[Intro]


[Verse]
             
Almost heaven,

 
 West Virginia

,
             
Blue Ridge Mou

            
ntains, Shenan

      
doah River.
              
Life is old th

     
ere, older tha

n the trees,
             
Younger than t

              
he mountains, 

            
growin' like a

  
 breeze 

[Chorus]
             
Country roads,

         
 take me home,
            
To the place I

  
 belong, 
             
West Virginia,

          
 mountain momm

a, 
            
Take me home, 

         
country roads

[Verse]
             
All my mem'rie

   
s, gather roun

d her, 
             
Miner's lady, 

            
stranger to bl

    
ue water.
              
Dark and dusty

  
, painted on t

he sky, 
             
Misty taste of

            
 moonshine, te

              
ardrop in my e


ye 

[Chorus]
             
Country roads,

         
 take me home,
            
To the place I

  
 belong, 
             
West Virginia,

          
 mountain momm

a, 
            
Take me home, 

         
country roads

[Verse]
           
I hear her voi

           
ce, in the mor

nin' hours she

 calls me, 
           
The radio remi

              
nds me of my h


ome far away.
            
And driving do

      
wn the road,
            
I get a feelin

             
' that I shoul

              
d have been ho

    
me yesterday,
      
yesterday

[Chorus]
             
Country roads,

         
 take me home,
            
To the place I

  
 belong, 
             
West Virginia,

          
 mountain momm

a, 
            
take me home, 

         
country roads
             
Country roads,

         
 take me home,
            
To the place I

  
 belong 
             
West Virginia,

          
 mountain momm

a, 
            
take me home, 

         
country roads
            
take me home, 

         
country roads