Chords for Take Me Home Country Roads - Easy 4 chord Guitar Lesson
Tempo:
90.55 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
D
F#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#m] [D] Take me home country [A] roads.
What a great song for beginners with some open chords and I'll show you some strumming
options [D] to get you that classic country rhythm.
[A]
[Em] Welcome back to Relax and Learn [N] Guitar.
I'm Kevin.
This is Maggie Mae.
[F#] She's looking for more treats.
My wife Vicki's behind the [G] camera.
Hello.
[F#] Let's get headed on down that country road.
So for this great tune, you're going to need to put a capo [F] on this second fret.
We're going to be playing a lot of open [D#] chords.
We've got [A] a G chord.
[E] We have an E minor [F#m] chord.
[E] We have a D chord.
[D] And we have a C chord.
[C#m] There are a couple more chords in the bridge, but we'll get to those when we get to that bridge.
[F#] No pun intended.
If you'd [Gm] like a much more [F] in-depth [G] lesson on the first eight [F#] chords you should learn
to play when you begin playing [F] the guitar, you can check [D#] out the lesson up here and Vicki
will leave it in the description [C] below for you.
So for this verse, [Em] we're going to be doing this chord progression.
We're going to start on that [A] G.
It's going to go from G to E [F#m] minor to [E] D to [D] C and [A] then to G.
And then just repeats.
[F] Now for the strum [F#] pattern, there's a lot you can do with this.
I'm going to show you kind of how to get that classic, it's kind of the boom chucka.
That's what it sounds like.
Yeah. A train.
Yes.
So you have that classic [C#m] country sound.
We're going to build up to [F] that.
The first thing I'd like you to do, get used [F#] to strumming down four times on each [A] chord.
[F#m] E minor, two, three, four.
[E] D, two, three, four.
[D] C, two, three, four.
[D#] Get comfortable with that.
[F#] But to do this, this rhythm, we need to know what the base or the [Fm] root notes of these chords are.
So for [A] this G chord, it's a six string root.
[E] When I say base, I mean the [D#m] same thing as root.
So six [A] string root, six string base.
[D#] So get used to strumming that base note [E] first [A] and then a down strum.
So [C#] E minor is also a [F#m] six string root.
[C#] This D is a fourth [E] string root.
The [D] C is a fifth string root.
And [E] we're almost there.
We're going to [F#] add a little up strum in here.
So we're going to move from [A]
bass down to bass down up.
So now you've got.
[F#m]
[E]
[D] [F#] So get really used to that.
And if you want to add a little palm muting, you can take the fat part of your palm here,
rest it directly on your [A] strings.
[G] And I just like muting that first bass [A] note.
And the chord progression for the verse is two strum patterns on [A] the G.
That's almost heaven.
[D#] Two strum patterns on the E [F#m] minor.
[E] Two strum patterns on the D.
[B] And then we're going to [D] do one strum pattern on a C [A] and one
strum pattern on a G.
[E] And that's the verse.
So I'll kind of start that from the top.
You can play along with me.
[D#m] Two, three, [A] four.
[F#m]
[E]
[D] [A] [F#] And as you can see, that just, [E] that strum pattern you can use in a ton of country [A] tunes.
And it sounds really good with this one.
[E] But of course, I like to mix it up a little bit.
So that's going to be [B] the chord progression and the strum pattern for the verse.
Let's talk about this chorus [D#] next.
We're going to be using the same four chords, just in a different progression.
And we are going to switch up the strum pattern.
[F] So this is the country roads take me home part [G] of course.
Starts on a G.
We're going to do this strum pattern here.
We're going to do a bass down, down up, down up.
[A] Bass down, down up, down up.
So it's [E] still important to.
And actually, if you're not ready to [B] add these bass notes in, you can [A#] just put down strums
throughout these strum patterns.
And that's going to sound okay [E] too.
But for this purpose, [G] for the chorus, we're going to go bass [C#m] down, down up, down up.
Bass [E] down, down up, down up.
