Chords for "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by The Anthony Riley Band
Tempo:
80.15 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
F
Am
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
You know what I mean?
You're doing what you love to do.
[G] And the love that people show you, you know what I mean?
[D] It's just like, what [A] kind of job do you know where you're walking down the street and people are [Eb] like,
Hey man, [A] how's it going man?
[Abm] Loved you this morning.
It's like, you know, you don't get [C] that no 9 to 5.
West Virginia.
[Am] West Virginia, [G] Blue Ridge Mountain, [F] the shadow [C] of a river.
Life is old, [A] older [Am] than the trees, [G] younger than the [F] mountains, flowing [C] like a bridge.
Country roads take [G] me home to [Am] the place where I [F] belong.
Oh West [C] Virginia, [G] mountain mama, take [F] me home, [C] country roads.
Now all my memories [Am]
gather around her,
[G] miners, a lady, [F] stranger to [C] the blue water.
It was dark and dusty, [Am] painted on the sky, [G] misty taste of [F] moonshine,
tears drop [C] in my eyes.
Country roads take [G] me home to [Am] that place.
West [F]
[C] Virginia, [G] mountain mama, take [F] me home, [C] country [G] roads.
[Am] I [G] hear a voice [C] in the morning hour, she calls me.
[F] Radio [C] reminds me [G] of my home far away.
[Am] Driving down [Bb] the road, [F] I get a feeling [C] that I should have been [G] home yesterday.
Yesterday.
[C] Country roads [G] take me home [Am] to the place [F] I belong.
[C] West Virginia, [G] mountain mama, won't you [F] take me home, [C] country roads.
They say that the [Am]
purpose of life is to find [G] a gift, and the meaning of life [F] is to give it away.
[C] So that's the reason why I do exactly what I do every single day.
[Am] Why I will never give up.
Why I always [G] believe in the power of comeback.
And you know, [F] essentially, [C] using art, using performance as a medium [G]
to expand people's horizons, to expand [Am] my own.
To that place where [F] I belong.
Oh [C] West Virginia, [G] mountain mama, take [F] me home.
Won't you take [C] me home, country roads.
Take [G] me home to [Am] that place I [F] belong.
West [C] Virginia, [G] mountain mama, take [F] me home, [C]
country roads.
Won't you take me [G] home, take me [Am] to the place I [F] belong.
West [C] Virginia, mountain [G] mama, take me [F] home.
[C]
You're doing what you love to do.
[G] And the love that people show you, you know what I mean?
[D] It's just like, what [A] kind of job do you know where you're walking down the street and people are [Eb] like,
Hey man, [A] how's it going man?
[Abm] Loved you this morning.
It's like, you know, you don't get [C] that no 9 to 5.
West Virginia.
[Am] West Virginia, [G] Blue Ridge Mountain, [F] the shadow [C] of a river.
Life is old, [A] older [Am] than the trees, [G] younger than the [F] mountains, flowing [C] like a bridge.
Country roads take [G] me home to [Am] the place where I [F] belong.
Oh West [C] Virginia, [G] mountain mama, take [F] me home, [C] country roads.
Now all my memories [Am]
gather around her,
[G] miners, a lady, [F] stranger to [C] the blue water.
It was dark and dusty, [Am] painted on the sky, [G] misty taste of [F] moonshine,
tears drop [C] in my eyes.
Country roads take [G] me home to [Am] that place.
West [F]
[C] Virginia, [G] mountain mama, take [F] me home, [C] country [G] roads.
[Am] I [G] hear a voice [C] in the morning hour, she calls me.
[F] Radio [C] reminds me [G] of my home far away.
[Am] Driving down [Bb] the road, [F] I get a feeling [C] that I should have been [G] home yesterday.
Yesterday.
[C] Country roads [G] take me home [Am] to the place [F] I belong.
[C] West Virginia, [G] mountain mama, won't you [F] take me home, [C] country roads.
They say that the [Am]
purpose of life is to find [G] a gift, and the meaning of life [F] is to give it away.
[C] So that's the reason why I do exactly what I do every single day.
[Am] Why I will never give up.
Why I always [G] believe in the power of comeback.
And you know, [F] essentially, [C] using art, using performance as a medium [G]
to expand people's horizons, to expand [Am] my own.
To that place where [F] I belong.
Oh [C] West Virginia, [G] mountain mama, take [F] me home.
Won't you take [C] me home, country roads.
Take [G] me home to [Am] that place I [F] belong.
West [C] Virginia, [G] mountain mama, take [F] me home, [C]
country roads.
Won't you take me [G] home, take me [Am] to the place I [F] belong.
West [C] Virginia, mountain [G] mama, take me [F] home.
[C]
Key:
G
C
F
Am
A
G
C
F
You know what I mean?
You're doing what you love to do.
