Take Me Home, Country Roads
by John Denver · posted by GoodmorningZELDA
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
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Almost every American should know this classic country song. It is surprisingly easy to learn and easy enough to play. Without further ado:
Take Me Home, Country Roads
4 4 -4 4 -4 4 -4 -5
Almost heaven, West Virginia
6 6 -6 6
Blue Ridge Mountains
-4 -4 -4 4 -4 -5 -5
Shenandoah River
4 4 -4 4 -4 -5 -5 -6 -6
Life is old there, older than the trees
6 6 6 6 -6 6
Younger than the mountains
-4 -5 -5 6 -5
Rolling like a breeze
-5 6 -6 -6 -5 6
Country roads, take me home
-6 6 -5 -6 7 -8
To the place I belong
-8 7 7 -6 -6 -5 6 -6
West Virginia, mountain mama
-6 6 -5 -5 6 -5
Take me home, country roads
4 4 -4 4 -4 4 -4 -5
All my memories gather ‘round her
6 6 -6 6
Miner’s lady
-4 -4 -4 4 -4 -5 -5
Stranger to blue waters
4 4 -4 4 -4 -5 -5 -6 -6
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
6 6 6 6 -6 6
Misty taste of moonshine
-4 -5 -5 6 -5
Teardrop in my eye
-5 6 -6 -6 -5 6
Country roads, take me home
-6 6 -5 -6 7 -8
To the place I belong
-8 7 7 -6 -6 -5 6 -6
West Virginia, mountain mama
-6 6 -5 -5 6 -5
Take me home, country roads
-5 -5 -5 5 -5 6 -6 -6 6 -6 6 -5
I hear her voice the mornin’ hour, she calls me
-6 6 -5 6 -6 -6 6
The radio reminds me of my home far away
-6 -6 -6 -6
Drivin’ down
6 6 6 6
The road I get
-5 -5 -5 -5
A feeling that I
-5 -5 5 -5
Should have been home
6 -6 6
Yesterday
6 -6 7
Yesterday
-5 6 -6 -6 -5 6
Country roads, take me home
-6 6 -5 -6 7 -8
To the place I belong
-8 7 7 -6 -6 -5 6 -6
West Virginia, mountain mama
-6 6 -5 -5 6 -5
Take me home, country roads
-5 6 -6 -6 -5 6
Country roads, take me home
-6 6 -5 -6 7 -8
To the place I belong
-8 7 7 -6 -6 -5 6 -6
West Virginia, mountain mama
-6 6 -5 -5 6 -5
Take me home, country roads
-6 6 -5 (Rest) -5 6 -5
Take me home, down country roads
-6 6 -5 (Rest) -5 6 -5
Take me home, down country roads