[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.
[Drum intro - Always play G/A as 5x5433] BxSS SSxx SSSS Sbxx
[Intro - Full drums - perhaps harmonica over the top] [Dm9 - x53555][Dm9][G/A][A] [Dm9][Dm9][G/A][A#/C-x3333x] [Dm9][Dm9][G/A][A] [F/G][G][F/G][G]
[Verse 1 - First 'girl' is low] [Dm9] Girl, Close [F/G] Your Eyes Let That [G/A] Rhythm Get Into You [G/A] [Dm9] Don't Try To [F/G] Fight It There Ain't [G/A] Nothin' That You Can Do [G/A] (Notes: G F E D - can play chords up neck quickly - Gmaj, Fmaj, Em, Dm)
[Fmaj7] Relax Your [Em7] Mind [Bbmaj7] Lay Back And Groove [F/G] With Mine .. You Got To [Dm7]Feel [Em7]That [Fmaj7]Heat [N.C.] And We Can Ride The Boogie (play Dm7, Em7, Fmaj7 at 7th,9th and 10th frets) then [Dm7]Share [Em7]That [Fmaj7]Beat Of[F/G] Love
[Chorus] I Wanna [Dm9] Rock With You [Dm9] ( [G/A] All [A] Night) [Dm9] Dance You Into Day [Dm9] ( [G/A] Sun [A#/C] light) I Wanna [Dm9] Rock With You ( [G/A] All [A] Night) We're Gonna [F/G] Rock The [G] Night Aw [F/G] ay [G]
[Verse 2] [Dm9] Out On The [F/G] Floor, There Ain't [G/A] Nobody There But Us [Dm9] Girl, When You [F/G] Dance, There's A [G/A] Magic That Must Be Love [Fmaj7] Just Take It [Em7] Slow, [Bbmaj7] 'Cause We Got So [F/G] Far To Go When You [Dm7] Feel [Em7] That [Fmaj7] Heat [N.C.] And We're Gonna Ride The Boogie [Dm7]Share [Em7]That [Fmaj7]Beat Of [F/G] Love
[Chorus] I Wanna [Dm9] Rock With You ( [G/A] All [A] Night) [Dm9] Dance You Into Day ( [G/A] Sunlig [A#/C] ht) I Wanna [Dm9] Rock With You ( [G/A] All [A] Night) We're Gonna [F/G] Rock The [G] Night Aw [F/G] ay [G]
[Post-Chorus] [Am7] And When The Groove Is Dead And Gone [D9-x5455x] (Yeah) You Know That [Fmaj7] Love Sur [Em7] vives So We Can [Bbmaj7] Rock For [F/G] ever, On
[Bridge - Solo - Try harmonica - F major] [Dm9][Dm9][G/A][A] [Dm9][Dm9][G/A][A#/C] [Dm9][Dm9][G/A][A/B-x2222x][A#/C-x3333x] I Wanna Rock With You I Wanna Groove With You
[Dm9][Dm9][G/A][A] [Dm9][Dm9][G/A][A#/C] [Dm9][Dm9][G/A][A/B-x2222x][A#/C-x3333x] I Wanna Rock With You I Wanna [B/C#-x4444x] Groove With You
[Chorus - KEY CHANGE] I Wanna [D#m9-x6466x] Rock ( [G#/A#] All [A#] Night) Girl [D#m9] ( [G#/A#] Sunli [B/C#] ght) [D#m9] Rock With You, Rock With You Girl (Yeah) ( [G#/A#] All [A#] Night) [F#/G#] Dance The [G#] Night Away [F#/G#][G#]
I Wanna [D#m9] Rock With You ( [G#/A#] All [A#] Night) [D#m9] Rock You Into Day ( [G#/A#] Sunli [A#] ght) I Wanna [D#m9] Rock With You ( [G#/A#] All [A#] Night) [F#/G#] Rock The [G#] Night Awa [F#/G#] y [G#]