And each of these chords is going to get two of those patterns.
We're going to start on [A] a G.
[E] D.
[F#m] E minor.
[D] C.
[A] Back to G.
[E] The D.
[D] C.
[A] G.
So let's get into this bridge.
We're going to be [G#] playing a couple of new [Em] chords here.
We're going to have an F chord in [G] here.
If you can play that F chord as a bar chord, then great.
If not, you can substitute in an F major 7.
[E] You could even play like the four [G] string in F chord.
[Em] And we're going to end this [E] bridge on a D7 chord.
I think of that as the backwards D.
And [F#] for this bridge, we're going to be using the same [D#] strum pattern
that we used for the verses.
So we're going to get back [F#m] to that bass down up, bass down up.
Or if you don't want to use the bass note, you can do down, down up, down,
down up.
[F#]
So I'll [G] play through the bridge.
There [G#m] are a little bit of quicker chord changes here.
I'll play [F] it through and then talk with you about it.
So it's [E] the I hear a voice [D] in the morning hour, she calls me part.
So [D#] it starts on an E minor for [D] one strum [F#m] pattern to [E] a D, one strum pattern,
to a G for two [A] strum patterns, to a C [D] for one, [A] G for one, [E] D for two.
Now these next, I'll take one strum pattern.
So we're going to change this a little [F#] fast.
We're going to go from an E [F#m] minor to an [G] F, [D] to a C, [A] to a G, [E] then D two times,
D seven [E] two times, back [A] to the chorus, take [E] me home.
[F#m]
[D] [A] I love John Denver songs.
[C#] He is the [E] best.
So enjoy that tune from the late [D#] great John Denver.
And to learn three more, what I consider must know, acoustic guitar songs,
check out this [A#] lesson.
Until our [G] next lesson, remember that Vicki and I really appreciate,
and Maggie Mae, [G#m] appreciate your support here on YouTube and your views.
We'll see you for the next lesson.
And remember, you [E] are never too old to learn.
[A]
What a great song for beginners with some open chords and I'll show you some strumming
options [D] to get you that classic country rhythm.
[A]
[Em] Welcome back to Relax and Learn [N] Guitar.
I'm Kevin.
This is Maggie Mae.
[F#] She's looking for more treats.
My wife Vicki's behind the [G] camera.
Hello.
[F#] Let's get headed on down that country road.
So for this great tune, you're going to need to put a capo [F] on this second fret.
We're going to be playing a lot of open [D#] chords.
We've got [A] a G chord.
[E] We have an E minor [F#m] chord.
[E] We have a D chord.
[D] And we have a C chord.
[C#m] There are a couple more chords in the bridge, but we'll get to those when we get to that bridge.
[F#] No pun intended.
If you'd [Gm] like a much more [F] in-depth [G] lesson on the first eight [F#] chords you should learn
to play when you begin playing [F] the guitar, you can check [D#] out the lesson up here and Vicki
will leave it in the description [C] below for you.
So for this verse, [Em] we're going to be doing this chord progression.
We're going to start on that [A] G.
It's going to go from G to E [F#m] minor to [E] D to [D] C and [A] then to G.
And then just repeats.
[F] Now for the strum [F#] pattern, there's a lot you can do with this.
I'm going to show you kind of how to get that classic, it's kind of the boom chucka.
That's what it sounds like.
Yeah. A train.
Yes.
So you have that classic [C#m] country sound.
We're going to build up to [F] that.
The first thing I'd like you to do, get used [F#] to strumming down four times on each [A] chord.
[F#m] E minor, two, three, four.
[E] D, two, three, four.
[D] C, two, three, four.
[D#] Get comfortable with that.
[F#] But to do this, this rhythm, we need to know what the base or the [Fm] root notes of these chords are.
So for [A] this G chord, it's a six string root.
[E] When I say base, I mean the [D#m] same thing as root.
So six [A] string root, six string base.
[D#] So get used to strumming that base note [E] first [A] and then a down strum.
So [C#] E minor is also a [F#m] six string root.
