Harmonica is Vocal Patches - - - [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.
[Verse 1] [F] I, I'm so in [Am/D-x57555]love with you Whatever you [Bb]want to do Is all right with [Bbm9-x13111]me 'Cause [Am7]you [Gm7] make me [Fmaj7]feel [Em]so brand [Dm9-xx0210]new And [Am7]I [Gm7] want to [Fmaj7]spend my [Am7]life with [Dm9]you
[Verse 2] [F]Since, since we've been to [Am/D]gether Loving you for [Bb]ever Is what I [Bbm9] need [Am7]Let me [Gm7] be the [Fmaj7]one you come [Em]running [Dm9]to [Am7]I'll [Gm7] never [Fmaj7]be [Am7]un-un [Dm9]true
[Bridge] [Gm9-353335]Let's, let's stay to [Am7]gether Lovin' you [Gm9]whether, whether Times are [Bbmaj7] good or [Am7] bad, [Dm7] happy or [C] sad
[String Section] [Gm9][Gm9][Abmaj7][Gm][Abmaj7][Abmaj7] Whether times are [Bbmaj7] good or [Am7] bad, [Dm7] happy or [C] sad
[Verse 3] [F]Why, why some people [Am/D]break up Then turn around and [Bb]make up I just can't [Bbm9] see
[Am7]You'd [Gm7] never [Fmaj7]do [Em]that to [Dm9]me (would you, baby) [Am7] Staying [Gm7] around [Fmaj7]you is [Am7]all I [Dm9]see (Here's what I want us to do)
[Coda] [Gm9]Let's, we oughta stay to [Am7]gether Loving you [Gm9]whether, whether Times are [Bbmaj7]good or [Am7]bad, [Dm7]happy or [C]sad (repeat to fade)
