[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.
[USE DROP D - MAKES SOLO EASIER - Intro - BPM 85 - No drums] [D][C][G] E-5-5--5s3--3--7--87-7 B-7-7--7s5--5--8--88-8 G-7-7--7s5--5--7--77-7 D-0-0-(0)-------------
(drums in) [Verse] [D] Baby, .. when I think a [G] bout you, I think about [D] luuuuu uh uh uh [G] ove. [D] Darling....couldn't live with [G] out you, and your [D] luuuuu uh uh uh [G] ove.
If I [D] had..... those golden [G] dreams, of my [D] yesterday..... [G] I would [D] wrap you....In the [G] heavens, And feel it [D] dying (dying, dying) on the [G] way
[Chorus - pattern with D - xx-D xx-D - loud on snare] (can play SSxS as hard to play heavy mute on acoustic loud enough - or BBxS) I [G] feel like making [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] Feel like [C] making [G] love to [D] you
(drum fill) [Verse] [D] Baby, .... when I think a [G] bout you, I think about [D] luuuuu uh uh uh [G] ove. [D] Darling, ..... couldn't live with [G] out you, and your [D] luuuuu uh uh uh [G] ove.
And if I [D] had,...... the sun and [G] moon, and they were [D] shi........ [G] ning I would [D] give you ...... both night and [G] day, love satis [D] fy........ [G] ing
[Chorus] I [G] feel like making [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] Feel like [C] making [G] love to [D] you
[Like Galway Girl - Instrumental - Strum chords high - play high D with low E muted] [Play low D for some notes, then low G for others - play around 7th fret area and down neck] [D][G][D][G] x 2 - see ideas for [Solo]
[Verse] And if I [D] had ......those golden [G] dreams, of my [D] yesterday...... [G] I would [D] wrap you, ..... In the [G] heavens, And feel it [D] dying (dying, dying) on the [G] way
[Chorus] I [G] feel like making [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] Feel like [C] making [G] love to [D] you
[D] x 3
I [G] feel like making [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] [G] Feel like making love [D][3x] Feel like [C] making [G] love to [D] you x2
[End] [Solo - USING DROP D SO SOLO IN D WORKS BETTER IF HIT LOWER STRINGS - AND G IS GOOD AS WELL] (when playing D - can add lots of extra runs in Bm pentatonic) E x---X--- B 10--8--- G 7---7---- D 7---5---- A 0---5---- E 0---5---- Can also play notes whilst droning low D E X----------------------------------- mute with finger playing B string - angle finger over B 10-8-7--5--etc------------------------- G 7-----------------------------------mute with finger playing B string - angle finger over D 0----------------------------------- A 0----------------------------------- E 0-----------------------------------mute with thumb over top Can also play diads as well
