[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.
[Riff] *fret with second finger so easier to play lower notes with 1st and 3rd finger E -3-3----------------------------------------- B -3-3----------------------------------------- G -4-4----------------------------------------- D -5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7---5*5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5- A -5-5-0-2-3-3---5-7-5-5---0-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-x-x E -3-3-------------------------------------2-2-
E -3-3----------------------------------------- B -3-3----------------------------------------- G -4-4----------------------------------------- D -5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7------------------5--- A -5-5-0-2-3-3---5-7-5-5---0-2-3-3-3-3-5-7---- E -3-3----------------------------------------
[G][C][D][C] x2 [G]
[Verse] [G] Some [C] people call me the space [D] cowboy, yeah [C][G] [G] Some [C] call me the gangster of [D] love [C][G] [G] Some [C] people call me [D] Maurice [C] Cause I [G] speak of the [C] pompitous of [D] love [C][G]
[Verse] [G] People [C] talk about me, baby [D][C][G] [G] Say I'm [C] doin' you wrong, doin' [D] you wrong [C][G] [G] Well, [C] don't you worry baby Don't [D] worry [C][G] [G] Cause [C] I'm right here, right here [D] right here [C][G] right here at home
[Chorus] Cause I'm a [G] picker I'm a [C] grinner I'm a [G] lover And I'm a [C] sinner [G] I play my [C] music in the [D] sun [C]
I'm a [G] joker I'm a [C] smoker I'm a [G] midnight [C] toker [G] I sure don't [C] want to hurt no [D] one [D7]
[Verse] [G] You're the cutest thing [C] [D] That I ever did see [C][G] [G] I really love your [C] peaches [D] Want to shake your tre [C] e [G] [G] Lovey-dovey, lov [C] ey-dovey, lovey- [D] dovey all the time [C][G] [G] Ooo-eee baby, I' [C] ll sure show you [D] a good time [C][G]
[Chorus] Cause I'm a [G] picker I'm a [C] grinner I'm a [G] lover And I'm a [C] sinner [G] I play my [C] music in the [D] sun [C]
I'm a [G] joker I'm a [C] smoker I'm a [G] midnight [C] toker [G] I sure don't [C] want to hurt no [D] one [D7]
Cause I'm a [G] picker I'm a [C] grinner I'm a [G] lover And I'm a [C] sinner [G] I play my [C] music in the [D] sun [C]
I'm a [G] joker I'm a [C] smoker I'm a [G] midnight [C] toker [G] I sure don't [C] want to hurt no [D] one [D7] Wooo Woooo
[Verse] [G] People [C] keep talking about me ba [D] by [C][G] [G] They [C] say I'm doin' you wrong [D][C][G] [G] Well [C] don't you worry, don't wor [D] ry, no don't [C] wor [G] ry mama [G] Cause [C] I'm right here at home [D][C][G]
[Verse] [G] You're [C] the cutest thing I ever [D] did see [C][G] [G] Really [C] love your peaches want to [D] shake your [C] tree [G] [G] Lovey [C] -dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey [D] -dovey all the [C][G] time [G] Come [C] on baby and I'll show you [D] a good time [C][G]
