[Verse] [A] Hey, Mr. Churchill, [E] comes ...over here, to [A] say we're doing spl [E] endidly. [A] But it's very cold, [E] out here in the snow, [A] marching to and from the [E] enemy. [A] Oh, I say it's tough; [E] I have had enough, [A] can you stop the [E] caval- [A] ry?
[Interlude 1 - Use A up neck then E7 high up - Full drums] A E7 - A E - A E7 - A E - A E7 - (A E) A
A E7 E -12-12-10-9--10-9--7---- B -10----------9---------- G -9-----------9---------- D -x-----------9---------- A -0-----------7---------- E ------------------------
[Verse] [A] I have had to fight, [E] almost every night, [A] down throughout these [E] centuries. [A] That is when I say, [E] oh yes, yet again; [A] can you stop the [E] caval- [A] ry?
[Chorus] [E] Mary Bradley, [A] waits at home, [E] in the nuclear [A] fallout zone. [E] Wish I could be [A] dancing now, [E] in the arms of the [A] girl I love.
[Break - Just bass drum and can sing up an octave] [E] Dub-i-dub-i-dum-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum, Dub-i- [A] dum-dum-dub-i-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum. [E] Dub-i-dub-i-dum-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum, Dub-i- [A] dum-dum-dub-i-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum. [G] Wish I was at home for [D] Christmas.
[Interlude 2 - Bells bit - Slide D triad up and down the neck] A D A A, A D A A, A D A D , A D A A A A D A E --9-7-9-------9--2--9----- B ------10-12---10-3--10----- G ------9-------9--2--9---- D ------x-------x--0--x----- A ------0-------0--x--0----- E --------------------------
[Verse] [A] Bang goes another bomb, [E] on another town, [A] while the Tzar and [E] Jim have tea. [A] If I get home, [E] live to tell the tale, [A] I'll run for all [E] Presidencies. If [A] I get elected, [E] I'll stop; [A] I will stop the [E] caval- [A] ry.
[Interlude 1 - Use A up neck then E7 high up] A E7 - A E - A E7 - A E - A E7 - (A E) A
[Break - Just bass drum and can sing up an octave] [E] Dub-i-dub-i-dum-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum, Dub-i- [A] dum-dum-dub-i-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum. [E] Dub-i-dub-i-dum-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum, Dub-i- [A] dum-dum-dub-i-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum. [G] Wish I was at home for [D] Christmas.
[Chorus - Full drums] [E] Wish I could be [A] dancing now, [E] in the arms of the [A] girl I love. [E] Mary Bradley [A] waits at home, [E] she's been waiting [A] two years long. [G] Wish I was at home for [D] Christmas.
[Interlude 2 - Bells bit - Slide D triad up and down the neck] A D A A, A D A A, A D A D , - slow down and chords down neck A D A A (577655)
A A D A E --9-7-9-------9--2--9----- B ------10-12---10-3--10----- G ------9-------9--2--9---- D ------x-------x--0--x----- A ------0-------0--x--0----- 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.
