Song: Country Roads
Performed by: JOHN DENVER
Submitted by Thomas Rinas
C AM G
ALMOST HEAVEN WEST VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS,
F C AM
SHENADOAH RIVER. LIFE IS OLD THERE OLDER THAN THE TREES,
G F C
YOUNGER THAN THE MOUNTAINS, GROWING LIKE A BREEZE.
C G AM F
COUNTRY ROADS, TAKE ME HOME TO THE PLACE, I BELONG
C G F C
WEST VIRGINIA, MOUNTAIN MOMMA, TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS.
C AM G
ALL MY MEMORIES GATHER ROUND HER, MINER'S LADY,
F C AM
STRANGER TO BLUE WATER. DARK AND DUSTY PAINTED ON THE SKY
G F C
MISTY TASTE OF MOONSHINE TEAR DROP IN MY EYE.
C G AM F
COUNTRY ROADS, TAKE ME HOME TO THE PLACE I BELONG
C G F C
WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN MOMMA TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS.
AM G C
I HEAR HER VOICE IN THE MORNIN' HOURS SHE CALLS ME
F C G AM
RADIO REMINDS ME OF MY HOME FAR AWAY, AND DRIVIN' DOWN
G F C
THE ROAD I GET THE FEELIN' THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN HOME
G F
YESTERDAY, YESTERDAY.
C G AM F
COUNTRY ROADS, TAKE ME HOME TO THE PLACE I BELONG
C G F C
WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN MOMMA TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS.
G C G C
TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS, TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS.
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Ben Average |
#1 by Ben at Sep 28, 2007 at 4:49 AM EST |
| yea me too, i love this song as well, it makes me wanna travel to all these glorious places and just die there | |
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patrick Average |
#2 by patrick chamberland at Sep 28, 2007 at 1:49 PM EST |
| At my summer camp we sing this, and on the chorus we all jump up and down and sing. i think it is an awesome song. it has such beautiful imagry too 1 | |
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Megan Average |
#3 by Megan at Sep 29, 2007 at 3:30 AM EST |
| How can I be the first person to read this and comment on it? John Denver wrote and sang some of the best music ever recorded, and this song is one of his greatest achievements. A great song to listen to at night on the way home from driving across the country. It almost puts tears in my eyes with the beauty end eloquence of its words and the love with which it is sung. I may be crazy, but I love it. | |
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David Wanna Be |
#4 by David Albert at Sep 29, 2007 at 10:24 AM EST |
| this song is amazing it's a great driving at night song. this is my favorite john denver song so yeah great song... | |
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Julio .S.A.F. Lead Player |
#5 by Julio .S.A.F. at Sep 29, 2007 at 4:24 PM EST |
| An interesting thing about this song is the area in WV he mentions is Jefferson County which is really more Virginia than WV, and has also been overrun by sprawl from D.C the last few years. | |
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phil Average |
#6 by phil gdfgr at Sep 29, 2007 at 8:08 PM EST |
| Uuuuuh......John Denver co-wrote this song with Paul and Mary (John, Paul and Mary) Good song, was an enormous hit in china, it was the only western song alowed airtime on chinese radio. | |
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Adam Average |
#7 by Adam Baine at Sep 30, 2007 at 12:00 AM EST |
| I don't know if this is true, but I heard that John and the others who wrote this song had never actually been to West Virginia. Anyway, I love this song. I grew up near the Blue Ridge Mountaints and I haven't found anything more beautiful. There is nothing quite like that peaceful, blue haze. West Virginia and Appalachia is like a world of its own-- life really is old there. I love it. This song really makes me want to go home. | |
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chris Professional |
#8 by chris vlasic at Oct 2, 2007 at 5:30 AM EST |
| Man, I hate the idea that thousands of drunk college kids scream this song as some sort of lame ritual. I think it's a song that has a lot of feeling behind it. It's a beautiful song. A lot of people tend to think of John Denver as being dorky and cliche, but I love him; he was an amazing songwriter. | |
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mongoose Average |
#9 by mongoose jones at Oct 2, 2007 at 9:22 PM EST |
| FUCKIN RIGHTS!! DANCE AND SING TO THIS WHILE WE DRINK LONGNECKS DOWN AT THE BAR! YEAAA!!!! | |
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Anarchos Lead Player |
#10 by Anarchos Olsson at Oct 5, 2007 at 6:51 AM EST |
| Lame rituals are what college is all about. Don't knock it until you try it. P.S. I loved the song long before I was a student at WVU. I love it more now. | |
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m Wanna Be |
#11 by m t at Oct 5, 2007 at 12:31 PM EST |
| i'd never heard this song until i moved to west virginia. but i learned to love it. and when john denver wrote it, i'm sure he never imagined that at every bar in morgantown wv, at the stroke of midnight, thousands of drunk college kids would be screaming the lyrics at the of of their lungs. gotta love wvu. | |
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Mitchee! Wanna Be |
#12 by Mitchee! at the Disco at Oct 6, 2007 at 1:30 AM EST |
| i use to think john denver suck when i was younger. i heard a punk cover of this song and i though it was bad ass. now i'm older and more mature. this song truly kick ass and so does john denver. | |
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