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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 5 Version 6 Version 7 Version 8 Version 10John Denver: "Country Roads" To play this strumming pattern in the original key of A, use a capo on the 7th fret. [Intro] e|---2---2---2---2---2---2-------------| B|---3---3---3---3---3---3-------------| G|-------------------------------------| D|-0-------0-------0-------0---------0-| A|-----0-------0-------0-------0-2-4---| E|-------------------------------------| Country Roads [Verse 1] D Bm Almost heaven, West Virginia A G D Blue Ridge Mountain, Shenandoah River Bm Life is old there, older than the trees A Younger than the mountains G D Growing like a breeze [Chorus] D A Country roads take me home Bm G To the place I belong D A West Virginia, Mountain Mama G D Take me home country roads [Verse 2] D Bm All my memories gather 'round her A G D Miners Lady, stranger to blue water Bm Dark and dusky painted on the sky A Misty taste of moonshine G D Teardrop in my eye [Chorus] D A Country roads take me home Bm G To the place I belong D A West Virginia, Mountain Mama G D Take me home country roads [Bridge] Bm A D D7 I hear the voice in the morning hour - she calls me G D A The radio reminds me of my home far away Bm C G And driving down the road I get a feeling D A A7 That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday [Chorus] D A Country roads take me home Bm G To the place I belong D A West Virginia, Mountain Mama G D Take me home country roads