[G] And the love that people show you, you know what I mean?
[D] It's just like, what [A] kind of job do you know where you're walking down the street and people are [Eb] like,
Hey man, [A] how's it going man?
[Abm] Loved you this morning.
It's like, you know, you don't get [C] that no 9 to 5. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ West Virginia. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ West Virginia, [G] Blue Ridge Mountain, [F] the shadow [C] of a river.
Life is old, _ [A] older [Am] than the trees, [G] younger than the [F] mountains, flowing [C] like a bridge.
Country roads take [G] me home to [Am] the place where I [F] belong. _
Oh West [C] Virginia, _ _ [G] mountain mama, take [F] me home, _ [C] country roads.
Now all my memories [Am] _
gather around her,
[G] miners, a lady, [F] stranger to [C] the blue water.
It was dark and dusty, [Am] painted on the sky, [G] misty taste of [F] moonshine,
tears drop [C] in my eyes.
Country roads take [G] me home to [Am] that place.
West [F] _
_ _ [C] Virginia, _ _ [G] mountain mama, take [F] me home, [C] country _ [G] roads.
[Am] I [G] hear a voice [C] in the morning hour, she calls me.
[F] Radio [C] reminds me [G] of my home far away.
[Am] Driving down [Bb] the road, [F] I get a feeling [C] that I should have been [G] home yesterday.
_ Yesterday.
_ _ [C] Country roads [G] take me home [Am] to the place [F] I belong.
_ [C] West Virginia, _ [G] mountain mama, won't you [F] take me home, [C] country roads.
_ They say that the [Am]
purpose of life is to find [G] a gift, and the meaning of life [F] is to give it away.
[C] So that's the reason why I do exactly what I do every single day.
[Am] Why I will never give up.
Why I always [G] believe in the power of comeback.
And you know, [F] essentially, _ [C] using art, using performance as a medium [G]
to expand people's horizons, to expand [Am] my own.
To that place where [F] I belong.
Oh [C] West Virginia, _ _ [G] mountain mama, take [F] me home.
Won't you take [C] me home, country roads.
Take [G] me home to [Am] that place I [F] belong.
_ West [C] Virginia, _ _ [G] mountain mama, _ take [F] me home, [C] _ _
_ _ country roads.
Won't you take me [G] home, _ take me [Am] to the place I [F] belong.
_ West [C] Virginia, _ mountain [G] mama, _ take me [F] home.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You're doing what you love to do.
[G] And the love that people show you, you know what I mean?
[D] It's just like, what [A] kind of job do you know where you're walking down the street and people are [Eb] like,
Hey man, [A] how's it going man?
[Abm] Loved you this morning.
It's like, you know, you don't get [C] that no 9 to 5. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ West Virginia. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ West Virginia, [G] Blue Ridge Mountain, [F] the shadow [C] of a river.
Life is old, _ [A] older [Am] than the trees, [G] younger than the [F] mountains, flowing [C] like a bridge.
Country roads take [G] me home to [Am] the place where I [F] belong. _
Oh West [C] Virginia, _ _ [G] mountain mama, take [F] me home, _ [C] country roads.
Now all my memories [Am] _
gather around her,
[G] miners, a lady, [F] stranger to [C] the blue water.
It was dark and dusty, [Am] painted on the sky, [G] misty taste of [F] moonshine,
tears drop [C] in my eyes.
Country roads take [G] me home to [Am] that place.
West [F] _
_ _ [C] Virginia, _ _ [G] mountain mama, take [F] me home, [C] country _ [G] roads.
[Am] I [G] hear a voice [C] in the morning hour, she calls me.
[F] Radio [C] reminds me [G] of my home far away.
[Am] Driving down [Bb] the road, [F] I get a feeling [C] that I should have been [G] home yesterday.
_ Yesterday.
_ _ [C] Country roads [G] take me home [Am] to the place [F] I belong.
_ [C] West Virginia, _ [G] mountain mama, won't you [F] take me home, [C] country roads.
_ They say that the [Am]
purpose of life is to find [G] a gift, and the meaning of life [F] is to give it away.
[C] So that's the reason why I do exactly what I do every single day.
[Am] Why I will never give up.
Why I always [G] believe in the power of comeback.
And you know, [F] essentially, _ [C] using art, using performance as a medium [G]
to expand people's horizons, to expand [Am] my own.
To that place where [F] I belong.
Oh [C] West Virginia, _ _ [G] mountain mama, take [F] me home.
Won't you take [C] me home, country roads.
Take [G] me home to [Am] that place I [F] belong.
_ West [C] Virginia, _ _ [G] mountain mama, _ take [F] me home, [C] _ _
_ _ country roads.
Won't you take me [G] home, _ take me [Am] to the place I [F] belong.
_ West [C] Virginia, _ mountain [G] mama, _ take me [F] home.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _