[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 98 - You can use technique in Dakota to play the high violin lines - 0-x-9-9-9-11 0-x-9-9-9-12 9-x-9-9-9-11 9-x-9-9-9-12 x-0-x-9-9-11 x-0-x-9-9-12 C then D] Vox- have one on double - that should do it - no harmonies |-/-/-/-/-|-/-/-/-/-|-/-/-/-/-|-/-/-/-----/--| --E---------C#m7------Amaj7---------Cmaj7-Bm7 |-/-/-/-/-|-/-/-/-/-|-/-/-/-/-|-/--/--/--/--| --E---------C#m7------Amaj7-----Cmaj7----Bm7
[Verse 1] [E] When I wake up in the [C#m7] morning love [Amaj7] [Amaj7] And the sunlight hurts my eyes [Cmaj7][Bm7] [E] And something without [C#m7] warning love [Amaj7] [Amaj7] Bears heavy on my [Cmaj7] mind
[Pre-chorus] [Am7/D-x55555] Then I look at you [Bm7/E-077777] And the world's a [Am7] lright with me [Bm7] [Am7/D] Just one look at you [Bm7/E] And I know it's [Am7] gonna be [Bm7]
[Chorus] A lovely [E] day (Lovely day lovely day [C#m7] lovely day lovely day [Amaj7] lovely day lovely day [Cmaj7] lovely day lovely [Bm7] day) A lovely [E] day (Lovely day lovely day [C#m7] lovely day lovely day [Amaj7] lovely day lovely day [Cmaj7] lovely day lovely [Bm7] day)
[Verse 2] [E] When the day that lies [C#m7] ahead of me [Amaj7] [Amaj7] Seems impossible to face [Cmaj7][Bm7] [E] When someone else in [C#m7] stead of me [Amaj7] [Amaj7] Always seems to know the [Cmaj7] way
[Pre-chorus] [Am7/D] Then I look at you [Bm7/E] And the world's a [Am7] lright with me [Bm7] [Am7/D] Just one look at you [Bm7/E] And I know it's [Am7] gonna be [Bm7]
[Chorus] A lovely [E] day (Lovely day lovely day [C#m7] lovely day lovely day [Amaj7] lovely day lovely day [Cmaj7] lovely day lovely [Bm7] day) A lovely [E] day (Lovely day lovely day [C#m7] lovely day lovely day [Amaj7] lovely day lovely day [Cmaj7] lovely day lovely [Bm7] day)
[Verse 3] [E] When the day that lies a [C#m7] head of me [Amaj7] [Amaj7] Seems impossible to face [Cmaj7][Bm7] [E] When someone else in [C#m7] stead of me [Amaj7] [Amaj7] Always seems to know the [Cmaj7] way
[Pre-chorus] [Am7/D] Then I look at you [Bm7/E] And the whole world's a [Am7] lright with me [Bm7] [Am7/D] Just one look at you [Bm7/E] And I know it's [Am7] gonna be [Bm7]
[Chorus - x 2 or fade] A lovely [E] day (Lovely day lovely day [C#m7] lovely day lovely day [Amaj7] lovely day lovely day [Cmaj7] lovely day lovely [Bm7] day) A lovely [E] day (Lovely day lovely day [C#m7] lovely day lovely day [Amaj7] lovely day lovely day [Cmaj7] lovely day lovely [Bm7] day)
