Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver


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Since there's so many variants of this song, just to be clear, I'm tabbing out this version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vrEljMfXYo


[Intro]

e|--------12--
B|---12h14----
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

--|---------12
--|---12h14---
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------

--12/14-------
--------14----
----------14--
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--------------
--------------

-----|
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[Verse]

Almost heaven,
e|------------
B|------5h7---
G|----6-------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

  West Virgina
-|------------
-|-----7h9----
-|---9--------
-|------------
-|------------
-|------------

, 
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-|
-|
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-|

Blue Ridge Mountains,
Shenandoah River

e|---7p5------
B|------5h7---
G|----------6-
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
(It helps to b

-----------|--
7----------|--
--6p5------|--
-------7---|--
-----------|--
-----------|--
arre your fing

--7p5----5----
-----5h7----5-
--------------
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--------------
er across the 

-9------------
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------5/6-----
----------7---
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--------------
5th fret for t

-|
-|
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-| 
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he 3 strings)

Life is old there... 

e|----5-------
B|------------
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

-|
-|  
-|  
-|  
-|  
-|  

Younger than m
Growing like a
e|---7p5------
B|------5h7---
G|----------6-
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

ountains,
 breeze...
-----------|
7----------|
--6p5------|
-------7---| (same as before, played softer)
-----------|
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[Chorus]

Country roaaads....

e|-------5----
B|------------
G|---5/6-----6
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

--7-------9---
--------------
/7-----7/9----
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--------------
--------------

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Take me hoooomeeee.......

e|--7-----7---
B|---5-----5--
G|-----4-----4
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

--7---|
---5--|
----4-|
------|
------|
------|

To the plaaacee......

e|------------
B|-----5h7---7
G|---6--------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

------------|
p5----5h7---|
---6--------|
------------|
------------|
------------|

I beeloooooooooooooonggggg!!!!

e|-------10---
B|----------10
G|--/11-------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

----12--------
h12----12p10--
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--------------
--------------
--------------

-----|
-----|
11---|
-----|
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WEST VIRIGINAAAAAA!

e|------------
B|------12h14-
G|--14--14----
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

--------------
--------14p12-
--14----14----
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--------------
--------------

--------------
--------12h14-
--14----14----
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--------------
--------------

----|
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Mountain Mammaaaa

e|-------12---
B|----------12
G|--12/13-----
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

----12--------
h14----12-----
--------------
----------14--
--------------
--------------

--|
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Take me home,

e|--------14--
B|------------
G|--14---14/12
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

---12---------
--------------
--------12/11-
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--------------
--------------

10----|
------|
------|
------|
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Country Roads

e|------------
B|------12h14-
G|------14----
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

--------------
--12h14----14-
--14------14--
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--------------
--------------

------------|
14--12------|
-------14---|
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------------|



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


All my memories, gather round her  

e|----12s9----
B|------------
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

---|---9s7----
---|----------
---|----------
---|----------
---|----------
---|----------

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Miner's lady, 
e|------------
B|---10s9s7---
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

 stranger to b
-|------------
-|--/5s10-----
-|------------
-|------------
-|------------
-|------------

lue waters
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 Dark and Dust
e|------------
B|-----(10)---
G|--9~~~~~~~9s
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

y       Painte
-------|------
-------|------
11-----|------
-------|------
-------|------
-------|------

d on the sky  
--------------
-----------10s
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--------------

    Misty tast
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9--|----------
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e of moonshine
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----------10s9
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--------------

----|
s7--|
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[Chorus]
[Second Guitar][First guitar's playing variations of the previous chorus]

Country Roads 
e|------------
B|------12-12-
G|---14-------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

     Take Me H
-----|--------
14---|---14-12
-----|--------
-----|--------
-----|--------
-----|--------

ome       To T
----------|---
-10-12----|-14
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---

he Place  I be
----------|---
-12-10----|-14
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---
----------|---

long
----------|
-17-19----|
----------|
----------|
----------|
----------|

West Virgina  
e|------------
B|---/22~-----
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

 Mountain Mama
-|------------
-|--14s12s9s12
-|------------
-|------------
-|------------
-|------------

--------|
-12s14--| (very soft, don't pick the string just slide)
--------|
--------|
--------|
--------|


Take Me Home  
e|------------
B|--14s12s9---
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

  Country Road
-|------------
-|------10s12s
-|------------
-|------------
-|------------
-|------------

s
--------|
10------|
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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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