[Intro - Bpm 109] Emaj at 7th fret with descending bass Eb D C A# (Ab7) F E ---------------------0--0- B -9---9---9---9-------0--0- G -9---9---9---9-------0--1- D -9---9---9---9---9---0--2- A -7---x---x---x---7---2--2- E -x---10--9---7---5---3--0-
[Verse 1 - Riff when playing F and Dm7] E -0----------4------------ B -0----------5------------ G -1-9--8--7--6--6--7--8--- D -2----------6------------ A -2-7--6--5--4--4--5--6--- E -0-----------------------
[E] Like a fool, I went and [C#m7] stayed too long. [E] Now I'm wondering if your [C#m7] love's still strong. [B] Ooh [A7] baby, here I am; [F#m7] signed, sealed, de- [B7] livered; I'm [E7] yours.
[Verse 2] [E] Then that time I went and [C#m7] said goodbye; [E] Now I'm back and not a- [C#m7] shamed to cry. [B] Ooh [A7] baby, here I am; [F#m7] signed, sealed, de- [B7] livered; I'm [E7] yours.
[E7] 2 bars vamp
[Chorus - with Bs just moving one finger at a time] Here I am, [E] ba-[D] by, [A-577655] Signed, sealed, de- [A/B-7x7655] livered; [A7] I'm [E] yours. [D] [A][A/B]Here I am [A7] , ba- [E] by, [D] [A] Signed, sealed, de-l [A/B] ivered; [A7] I'm [E] yours. [D]
(Descending part as per intro x 2 to F at 1st fret then climb back up to F) [E] I've done alot of foolish things, that I really didn't mean, [E] Hey, hey, yeah, yeah, didn't I? Oh baby.
[Verse 3] [E] Seen alot of things in [C#m7] this old world, [E] When I touched them, they did [C#m7] nothing, girl. [B] Ooh [A7] baby, here I am; [F#m7] signed, sealed, de- [B7] livered; I'm [E7] yours.
[Verse 4] [E] Ooh-wee babe, you set my [C#m7] soul on fire; [E] That's why I know you are my [C#m7] only desire. [B] Ooh [A7] baby, here I am; [F#m7] signed, sealed, de- [B7] livered; I'm [E7] yours.
[Chorus] Here I am, [E] ba [D] by, [A] Signed, sealed, de- [A/B] livered; [A7] I'm [E] yours. [D][A] [A] Here I [A/B] am [A7] , ba [E] -by, [D] [A] Signed, sealed, de- [A/B] livered; [A7] I'm [E] yours. [D][A]
(Descending part as per intro x 2 to F at 1st fret then climb back up to F) [E] I've done alot of foolish things, that I really didn't mean, [E] Hey, hey, yeah, yeah, didn't I? Oh baby. I could be a broken man, but here I am.
[Chorus] Here I am, [E] ba [D] by, [A] Signed, sealed, de- [A/B] livered; [A7] I'm [E] yours. [D][A] [A] Here I [A/B] am [A7] , ba [E] -by, [D] [A] Signed, sealed, de- [A/B] livered; [A7] I'm [E] yours. [D][A] (Repeat until end on [E])
[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.
