There are six Take Me Home, Country Roads chords, and by using a capo and the easy version of the F chord that I’m suggesting, you can avoid any dreaded barre chords.
To help you with timing, try our free online metronome. Take Me Home, Country Roads is 82 BPM (beats per minute). But you can start slower and build up. Whatever tempo feels comfortable is right, then gradually speed up to the correct time.
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Take Me Home, Country Roads Chords
Capo on 2nd fret.
Take Me Home, Country Roads Chord Chart
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Capo on 2nd fret
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G Em D C G
Almost Heaven; West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
G Em D
Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains,
C G
Growin' like a breeze.
[Chorus]
G D 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
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, misty taste of moonshine,
C G
Teardrop in my eye.
[Chorus]
G D 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 morning hour she calls me,
C G D
The radio reminds me of my home far away.
Em F C
And driving down the road I get a feeling
G D D7
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.
[Chorus]
G D 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.
G D 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.
D G D G
Take me home, down country roads; take me home, down country roads
