[Verse 1] [A] Money talks, but it don't sing and dance, and [D] it don't walk As long as I can have you [A] here with [Bm] me I'd [C#m] much rather [E] be, forever in [A] blue jeans [E][D/F#][C/G][E/G#]
[Verse 2] [A] Honey's sweet, but it ain't nothin' next to [D] baby's treat, If you pardon me, I'd [A] like to [Bm] say, We'll [C#m] do o [E] kay, forever in [A] blue jeans [A]
[Chorus] Maybe to [A] night,maybe to [A7] night by the [D/A] fire all a [Dm/A] lone you and [A] I, Nothing a [G] round but the [D] sound of my [Dsus4] heart and your [E] sighs
[Verse 3] [A] Money talks, but it can't sing and dance, and [D] it can't walk As long as I can have you [A] here with [Bm] me I'd [C#m] much rather [E] be, forever in [A] blue jeans, babe [E] [D/F#][C/G][E/G#]
[Verse 4] [A] Honey's sweet, but it ain't nothin' next to [D] baby's treat, If you pardon me, I'd [A] like to [Bm] say, We'll [C#m] do o [E] kay, forever in [A] blue jeans [A]
[Chorus] Maybe ton [A] ight, maybe to [A7] night by the [D/A] fire all a [Dm/A] lone you and [A] I Nothing a [G] round but the [D] sound of my [Dsus4] heart and your [E] sighs [E]
[Verse 5] [A] Money talks, but it don't sing and dance, and [D] it don't walk As long as I can have you [A] here with [Bm] me I'd [C#m] much rather [E] be, forever in [A] blue jeans, babe
[Instrumental] A A D D
[Outro] If you pardon me, I'd [A] like to [Bm] say, We'll [C#m] do o [E] kay, forever in [A] blue jeans, babe [A][D] As long as I can have you [A] here with [Bm] me I'd [C#m] much rather [E] be, forever in [A] blue jeans, babe [A][D] As long as I can have you [A] here with [Bm] me I'd [C#m] much rather [E] be, forever in [A] blue jeans.
[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.
