1------1---|-1-----------------|
G|-----2---2---2---|-0-------0---0---|-0-----------------|---------------------|-2-----------------|
D|-----2-------2---|-----0-----------|-----2---------2---|-------2---------2---|-----3---------3---|
A|-0---------------|---------2-------|-3-----------------|-3-------------------|-----------0-------|
E|---------0-------|-3---------------|-----------3-------|-------------3-------|-1-----------------|
       I  hear her   voice   in  the   morning hour  she   calls    me,    the   radop         re-
 
   C  +     +            G              +                      Am     +            Bb     +
E|-1-p0----------------|---------0---0-----|-----------------|-0------0------0---|-------------------|
B|----------3------1---|-3--------------3--|-----------------|-1------1------1---|-3------3------3---|
G|---------------------|-0-----------------|-------------0---|-2-----------------|-3------3------3---|
D|-------2---------2---|-----0-------0-----|-----0-------0---|-----2---------2---|-----3---------3---|
A|-3-------------------|---------2---------|---------2-------|-0-----------------|-1---------1-------|
E|-------------3-------|-3-----------------|-3---------------|-----------0-------|-------------------|
   minds me of     my    home    far away,               and   driving down  the   road I get    a
 
   F      +           C      +           G      +                            G7
E|------------------|------------------|-----0------------|-------------0--|-1--------------|----------------|
B|-1------1------1--|-1------1------1--|-3------3---------|---------3------|-0--------------|---------1---3--|
G|-2------2------2--|-0------0------0--|-0----------------|----------------|-0--------------|----------------|
D|-----3---------3--|-----2---------2--|-----0---------0--|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|
A|-----------0------|-3----------------|-----------2------|---------2------|---------2------|---------2------|
E|-1----------------|-----------3------|-3----------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|
   feeling  that I   should have been home yesterday,               yester-  day.                  Take me ...
 
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| x    Dead note
| p    Pull-off
 
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