[C#] This D is a fourth [E] string root.
The [D] C is a fifth string root.
And [E] we're almost there.
We're going to [F#] add a little up strum in here.
So we're going to move from [A]
bass down to bass down up.
So now you've got.
[F#m]
[E]
[D] [F#] So get really used to that.
And if you want to add a little palm muting, you can take the fat part of your palm here,
rest it directly on your [A] strings.
[G] And I just like muting that first bass [A] note.
And the chord progression for the verse is two strum patterns on [A] the G.
That's almost heaven.
[D#] Two strum patterns on the E [F#m] minor.
[E] Two strum patterns on the D.
[B] And then we're going to [D] do one strum pattern on a C [A] and one
strum pattern on a G.
[E] And that's the verse.
So I'll kind of start that from the top.
You can play along with me.
[D#m] Two, three, [A] four.
[F#m]
[E]
[D] [A] [F#] And as you can see, that just, [E] that strum pattern you can use in a ton of country [A] tunes.
And it sounds really good with this one.
[E] But of course, I like to mix it up a little bit.
So that's going to be [B] the chord progression and the strum pattern for the verse.
Let's talk about this chorus [D#] next.
We're going to be using the same four chords, just in a different progression.
And we are going to switch up the strum pattern.
[F] So this is the country roads take me home part [G] of course.
Starts on a G.
We're going to do this strum pattern here.
We're going to do a bass down, down up, down up.
[A] Bass down, down up, down up.
So it's [E] still important to.
And actually, if you're not ready to [B] add these bass notes in, you can [A#] just put down strums
throughout these strum patterns.
And that's going to sound okay [E] too.
But for this purpose, [G] for the chorus, we're going to go bass [C#m] down, down up, down up.
Bass [E] down, down up, down up.
And each of these chords is going to get two of those patterns.
We're going to start on [A] a G.
[E] D.
[F#m] E minor.
[D] C.
[A] Back to G.
[E] The D.
[D] C.
[A] G.
So let's get into this bridge.
We're going to be [G#] playing a couple of new [Em] chords here.
We're going to have an F chord in [G] here.
If you can play that F chord as a bar chord, then great.
If not, you can substitute in an F major 7.
[E] You could even play like the four [G] string in F chord.
[Em] And we're going to end this [E] bridge on a D7 chord.
I think of that as the backwards D.
And [F#] for this bridge, we're going to be using the same [D#] strum pattern
that we used for the verses.
So we're going to get back [F#m] to that bass down up, bass down up.
Or if you don't want to use the bass note, you can do down, down up, down,
down up.
[F#]
So I'll [G] play through the bridge.
There [G#m] are a little bit of quicker chord changes here.
I'll play [F] it through and then talk with you about it.
So it's [E] the I hear a voice [D] in the morning hour, she calls me part.
So [D#] it starts on an E minor for [D] one strum [F#m] pattern to [E] a D, one strum pattern,
to a G for two [A] strum patterns, to a C [D] for one, [A] G for one, [E] D for two.
Now these next, I'll take one strum pattern.
So we're going to change this a little [F#] fast.
We're going to go from an E [F#m] minor to an [G] F, [D] to a C, [A] to a G, [E] then D two times,
D seven [E] two times, back [A] to the chorus, take [E] me home.
[F#m]
[D] [A] I love John Denver songs.
[C#] He is the [E] best.
So enjoy that tune from the late [D#] great John Denver.
And to learn three more, what I consider must know, acoustic guitar songs,
check out this [A#] lesson.
Until our [G] next lesson, remember that Vicki and I really appreciate,
and Maggie Mae, [G#m] appreciate your support here on YouTube and your views.
We'll see you for the next lesson.
And remember, you [E] are never too old to learn.
[A]
Key:
E
A
D
F#m
F#
E
A
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ Take me home country [A] roads.
What a great song for beginners with some open chords and I'll show you some strumming
options [D] to get you that classic country rhythm.
[A] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Welcome back to Relax and Learn [N] Guitar.
