[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 1] [D] You [Dsus4] fill up my [G] sen [A] ses [Bm] like a [G] night in a f [D] orest [D/C#][Bm] Like the [A] mountains in [G] spring [F#m] time [Em] like a [G] walk in the r [A7] ai Like a storm in the [G] de [A] sert [Bm] like a [G] sleepy blue [D] ocean [D/C#][Bm] You [A] fill up my [G] sen [F#m] ses [Em] come [A7] fill me a [D] gain [Dsus4] [Verse 2] [D][Dsus4] Come let me [G] love [A] you, [Bm] let me [G] give my life [D] to you [D/C#][Bm] Let me [A] drown in your [G] laugh [F#m] ter, [Em] let me [G] die in your [A7] arms Let me lay down be [G] side [A] you, [Bm] let me [G] always be [D] with you [D/C#][Bm] [A] Come let me [G] love [F#m] you, [Em] come [A7] love me a [D] gain [Dsus4]
[Instrumental] D Dsus4 G A Bm G D D/C# Bm A G F#m Em G A7 A7 A7 [A7][G][A][Bm] let me [G] give my life [D] to yo [D/C#] u [Bm] [A] Come let me [G] love [F#m] you, [Em] come [A7] love me [D] again [Dsus4]
[Verse 3] [D] You [Dsus4] fill up my [G] sen [A] ses [Bm] like a [G] night in a [D] forest [D/C#][Bm] Like the [A] mountains in [G] spring [F#m] time [Em] like a [G] walk in the [A7] rain Like a storm in the [G] de [A] sert [Bm] like a [G] sleepy blue [D] ocean [D/C#][Bm] You [A] fill up my [G] sen [F#m] ses [Em] come [A7] fill me a [D] gain [Dsus4] [[Ending]] D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
