Take Me Home Country Roads Tab
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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 |
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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
We have an official Take Me Home Country Roads tab made by UG professional guitarists.
Check out the tabTitle: 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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4 comments

Thanks! Best tab for fingerstyle
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Great! But please finish the song.
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