[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 65] (backward strums very close to bridge - no drums) [F#m7][Bm7][Cmaj7]..................
[Drums in - C/D - x55558 or 030010 to make fuller - bass plays D, D6 - (5)57777 or x00202 to sound fuller, Bb/C - x33336]
[C/D-x5555x] x x [D6-x57777] - x x [Bb/C-x3333x] x - x x x x - x x x x [C/D] x x [D6] - x x [Bb/C] x - x x x x - x x x x [C/D] x x [Gmaj7-3x0002] - x x x x - [D/E]x x [E7]- x x x x [Cmaj7] x x [Cmaj7*] - x [Cmaj7] x x - [D] x x [D] - [Dsus4] * = add high G on E string then take off for next one
[Verse 1] [Am7] All babies to [Bm7] gether [D/E] everyone a [E7] seed [Am7] Half of us are [Bm7] satisfied [D/E] half of us in [E7] need [Am7] Loves bountiful [Bm7] in us [D/E] tarnished by our [E7] greed (for C/D and Bb/C - playing x55555 and x33333 seems to work) oh, [Am7] When will there be a [D] harvest for the [C/D] world [Gmaj7] Yeah [Bb/C]
[Verse 2] [Am7] A nation [Bm7] planted [D/E] so concerned with[E7] gain [Am7] As the seasons [Bm7] come and go [D/E] greater grows the [E7] pain And [Am7] far to [Bm7] many [D/E] feeling the [E7] strain Oh, [Am7] When will there be a [D] harvest for the world [C/D] [Gmaj7] Yeah [Bb/C]
[Verse 3] [Em7] Gather every [Bm7] man [Em7] gather every [Am7] woman [Em7] Celebrate new [Bm7] life [Em7] give thanks for your [Am7] chil [Bm7] dren [Em7] Gather every [Bm7] one [Em7] gather all to [Am7] gether [Em7] Overlooking [Bm7] none [Em7] hoping life gets better [Am7] For the world [C/D] [Gmaj7] Yeah [Bb/C]
[Verse 4] [Am7] Dress me up for [Bm7] battle when [D/E] all I want is [E7] peace [Am7] Those of us who [Bm7] pay the price [D/E] come home with the [E7] least [Bm7] and [Am7] nation after [Bm7] nation [D/E] turning into beasts [E7] Oh, [Am7] When will there be a [D] harvest for the world [C/D] [Gmaj7] Yeah [Bb/C]
