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Take Me Home Country Roads tab by John Denver (Ver. 2)

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Chord diagramA augmentedA

Difficulty: Intermediate

The tab is for this version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch v=1vrEljMfXYo


Intro:

e|--------12----|---------12--12/14------------|
Chord diagramBB|---12h14------|---12h14-----------14---------|
Chord diagramG+G|--------------|---------------------14-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------------|------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------|------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------|------------------------------|

Verse:

Almost heaven,  West Virgina,
e|-------------|-------------|
Chord diagramBB|------5h7----|-----7h9-----|
Chord diagramG+G|----6--------|---9---------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------|-------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------|-------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------|-------------|

Blue Ridge Mountains,
Shenandoah River

e|---7p5-----------------|----7p5----5-----9-------------|
Chord diagramBB|------5h7---7----------|-------5h7----5----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|----------6---6p5------|----------------------5/6------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------------7---|--------------------------7----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
(It helps to barre your finger across the 5th fret for the 3 strings)

Life is old there...

e|----5--------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------|

Younger than mountains,
Growing like a breeze...
e|---7p5-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|------5h7---7----------|
Chord diagramG+G|----------6---6p5------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------------7---| (same as before, played softer)
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------|
Chorus:

Country roaaads....

e|-------5------7-------9---|
Chord diagramBB|--------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---5/6-----6/7-----7/9----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------------------|

Take me hoooomeeee.......

e|--7-----7-----7---|
Chord diagramBB|---5-----5-----5--|
Chord diagramG+G|-----4-----4----4-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------|

To the plaaacee......

e|------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----5h7---7p5----5h7---|
Chord diagramG+G|---6-----------6--------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------|

I beeloooooooooooooonggggg!!!!

e|-------10-------12-------------|
Chord diagramBB|----------10h12----12p10-------|
Chord diagramG+G|--/11---------------------11---|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------|


WEST VIRIGINAAAAAA!

e|--------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------12h14---------14p12---------12h14-----|
Chord diagramG+G|--14--14------14----14------14----14--------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------------------------------------|

Mountain Mammaaaa

e|-------12-------12----------|
Chord diagramBB|----------12h14----12-------|
Chord diagramG+G|--12/13---------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------------14----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------|


Take me home,

e|--------14-----12---------10----|
Chord diagramBB|--------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--14---14/12--------12/11-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------------------------|

Country Roads

e|--------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------12h14---12h14----14-14--12------|
Chord diagramG+G|------14------14------14---------14---|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------------------------------|


Verse:
(Second Guitar - Use a slide and some FX for swells/tone)


All my memories, gather round her

e|----12s9-------|---9s7----|
Chord diagramBB|---------------|----------|
Chord diagramG+G|---------------|----------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------------|----------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------|----------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------|----------|


Miner's lady,  stranger to blue waters
e|-------------|-----------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---10s9s7----|--/5s10----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------|-----------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------|-----------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------|-----------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------|-----------------------|


 Dark and Dusty       Painted on the sky      Misty taste of moonshine
e|-------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----(10)----------|-----------------10s9--|--------------------10s9s7--|
Chord diagramG+G|--9~~~~~~~9s11-----|-----------------------|----------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|


Chorus:
Second Guitar:First guitar's playing variations of the previous chorus:

Country Roads      Take Me Home       To The Place  I belong
e|-----------------|------------------|-------------|-------------|
Chord diagramBB|------12-12-14---|---14-12-10-12----|-14-12-10----|-14-17-19----|
Chord diagramG+G|---14------------|------------------|-------------|-------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------|------------------|-------------|-------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------|------------------|-------------|-------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------|------------------|-------------|-------------|

West Virgina   Mountain Mama
e|-------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---/22~------|--14s12s9s12-12s14--| (very soft, don't pick the string just slide)
Chord diagramG+G|-------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------|--------------------|


Take Me Home    Country Roads
e|-------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--14s12s9----|------9s12s9--------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------|--------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------|--------------------|


And that's all I've got for now.
I'll edit this again when I have the time.
Still can't believe I couldn't find tabs for this yet.
Hopefully this gets people to post their interpretations.

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| /   Slide with finger
| s   Slide with a Slide
| ~   Vibrato
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off

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