Here’s how to play “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver on guitar. What a classic sing-along perfect for your next campfire. Get the s’mores ready and pull up a log – time to learn this beloved American song on guitar.
Released in 1971, “Country Roads” has become synonymus with West Virginia and has become one of the state’s official anthems.
The song has been covered by Olivia Newton-John in 1973 and Dutch pop band Hermes House Band in 2001. A version even appeared in the videogame Fallout 76.
There are mostly open chords and just one barre chord – F major. Don’t fret, it only appears once time, in the bridge. It’s a good time to practice your barre chords or find one of the open versions of the F chord if you like.
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Guitar Chords
The chords you’ll need to play this song are below:
- G major
- Em (E minor)
- C major
- D major
- D7
- F major
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How to Play “Country Roads”
For this song, make sure your guitar is in standard tuning. Also, put your capo on the 2nd fret.
The strumming pattern you can use for “Country Roads” is D D DU DU.
Intro
G G G G
Verse
G Em
Almost heaven, West Virginia,
D C G
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
G Em
Life is old there, older than the trees,
D C G
Younger than the mountains growin’ like a breeze
Chorus
G D
Country Roads, take me home
Em C
To the place I belong
G D
West Virginia, mountain momma
C G
Take me home, Country Roads
Verse
G Em
All my mem’ries gather ’round her,
D C G
Miner’s lady, stranger to blue water.
G Em
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky,
D C G
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye.
Chorus
G D
Country Roads, take me home
Em C
To the place I belong
G D
West Virginia, mountain momma
C G
Take me home, Country Roads
Bridge
Em D G
I hear her voice, in the mornin’ hours she calls me,
C G D
The radio reminds me of my home far away,
Em F
And drivin’ down the road
C G D D7
I get a feelin’ that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday
Chorus
G D
Country Roads, take me home
Em C
To the place I belong
G D
West Virginia, mountain momma
C G
Take me home, Country Roads
Outro
D G
Take me home, Country Roads,
D G
Take me home, Country Roads
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