[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.
[Intro - BPM 131 - Just bass drum] Chords --[F]------[Dm]------[Bb]---[C]----[F]- E -1--------5-----------------------1-- B -1----3-5-6-----5-4-3--3-4-5-5----1-- G -2----3-5-7-----5-4-3--3-4-5-5----2-- D -3----3-5-7-----5-4-3--3-4-5-5----3-- A -3----1-3-5-----3-2-1--1-2-3-3----3-- E -1---------------------------3-5--1--
[Pickup - drums in at end] Fxxx FxxBb xxxx Bbxxx x 2
[Verse - Full drums - Some fast strumming] [F] Don't go breaking my [Bb] heart [F] I couldn't if I [Bb] tried [F] Oh [A7] honey, if [Bb] I get [G/B] restless [F] Baby, you're not that [Bb] kind [F][Bb][F][Bb][C] (just bass drum) [F] Don't go breaking my [Bb] heart [F] You take the weight off of [Bb] me [F] Oh [A7] honey, when you [Bb] knock on my [G/B] door [F] Ooh, I gave you my [Bb] key [F][Bb] (A 013) [C]
[Chorus] [Am] Oooo-oooo... .... and nobody [Cm7] knows it But [Bb] when I was [F] down [C] I was your [G] clown [Am] Oooo-oooo... .... and nobody [Cm7] knows it (nobody knows) [Bb] Right from the [F] start I [C] gave you my [G] heart [Ab] Oooo- [C] oooh I gave you my [Bb] heart. (just bass drum) [F][Bb][F][Bb][C]
[F] So don't go breaking my [Dm] heart ... [C][Bb] .. I won't go [C]breaking your [F] heart----- [C][Dm]------- [C][Bb] .... Don't go [C] breaking my [F] heart (drums stop - approx chord pattern) [F]xx[F][Bb]xx[Bb][F]xx[F][Bb]xxx
[Verse] [F] And nobody [Bb] told us [F] `Cause nobody [Bb] showed us [F] And [A7] now it's [Bb] up to [G/B] us babe [F] Oh I think we can [Bb] make it (just bass drum) [F][Bb][F][Bb][C] [F] So don't misunder [Bb] stand me [F] You put the light in my [Bb] life [F] Oh, you [A7] put the [Bb] spark to the [G/B] flame [F] I've got your heart in my [Bb] sights [F][Bb] (A 013) [C]
[Chorus] [Am] Oooo-oooo... .... and nobody [Cm7] knows it But [Bb] when I was [F] down [C] I was your [G] clown [Am] Oooo-oooo... .... and nobody [Cm7] knows it (nobody knows) [Bb] Right from the [F] start I [C] gave you my [G] heart [Ab] Oooo- [C] oooh I gave you my [Bb] heart. (just bass drum) [F][Bb][F][Bb][C]
[Bridge] [F] So don't go breaking my [Dm] heart [C][Bb] I won't go [C] breaking your [F] heart----- [C][Dm]------- [C][Bb] Don't go [C] breaking my [F] heart (just bass drum) [F]xx[F][Bb]xx[Bb][F]xx[F][Bb]xxx
[Instrumental] [F][Bb][F][Bb] [F][A7][Bb][G/B][F][Bb] [F][Bb] (A 013) [C]
[Chorus] [Am] Oooo-oooo... .... and nobody [Cm7] knows it But [Bb] when I was [F] down [C] I was your [G] clown [Bb] Right from the [F] start, I [C] gave you my [G] heart! [Ab] Oooo- [C] oooh I gave you my [Bb] heart.(just bass drum) [F][Bb][F][Bb][C]
[F] don't go breaking my [Dm] heart [C][Bb] I won't go [C] breaking your [Repeated til fade section] [F] heart-- [C][Dm] -------- [C][Bb] Don't go [C] breaking my [F] heart (BACK 3 LINES AND REPEAT TIL FADE)
