Songs and Lyrics

Version 1

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X:1
T:Country Roads
Z:Webmaster 
C:Bill Danoff
C:Taffy Nivert
C:John Denver
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q: 1/2=80
K:C
"verse" "G" [GBg] [GBg] D D | E2 D2 | "Em" [EGe] [EGe] E D | E G3 |
w:~ ~ Al-most Hea-ven, ~ ~ West Vir-gin-ia
"D" [DAdf] [DAdf] A A | B2 A2 | "C" E E E D | "G" E G (G2 | G4) |
w:~ ~ Blue Ridge Moun-tains Shed-an-do-ah Ri - ver -
[GBg] [GBg] d d | E2 D2 | "Em" E G G B | B4 |
w:~ ~ Life is old there, old-er than the trees
"D" A A A A | B2 A2 | E G G A | G2 "chorus"G A |
w:young-er that the moun-tains grow-ing like a breeze. Coun-try
"G" ([D4G4B4] | [D2G2B2]) B/2A/2 G | "d" ([D4A4] | [D2A2]) B A |
w:roads - take - me home - to the
"Em" G4 | E,2 B d | ([G4c4e4] | [G2c2e2])e e |
w:# I hear her place - I be-long - West Vir-
"G" d (B3 | B2) B/2A/2 G | A (B3 | B2) B/2A/2 G |
w:gin-ia - moun - tain mom-ma - take - me
"C" (G4 | G2) G A | "G" G4 | [D4G4B4g4] :|
w:home - coun-try roads
"Em" E, G G G | "d" F2 G A | B B B B | B A G3/2 G/2 |
w:~ I hear her voice in the morn-in' hour she calls - me, the
"C" c3/2 c/2 c c | "G" c B A G | "D" A2 B3/2 B/2 | A3 A |
w:ra-di-o re-minds me of my home far a-way And
"Em" B B B B | "F" A A A A | "C" G G G G | "G" G G G G |
w:dri-vin down the road I get a feel-in that I should have been home
"D" A B (A2 | A2) A B | (c4 | c) z "chorus" G A |
w:yes-ter-day - yes-ter-day - -Coun-try
"G" ([D4G4B4] | [D2G2B2]) A B | "D" ([D4A4] | [D2A2]) B A |
w:roads - take me home - to the
"Em" (G4 | G2) B d | "C" ([G4c4e4] | [G2c2e2]) e e | "G" d (B3 |
w:place - I be-long - West Vir-gin-ia-
B2) B/2A/2 G | "d" A (B3 | B2) B/2A/2 G | (G4 | G2) G A |
w:~ moun - tain mom-ma - take - me home - coun-try
"G" (G4 | G2) B/2A/2 G | "D" ([D4A4] | [D2A2]) B/2A/2 G | (G4 |
w:roads - take - me home - coun - try roads - 
G2) B/2A/2 G | ([D4A4] | [D2A2]) B/2A/2 G | "G" G4 | !fermata! [D3G3B3g3] z
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W:ch
W:Country roads, take me home
W:To the place I belong
W:West Virginia, mountain momma
W:Take me home down country roads
W:
W:1
W:Almost heaven, West Virginia
W:Blue Ridge mountains, Shenandoah river
W:Life is old there, older than the trees
W:Younger than the mountains blowing like a breeze
W:
W:2
W:All my memories gather round her
W:Miner's lady, stranger to blue water
W:Dark and dusky, painted on the sky
W:Misty taste of moonshine, teardrops in my eye
W:
W:middle 8
W:I hear her voice in the sky, how she calls me
W:Radio reminds me of my home far away
W:Riding down the road I get a feeling
W:I should have been home yesterday, yesterday
W:
W:Chorus repeat

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Song Note

Song by Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert and John Denver

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