[Verse 1]

             
Almost heaven,

            
   West Virgin

     
ia,   Blue Rid

ge Mountains,
            
Shenandoah Riv

             
er.  life is o

           
ld there,  old

er than the tr

ees,
             
younger than t

              
he mountains, 

             
 growin like a

     
 breeze.


[Chorus]

             
Country roads,

             
  take me home

            
,  to the plac

             
e,  I belong, 

            
 West Virginia

,
             
mountain mama.

             
  take me home

           
,  country roa

ds.


[Verse 2]

             
All my memorie

            
s,  gather rou

             
nd her,  miner

             
s lady, strang

             
er to blue wat

er.
             
Dark and dusty

            
,  painted on 

          
the sky,  mist

y taste of moo

nshine,
             
tear drop in m

    
y eyes.


[Chorus]

             
Country roads,

             
  take me home

            
,  to the plac

             
e,  I belong, 

            
 West Virginia

,
             
mountain mama.

             
  take me home

           
,  country roa

ds.


[Bridge]

           
I hear her voi

           
ce, in the mor

ning hour she 

calls me,
            
the radio remi

             
nds me of my h

ome far away.
            
and driving do

            
wn the road, I

             
 get a feeling

        
 that I should

 have been hom

e.
             
Yesterday, yes

    
terday.


[Chorus]

             
Country roads,

             
  take me home

            
,  to the plac

             
e,  I belong, 

            
 West Virginia

,
             
mountain mama.

             
  take me home

           
,  country roa

ds.
             
Country roads,

             
  take me home

            
,  to the plac

             
e,  I belong, 

            
 West Virginia

,
             
mountain mama.

             
  take me home

           
,  country roa

ds.
             
Take me home, 

         
 country roads

.
             
Take me home, 

         
 country roads

.