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John Denver-Country Roads - sr - 200

[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.

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Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here

During instrumental play Bass line the same way you 
play superstition
Initial climb up just hammer on to B from A whilst 
playing G - strum the rest
Back to G - D string - 5 2
Back to A - A string 7 5 E string 7
Back to Em (in A section) E string 5h7 A string 5
Final riff before hand on G - E string 5 7 5

[BPM 56]
[Intro]                                  
                     Em7                G            
e|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|
B|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|
G|-------------------0-0------0---------0-0---------|   
D|----------0--2-----2-2---2-----2--0---0-0---------| x2
A|-----0h2-----------2-2----------------2-2---------|   
E|--3----------------0-0----------------3-3---------|   
                                                        
                     Em7               A7sus4           
e|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|   
B|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|   
G|-------------------0-0----------------2-2---------|   
D|----------0--2-----2-2--2--0----------2-2---------| x2
A|-----0h2-----------2-2--------2--0----0-0---------|   
E|--3----------------0-0----------------------------|   
                                                        
               G                                        
e|-------------3-3-------|                              
B|-------------3-3-------|                              
G|-------------0-0-------|                              
D|-------------0-0-------|                              
A|--0-2-0------2-2-------|                              
E|---------3---3-3-------|                              

[Verse 1]                  
 [C] So, so you think you can t [D/F#] ell,
Heaven from H [Am/E] ell, blue skies from pa [G] in.
Can you tell a green  [D/F#] field from a cold steel 
ra [C] il, a smile from a ve [Am] il
Do you think you can t [G] ell?

[Verse 2]                                  
Did they get you to tr [C] ade your heroes for  [D/F#] ghosts,
Hot ashes for tr [Am/E] ees, hot air for a coo [G] l breeze, 
cold comfort for cha [D/F#] nge,
And did you exchan [C] ge a walk on part in the  
[Am] war for a lead role in a ca [G] ge?

[Instrumental]                          
Em7  G  Em7  G  Em7  A7sus4  Em7  A7sus4  G

[Verse 3]                        
 [C] How I wish, how I wish you were  [D/F#] here
We're just  [Am/E] two lost souls swimming in a 
fish bowl,  [G] year after year,
 [D/F#]  Running over the same old ground.  [C] What have we found?
The same old  [Am] fears. Wish you were here!  [G]  

[Instrumental]
Em7  G  Em7  A7sus4  Em7  A7sus4  G  x2


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