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John Denver - Country Roads

The song describes the beauty of West Virginia through references to the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah River. It evokes nostalgia for home as the singer wants to return to West Virginia, calling it "the place I belong." The chorus repeats the refrain "Country Roads, take me home" as the singer asks the country roads to lead him or her back to West Virginia and the mountain landscape. Memories of the singer's time in West Virginia are wrapped up in people, places and tastes that feel like home. The song concludes by asking the country roads to take the singer home once more.

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John Denver - Country Roads

The song describes the beauty of West Virginia through references to the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah River. It evokes nostalgia for home as the singer wants to return to West Virginia, calling it "the place I belong." The chorus repeats the refrain "Country Roads, take me home" as the singer asks the country roads to lead him or her back to West Virginia and the mountain landscape. Memories of the singer's time in West Virginia are wrapped up in people, places and tastes that feel like home. The song concludes by asking the country roads to take the singer home once more.

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John Denver – Country Roads

C C/G x4

[Verse 1]
C Am G F C
Almost Heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
C Am G F
Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains, blowin'
C
like a breeze.

[Chorus]
C G7 Am F
Country Roads, take me home, to the place I belong
C G F C
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.

[Verse 2]
C Am G F C
All my memories gather 'round her, miner's lady, stranger to blue water.
C Am G F
C
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my
eye.

[Chorus]
C G7 Am F
Country Roads, take me home, to the place I belong
C G F C
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.

[Bridge]
Am G/B C
I hear her voice, in the mornin' hour she calls me.
F C G
The radio reminds me of my home far away.
Am A# F C
And drivin' down the road I get a feelin' that I should have been home
G G7
yesterday, yesterday.

[Chorus]
C G7 Am F
Country Roads, take me home, to the place I belong
C G F C
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.

[Chorus]
C G7 Am F
Country Roads, take me home, to the place I belong
C G F C
West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.

[Outro]
G C
Take me home, (down) country roads.
G C
Take me home, (down) country roads.
John Denver – Country Roads
Capo 2
[Intro]
G G/D x4

[Verse 1]
G Em D C G
Almost Heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
G Em D C
Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains, blowin'
G
like a breeze.

[Chorus]
G D7 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.

[Verse 2]
G Em D C G
All my memories gather 'round her, miner's lady, stranger to blue water.
G Em D C
G
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my
eye.

[Chorus]
G D7 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.

[Bridge]
Em D/F# G
I hear her voice, in the mornin' hour she calls me.
C G D
The radio reminds me of my home far away.
Em F C G
And drivin' down the road I get a feelin' that I should have been home
D D7
yesterday, yesterday.

[Chorus]
G D7 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.

[Chorus]
G D7 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.

[Outro]
D G
Take me home, (down) country roads.
D G
Take me home, (down) country roads.

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