I'm Kevin.
This is Maggie Mae.
[F#] She's looking for more treats.
My wife Vicki's behind the [G] camera.
Hello.
[F#] Let's get headed on down that country road.
_ _ So for this great tune, you're going to need to put a capo [F] on this second fret.
We're going to be playing a lot of open [D#] chords.
We've got [A] a G chord.
_ _ _ [E] We have an E minor [F#m] chord.
_ _ _ _ [E] We have a D chord.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] And we have a C chord.
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] There are a couple more chords in the bridge, but we'll get to those when we get to that bridge.
[F#] No pun intended.
If you'd [Gm] like a much more [F] in-depth [G] lesson on the first eight [F#] chords you should learn
to play when you begin playing [F] the guitar, you can check [D#] out the lesson up here and Vicki
will leave it in the description [C] below for you.
So for this verse, [Em] we're going to be doing this chord progression.
We're going to start on that [A] G.
It's going to go from G to E [F#m] minor to [E] D to [D] C and [A] then to G.
And then just repeats.
[F] Now for the strum [F#] pattern, there's a lot you can do with this.
I'm going to show you kind of how to get that classic, _ _ _ it's kind of the boom chucka.
That's what it sounds like.
Yeah. A train.
Yes.
So you have that classic [C#m] country sound.
We're going to build up to [F] that.
The first thing I'd like you to do, get used [F#] to strumming down four times on each [A] chord. _
_ _ [F#m] E minor, two, three, four.
[E] D, two, three, four.
[D] C, two, three, four.
[D#] Get comfortable with that.
[F#] But to do this, this rhythm, we need to know what the base or the [Fm] root notes of these chords are.
So for [A] this G chord, it's a six string root.
[E] When I say base, I mean the [D#m] same thing as root.
So six [A] string root, six string base.
_ _ _ _ [D#] So get used to strumming that base note [E] first [A] and then a down strum.
So _ _ _ [C#] E minor is also a [F#m] six string root. _
_ _ [C#] This D is a fourth [E] string root. _ _
_ The [D] C is a fifth string root. _ _
And [E] we're almost there.
We're going to [F#] add a little up strum in here.
So we're going to move from [A]
bass down to bass down up.
_ _ So now you've got.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] So get really used to that.
And if you want to add a little palm muting, you can take the fat part of your palm here,
rest it directly on your [A] strings.
[G] And I just like muting that first bass [A] note. _ _ _ _ _ _
And the chord progression for the verse is two strum patterns on [A] the G.
_ That's almost heaven.
[D#] Two strum patterns on the E [F#m] minor.
_ _ _ [E] Two strum patterns on the D. _
[B] And then we're going to [D] do one strum pattern on a C [A] and one
strum pattern on a G.
[E] And that's the verse.
So I'll kind of start that from the top.
You can play along with me.
[D#m] Two, three, [A] four.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] And as you can see, that just, [E] that strum pattern you can use in a ton of country [A] tunes.
And it sounds really good with this one.
[E] But of course, I like to mix it up a little bit.
So that's going to be [B] the chord progression and the strum pattern for the verse.
Let's talk about this chorus [D#] next.
We're going to be using the same four chords, just in a different progression.
And we are going to switch up the strum pattern.
[F] So this is the country roads take me home part [G] of course.
Starts on a G.
We're going to do this strum pattern here.
We're going to do a bass down, down up, down up.
[A] Bass down, down up, down up.
So it's [E] still important to.
And actually, if you're not ready to [B] add these bass notes in, you can [A#] just put down strums
throughout these strum patterns.
And that's going to sound okay [E] too.
But for this purpose, [G] for the chorus, we're going to go bass [C#m] down, down up, down up.
Bass [E] down, down up, down up.
And each of these chords is going to get two of those patterns.
We're going to start on [A] a G. _ _ _ _
[E] D.
_ _ _ [F#m] E minor. _
_ _ [D] C. _ _ _
[A] Back to G.
