Chords for John Denver Take Me Home Country Roads Guitar Lesson

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_ _ _ _ _ Hey, [D#] what's up you guys?
[C] Marty Schwartz here with Marty [G] Music.
Gonna break down this John [D] Denver classic.
Hope [F#] you guys enjoy [C#] it.
Nice easy [D#] chords.
Capo second fret.
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But enough of that kind of stuff.
Let's break this one down.
Alright, so [E] capo on the second fret.
We're gonna start with [C] a G chord.
_ However you can play a G. _
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Then we go to E [F#m] minor. _ _ _ _
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[E] Then D. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Then [A] C.
Back [D] to G.
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Starts over.
_ _ _ Almost heaven.
_ [F#m] _ _ West Virginia.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ Ridge mountains.
_ [D] _ Gender [A] on the. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ G chord.
We're gonna [F#m] work on a rhythm.
_ E minor.
_ _ [E] D. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Z.
Back [A] to G.
Starts over. _ _ _ _
So [E] there's a few different rhythm patterns that you can do _ [Gm] and _ _ [D#] _ _ _
_ _ [F] that [C#] one's nice for the [G#] verse.
Down, [D#] down, up, down.
Down, up, down.
Down, up, down, [F] down, up, down.
Down, _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
Down, [D#] up, down.
Down, up, down.
Down, up, down.
[A] And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
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_ _ _ _ [E] you can pick out little bass notes [A] there. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ Then you have the chorus. _ _ _
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[G] Down, down, [C] down, down, up, down.
Down, [F] down, down, up, down, [C] down.
down, [G#] down, up, down, up, down, down, [D#] down, up, down, up. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [D#] And here's the chorus [G#] chords.
G to [A] D, _ _
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E minor _ [F#m] to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] C, _ _ _ _ _ then [A] G, _ _ _ _ _ _ D, [E] _
_ _ _ _ then just [D] C, _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] G.
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[D#] So let's [C] do that chorus one [D] more time.
[A] G to D.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Take me home.
_ E minor.
[F#m] To E minor.
_ _ And then C.
I don't know.
[D] _ _ _ G.
[A] G, G.
_ _ _ _ Back to [E] D, D.
Now, no E minor, just [D] C.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Back to [A] G.
Now let's do the verse.
Here we go. _
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_ _ _ [A] Chorus. _ _ _
_ _ _ Now [B] we need the bridge.
And it's going to be E [C] minor to D.
[F#m] So E [E] minor, D.
Then G,
[B] for twice as long as [A] that. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Then C to G.
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ Then D.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ So that's the [B] first half.
Then there's a second half that's [G#] a little bit different.
Let's do that part again.
This is the bridge.
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E [E] minor, D.
Then the [A] G.
_ _ _ _ [D] Then C [A] to the G.
[E] Then D, D to D.
Now the second half is [B] E minor to F.
_ And if you can play an F bar chord, [D#] great.
However you can play [G] an F, this way _ or this way, _
_ _ _ [B] you got to get it in that.
So we got [F#m] the second half.
E minor, [G] F, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ C. _ _ _
[F#m] So E minor, F, C.
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ Then [A] G.
_ _ Then D.
[E] _ _
_ _ _ Then D7,
which is just an upside down D, _ _ _
_ [G#] into the chorus.
_ [C] So here's the whole bridge.
E minor, [E] D.
[A] Then the G.
_ _ _ [D] Then the C to [A] the G.
_ [E] _ Hold on the D.
Back to E [F#m] minor.
Now [G] an F.
[D] Then a C.
[A] Then a G.
[E] Then a D. _
Then D7.
_ _ And then the rhythm for the [A] chorus. _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ All right, there it was.
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