[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.
Vox - 3rd on let, double in middle? Am/C play x3x555 - try to play second note of double on snare with fingers below strings Thumb and chord, then am below soundhole
[Intro] BPM 160 N.C. One, two three, four ... | E7 | % | % | % |
[Verse 1] - Well she was [E7] just seventeen and you [A7] know what I [E7] mean And the [E7] way she looked was way beyond compare [B7] So [E] how could I [E7/G#] dance with [A] another oh [Am/C], When I [E7] saw her [B7] standing there [E7]
[Verse 2] - Well [E7] she looked at me and [A7] I, I could [E7] see That [E7] before too long I'd fall in love with [B7] her [E] She [E7/G#] wouldn't [A] dance with [Am/C] another, ooh When I [E] saw her [B7] standing there [E7]
[Bridge] - Well my [A] heart went boom When I [A]crossed that room And I [A] held her hand in mine [B7][A7]
[Verse 3] - Well we [E7] danced through the night and we [A7] eld each other [E7] tight And [E7] before too long I fell in love with [B7] her Now [E] I'll [E7/G#] never [A7] dance with [Am/C] another, oh Oh, since I [E7] saw her [B7] standing there [E7]
[Bridge] Well my [A] heart went boom When I [A]crossed that room And I [A] held her hand in mine [B7][A7]
[Verse 4] - Well we [E7] danced through the night and we [A7] eld each other [E7] tight And [E7] before too long I fell in love with [B7] her Now [E] I'll [E7/G#] never [A7] dance with [Am/C] another, oh Oh, since I [E7] saw her [B7] standing [E7] there [Outro] Oh, since I [E7] saw her [B7] standing [E7] there Yeah, well, since I [E7] saw her [B7] standing there [x x A7 x (A7 A7) x x E7 E7 E7 E9 ........ E7]
