[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.
Don't go for harmonies in the chorus too much Opening figure - use thumb and first finger to play B - 1 3 E - 1 0 B - 1 3 Whilst still holding the C chord as much as possible so it sustains Chord for C/Bb - 6x555 Run down - D 0 - A- 3 2 0 then play G - don't pull off play first with first finger then rest with thumb Piano intro C - notes - dont try to hold C maj chord - use second finger for the 1 so in good position to finger the next chord B 1 3 E 1 0 B 3 1 (hammer on and pull off) - 11xx1x 01xx1x x10x1x Use side of thumb and muting with left hand to 1 &3&4 - staccato on 4 Losing everything - have snare hit with no chord OR just play bass drum with chords [Intro] |C |C/Bb |F C |F |
[Verse 1] [G] I can't light [C/G][G] no more of your [F] darknes [C] s F/C C C/E [F] All my pictures [Bb/F][F] seem to fade to black and [G] white C/G G C/G G [G] I'm growing tired [C/G][G] and time stands still [F] before [C] me F/C C C/E [F] Frozen here [Bb/F][F] on the ladder of my [G] life C/G G C/G G [G] Too late [C/G][G] to save myself from [F] falli [C] ng [F/C][C][C/E] [F] I took a chance [Bb/F][F] and changed your way of [G] life C/G G C/G G [G] But you misread [C/G][G] my meaning when I [F] met y [C] ou F/C C C/E [F] Closed the door [Bb/F][F] and left me [C/G] blinded by the [G] light
[Chorus] [C] Don't let the sun go [C/Bb-6x555x] down on me [F/A] Although I search myself, it's always s [D7/F#] omeone else I see [C/G] I'd just allow a fragment of your [F/G] life [G] to wander [C] free [C/Bb] But [F/A] losing everything is like the [Dm] sun (fast chords) [C/E] go--- [F] ing [C/G] down [G] on [C] me
|C |C/Bb |F/A C/G |F |
[Verse 2] [G] I can't find [C/G] , [G7] oh the right rom [F] antic li [C] ne [F/C][C][C/E] [F] But see me once [Bb/F][F] and see the way I [G] feel [G7] [G] Don't discard me [C/G][G] just because you [F] think I mean you [C] harm F/C C C/E [F] But these cuts I have [Bb/F][F] they need love [C/G] to help them heal [G]
[Chorus] [C] Don't let the sun go [C/Bb-6x555x] down on me [F/A] Although I search myself, it's always s [D7/F#] omeone else I see [C/G] I'd just allow a fragment of your [F/G] life [G] to wander [C] free [C/Bb] But [F/A] losing everything is like the [Dm] sun (fast chords) [C/E] go--- [F] ing [C/G] down [G] on [C] me |C |C/Bb |F/A |Ab6 Bb |
[C] Don't let the sun go [C/Bb-6x555x] down on me [F/A] Although I search myself, it's always s [D7/F#] omeone else I see [C/G] I'd just allow a fragment of your [F/G] life [G] to wander [C] free [C/Bb] But [F/A] losing everything is like the [Dm] sun (fast chords) [C/E] go--- [F] ing [C/G] down [G] on [C] me |C |C/Bb |F/A |Ab6 Bb |C