_ _ [E] The D. _ _
_ [D] C.
_ _ _ [A] G.
_ _ _ _ So let's get into this bridge.
We're going to be [G#] playing a couple of new [Em] chords here.
We're going to have an F chord in [G] here.
If you can play that F chord as a bar chord, then great.
If not, you can substitute in an F major 7.
_ [E] You could even play like the four [G] string in F chord.
_ _ [Em] And we're going to end this [E] bridge on a D7 chord.
_ I think of that as the backwards D.
_ And [F#] for this bridge, we're going to be using the same [D#] strum pattern
that we used for the verses.
So we're going to get back [F#m] to that _ bass down up, bass down up.
Or if you don't want to use the bass note, you can do down, down up, down,
down up.
[F#]
So I'll [G] play through the bridge.
There [G#m] are a little bit of quicker chord changes here.
I'll play [F] it through and then talk with you about it.
So it's [E] the I hear a voice [D] in the morning hour, she calls me part.
So [D#] it starts on an E minor for [D] one strum [F#m] pattern to [E] a D, one strum pattern,
to a G for two [A] strum patterns, _ _ _ to a C [D] for one, _ [A] G for one, [E] D for two. _ _
Now these next, I'll take one strum pattern.
So we're going to change this a little [F#] fast.
We're going to go from an E [F#m] minor to an [G] F, [D] to a C, [A] to a G, [E] then D two times,
_ D seven [E] two times, back [A] to the chorus, _ take [E] me home.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] I love John Denver songs.
[C#] He is the [E] best.
So enjoy that tune from the late [D#] great John Denver.
And to learn three more, what I consider must know, acoustic guitar songs,
check out this [A#] lesson.
Until our [G] next lesson, remember that Vicki and I really appreciate,
and Maggie Mae, [G#m] appreciate your support here on YouTube and your views.
We'll see you for the next lesson.
And remember, you [E] are never too old to learn.
[A] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ Take me home country [A] roads.
What a great song for beginners with some open chords and I'll show you some strumming
options [D] to get you that classic country rhythm.
[A] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Welcome back to Relax and Learn [N] Guitar.
I'm Kevin.
This is Maggie Mae.
[F#] She's looking for more treats.
My wife Vicki's behind the [G] camera.
Hello.
[F#] Let's get headed on down that country road.
_ _ So for this great tune, you're going to need to put a capo [F] on this second fret.
We're going to be playing a lot of open [D#] chords.
We've got [A] a G chord.
_ _ _ [E] We have an E minor [F#m] chord.
_ _ _ _ [E] We have a D chord.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] And we have a C chord.
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] There are a couple more chords in the bridge, but we'll get to those when we get to that bridge.
[F#] No pun intended.
If you'd [Gm] like a much more [F] in-depth [G] lesson on the first eight [F#] chords you should learn
to play when you begin playing [F] the guitar, you can check [D#] out the lesson up here and Vicki
will leave it in the description [C] below for you.
So for this verse, [Em] we're going to be doing this chord progression.
We're going to start on that [A] G.
It's going to go from G to E [F#m] minor to [E] D to [D] C and [A] then to G.
And then just repeats.
[F] Now for the strum [F#] pattern, there's a lot you can do with this.
I'm going to show you kind of how to get that classic, _ _ _ it's kind of the boom chucka.
That's what it sounds like.
Yeah. A train.
Yes.
So you have that classic [C#m] country sound.
We're going to build up to [F] that.
The first thing I'd like you to do, get used [F#] to strumming down four times on each [A] chord. _
_ _ [F#m] E minor, two, three, four.
[E] D, two, three, four.
[D] C, two, three, four.
[D#] Get comfortable with that.
[F#] But to do this, this rhythm, we need to know what the base or the [Fm] root notes of these chords are.
So for [A] this G chord, it's a six string root.
[E] When I say base, I mean the [D#m] same thing as root.
So six [A] string root, six string base.
_ _ _ _ [D#] So get used to strumming that base note [E] first [A] and then a down strum.
