Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver
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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
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|------------
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--|---12h14---
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--12/14-------
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[Verse]
Almost heaven,
e|------------
B|------5h7---
G|----6-------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
West Virgina
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-|-----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
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7----------|--
--6p5------|--
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arre your fing
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-----5h7----5-
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er across the
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------5/6-----
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5th fret for t
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he 3 strings)
Life is old there...
e|----5-------
B|------------
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
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Younger than m
Growing like a
e|---7p5------
B|------5h7---
G|----------6-
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
ountains,
breeze...
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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|------------
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Take me hoooomeeee.......
e|--7-----7---
B|---5-----5--
G|-----4-----4
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
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To the plaaacee......
e|------------
B|-----5h7---7
G|---6--------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
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p5----5h7---|
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I beeloooooooooooooonggggg!!!!
e|-------10---
B|----------10
G|--/11-------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
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h12----12p10--
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11---|
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WEST VIRIGINAAAAAA!
e|------------
B|------12h14-
G|--14--14----
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
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Mountain Mammaaaa
e|-------12---
B|----------12
G|--12/13-----
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
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h14----12-----
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Take me home,
e|--------14--
B|------------
G|--14---14/12
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
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--------12/11-
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10----|
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Country Roads
e|------------
B|------12h14-
G|------14----
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
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--12h14----14-
--14------14--
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14--12------|
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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|------------
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Miner's lady,
e|------------
B|---10s9s7---
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
stranger to b
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lue waters
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Dark and Dust
e|------------
B|-----(10)---
G|--9~~~~~~~9s
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
y Painte
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d on the sky
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Misty tast
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e of moonshine
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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
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14---|---14-12
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ome To T
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-10-12----|-14
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he Place I be
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-12-10----|-14
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long
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West Virgina
e|------------
B|---/22~-----
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
Mountain Mama
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-|--14s12s9s12
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-12s14--| (very soft, don't pick the string just slide)
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Take Me Home
e|------------
B|--14s12s9---
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
Country Road
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-|------10s12s
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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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