Capo on 2nd fret. Original song is in the key of A major
G Em D C G Almost Heaven; West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River. G Em D Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains, C G Blowin' like a breeze.
G D Em C
Country Roads, take me home, to the place, I belong,
G D C G
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.
G Em D C G All my memories gather round her, miner's lady, stranger to blue water. G Em D Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, misty taste of moonshine, C G Teardrop in my eye.
G D Em C
Country Roads, take me home, to the place, I belong,
G D C G
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.
Em D G
I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
C G D
The radio reminds me of my home far away.
Em F C
And driving down the road I get a feeling
G D D7
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.
G D Em C
Country Roads, take me home, to the place, I belong,
G D C G
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.
G D Em C
Country Roads, take me home, to the place, I belong,
G D C G
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.
D G D G
Take me home, down country roads; take me home, down country roads