So _ _ _ [C#] E minor is also a [F#m] six string root. _
_ _ [C#] This D is a fourth [E] string root. _ _
_ The [D] C is a fifth string root. _ _
And [E] we're almost there.
We're going to [F#] add a little up strum in here.
So we're going to move from [A]
bass down to bass down up.
_ _ So now you've got.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] So get really used to that.
And if you want to add a little palm muting, you can take the fat part of your palm here,
rest it directly on your [A] strings.
[G] And I just like muting that first bass [A] note. _ _ _ _ _ _
And the chord progression for the verse is two strum patterns on [A] the G.
_ That's almost heaven.
[D#] Two strum patterns on the E [F#m] minor.
_ _ _ [E] Two strum patterns on the D. _
[B] And then we're going to [D] do one strum pattern on a C [A] and one
strum pattern on a G.
[E] And that's the verse.
So I'll kind of start that from the top.
You can play along with me.
[D#m] Two, three, [A] four.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] And as you can see, that just, [E] that strum pattern you can use in a ton of country [A] tunes.
And it sounds really good with this one.
[E] But of course, I like to mix it up a little bit.
So that's going to be [B] the chord progression and the strum pattern for the verse.
Let's talk about this chorus [D#] next.
We're going to be using the same four chords, just in a different progression.
And we are going to switch up the strum pattern.
[F] So this is the country roads take me home part [G] of course.
Starts on a G.
We're going to do this strum pattern here.
We're going to do a bass down, down up, down up.
[A] Bass down, down up, down up.
So it's [E] still important to.
And actually, if you're not ready to [B] add these bass notes in, you can [A#] just put down strums
throughout these strum patterns.
And that's going to sound okay [E] too.
But for this purpose, [G] for the chorus, we're going to go bass [C#m] down, down up, down up.
Bass [E] down, down up, down up.
And each of these chords is going to get two of those patterns.
We're going to start on [A] a G. _ _ _ _
[E] D.
_ _ _ [F#m] E minor. _
_ _ [D] C. _ _ _
[A] Back to G.
_ _ [E] The D. _ _
_ [D] C.
_ _ _ [A] G.
_ _ _ _ So let's get into this bridge.
We're going to be [G#] playing a couple of new [Em] chords here.
We're going to have an F chord in [G] here.
If you can play that F chord as a bar chord, then great.
If not, you can substitute in an F major 7.
_ [E] You could even play like the four [G] string in F chord.
_ _ [Em] And we're going to end this [E] bridge on a D7 chord.
_ I think of that as the backwards D.
_ And [F#] for this bridge, we're going to be using the same [D#] strum pattern
that we used for the verses.
So we're going to get back [F#m] to that _ bass down up, bass down up.
Or if you don't want to use the bass note, you can do down, down up, down,
down up.
[F#]
So I'll [G] play through the bridge.
There [G#m] are a little bit of quicker chord changes here.
I'll play [F] it through and then talk with you about it.
So it's [E] the I hear a voice [D] in the morning hour, she calls me part.
So [D#] it starts on an E minor for [D] one strum [F#m] pattern to [E] a D, one strum pattern,
to a G for two [A] strum patterns, _ _ _ to a C [D] for one, _ [A] G for one, [E] D for two. _ _
Now these next, I'll take one strum pattern.
So we're going to change this a little [F#] fast.
We're going to go from an E [F#m] minor to an [G] F, [D] to a C, [A] to a G, [E] then D two times,
_ D seven [E] two times, back [A] to the chorus, _ take [E] me home.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] I love John Denver songs.
[C#] He is the [E] best.
So enjoy that tune from the late [D#] great John Denver.
And to learn three more, what I consider must know, acoustic guitar songs,
check out this [A#] lesson.
Until our [G] next lesson, remember that Vicki and I really appreciate,
and Maggie Mae, [G#m] appreciate your support here on YouTube and your views.
We'll see you for the next lesson.
And remember, you [E] are never too old to learn.
[A] _ _ _ _