Chords
Take me home, country roads

Country Roads was written by John Denver, Bill Danoff, and Taffy Nivert, and was partially inspired by a back road in Maryland. Denver described how he felt peaceful and content in the countryside, which inspired the songs lyrics.

Key: G

Introduction: G    G/D    

G                    Em                  D                                C              G  
  Almost Heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
G                            Em                            D                                     C  
  Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains, growin' 
            G  
like a breeze.
 !--Chorus-- 
          G                    D7                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                                  C                    G  
  Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye.
 !--Chorus-- 
          G                    D7                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 mornin'  hour she calls me.
     C          G                    D  
The radio reminds me of my home far away.
     Em                     F                 C                    G  
And drivin'  down the road I get a feelin'  that I should have been home
D                      D7  
yesterday, yesterday.
 !--Chorus-- 
          G                    D7                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.
 !--Chorus-- 
          G                    D7                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.
 !--Outro-- 
          D                            G  
Take me home, (down) country roads.
          D                            G  
Take me home, (down) country roads.