[Chorus] Well it's [D] all right, [D] riding a [A] round in the [G] breeze Well it's [D] all right, [D] if you live the [A] life you [D] please Well it's [D] all right, [D] doing the [A] best you [G] can Well it's [D] all right, [D] as long as you [A] lend a [D] hand
[Verse] [G] You can sit around and wait for the phone to [D] ring (end of the line) [G] Waiting for someone to tell you [D] everything (end of the line) [G] Sit around and wonder what tomor [D] row will bring (end of the line) Maybe a [A] diamond ring
[Chorus] Well it's [D] all right, [D] even if they [A] say you're [G] wrong Well it's [D] all right, [D] sometimes you [A] gotta be [D] strong Well it's [D] all right, [D] as long as you got [A] somewhere to [G] lay Well it's [D] all right, [D] every day is [A] judgement [D] day
[Verse] [G] Maybe somewhere down the [D] road aways (end of the line) [G] You'll think of me, and wonder where I [D] am these days (end of the line) [G] Maybe somewhere down the road when some [D] body plays (end of the line) [A] Purple Haze
[Chorus] Well it's [D] all right, [D] even when [A] push comes to [G] shove Well it's [D] all right, [D] if you got [A] someone to [D] love Well it's [D] all right, [D] everything'll [A] work out [G] fine Well it's [D] all right, [D] we're going to the [A] end of the [D] line
[Verse] [G] Don't have to be ashamed of the [D] car I drive (end of the line) [G] I'm just glad to be here, happy to [D] be alive (end of the line) [G] It don't matter, if you're [D] by my side (end of the line) I'm [A] satisfied
[Chorus] Well it's [D] all right, [D] even if you're [A] old and [G] grey Well it's [D] all right, [D] you still got [A] something to [D] say Well it's [D] all right, [D] remember to [A] live and let [G] live Well it's [D] all right, [D] the best you can [A] do is for [D] give
Well it's [D] all right, [D] riding [A] around in the [G] breeze Well it's [D] all right, [D] if you live the [A] life you [D] please Well it's [D] all right, [D] even if the [A] sun don't [G] shine Well it's [D] all right, [D] we're going to the [A] end of the [D] line
[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.
