[Intro - Capo 2 - BPM 88] G G/D x4 - arpeggio - play G string with thumb, B and E with first and second fingers then play D string thumb with thumb - repeat pattern (sort of) for all other chords OR JUST DOWNPICK THE BASS NOTE WITH FIRST FINGER JUST USING A PLECTRUM THEN STRUM THE REST OF THE CHORD WHILST PLAYING THE SNARE - WITH EACH CHORD PLAY ROOT THEN 5TH AFTER - SO WITH C YOU ARE PLAYING C/G EVERY SECOND BASS NOTE - SOUNDS GOOD
[Verse 1 - Finger pick with bass drum on all quarter notes - Root to 5th where possible] (Finger picking pattern is pama - play just 2 treble strings in up up down pattern) [G] Almost Heaven [Em] , West Virginia [D] Blue Ridge Mountains, [C] Shenandoah [G] River. [G] Life is old there, [Em] older than the trees, [D] younger than the mountains, [C] blowin' like a [G] breeze.
[Chorus - Strum with bass drum and full snare - 2/4 - Bass note Root to 5th where possible] Country [G] Roads, take me [D7] home, to the [Em] place I be [C] long West Vir [G] ginia, mountain [D] mama, take me [C] home, country [G] roads.
[Verse 2 - Slap snare so gentler feel] [G] All my memories [Em] gather 'round her [D] , miner's lady, [C] stranger to blue [G] water. [G] Dark and dusty, [Em] painted on the sky, [D] misty taste of moonshine, [C] teardrop in my [G] eye.
[Chorus] Country [G] Roads, take me [D7] home, to the [Em] place I be [C] long West Vir [G] ginia, mountain [D] mama, take me [C] home, country [G] roads.
[Bridge] [Em] I hear her [D/F#] voice, in the [G] mornin' hour she calls me. The [C] radio re [G] minds me of my [D] home far away. And [Em] drivin' down the [F] road I get a [C] feelin' that I [G] should have been home [D] yesterday, yester [D7] day.
[Chorus] Country [G] Roads, take me [D7] home, to the [Em] place I be [C] long West Vir [G] ginia, mountain [D] mama, take me [C] home, country [G] roads.
[Chorus] Country [G] Roads, take me [D7] home, to the [Em] place I be [C] long West Vir [G] ginia, mountain [D] mama, take me [C] home, country [G] roads.
[Outro] Take me [D] home, (down) country [G] roads. Take me [D] home, (down) country [G] roads.
[Verse] [D] I like the [G] way your sparkling [D] earrings [G] lay [D] Against your [G] skin so brown [A7][A7] [D] And i want to [G] sleep with you in [D] the desert to [G] night [D] With a million [G] stars all a [A7] round [A7] Cause i got a
[Chorus] [G] peaceful [G] easy [D] feel-ing [D] [G] And i know you [G] won't let me down [Em][A7] Cause i'm [D] alll [Em] ready [G] standing [A7] on the ground
[Vamp] [D][G][D][G]
[Verse] [D] And i found [G] out a long [D] time a [G] go [D] What a woman can [G] do to your [A7] soul [A7] [D] Ah, but [G] she can't take you a [D] any [G] way [D] You don't already [G] know how to go [A7] cause I got a
[Chorus] [G] peaceful [G] easy [D] feel-ing [D] [G] And i know you [G] won't let me down [Em][A7] Cause i'm [D] alll [Em] ready [G] standing [A7] on the ground
[Vamp] [D][G][D][G]
[Solo - Verse run through then] G G G G D D D D G G G G A7 A7 A7 A7 D D G G G G A7 A7
[Verse] [D] I get the [G] feeling i may [D] know [G] you [D] As a lover [G] and a [A7] friend [A7] [D] But this [G] voice keeps whispering [D] in my other [G] ear Tells me i [D] I may never [G] see you a [A7] gain [A7]
[Chorus] [G] peaceful [G] easy [D] feel-ing [D] [G] And i know you [G] won't let me down [Em][A7] Cause i'm [D] alll [Em] ready [G] standing [A7][D] Cause i'm [D] alll [Em] ready [G] standing [A7][D] Cause i'm [D] alll [Em] ready [G] standing [A7][A7] on the ground
