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COUNTRY  ROADS

Time signature:  4/4
Tempo: ~170  bpm.
​
Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert & John Denver
Accordion Notation
Beats per bar =  4
Dots (or '"equivalents') per beat =  1  
​   
Either row (high) =  Buttons 5 to 9*
Inside row (low) = Buttons 2 to 5*, plus outside o3*
Verse 1 (of 3)

.5    .5   |    :5*    :5   |  :r    .5*    .5   |    .5*     .:6  |  :r
.2    .2   |   :o3*   :2   |  :r   .o3*   .2   |  .o3*    .:3  |  :r

Al-most     heav-en,         West  Vir  -   gin  -   ia,  /

 .7*     .7*  |    :7     :7*   |     .5*     .5*     .5*    .5   |      .5*  .6   :6~ | ~::   |  :r
 .3*     .3*  |    :4     :3*   |   .o3*   .o3*   .o3*   .2   |    .o3*  .3   :3~ | ~::   |  :r       

Blue ridge   moun-tain,    Shen -  an  -  do -  ah         Ri    -    ver,     /

  .5   .5   |     :5*   :5    |     .5*   .6    .6     .7   |   ::7    |     
  .2   .2   |   :o3*   :2    |   .o3*   .3    .3     .4   |   ::4    |     

Life   is       old  there,     old -  er  than  the    trees, /


    .7*   .7*   .7*   .7*   |    :7     :7*   |    .5*    .6    .6   .7*   |    :6  
    .3*   .3*   .3*   .3*   |    :4     :3*   |  .o3*    .3    .3   .3*   |    :3  

Young-er  than  the     moun-tains,  blow - ing  like   a      breeze.
 /



Chorus:   

   .6     .7*   |   ::7~ | ~:   "7  "7*   .6   |    ::7*~ | ~:       
   .3     .3*   |   ::4~ | ~:   "4  "3*   .3   |    ::3*~ | ~:  
     
Coun-try       roads,       take      me      home   /

 .7   .7*   |   ::6   |   :r   .7   .8   |   ::9*~ | ~:
 .4   .3*   |   ::3   |   :r   .4   .5   |   ::5*~ | ~:

To  the     place            I   be  -   long,   /

  .9*    .9*   |   .8   .:7~ | ~:    "7  "7*    .6   |    .7*     .:7~ | ~:          
  .5*    .5*   |   .5   .:4~ | ~:    "4  "3*    .3   |    .3*     .:4~ | ~:          

West  Vir   -  gin - ia,           moun  -   tain   mam  -  ma,     /

  "7  "7*   .6    |   ::6~ | ~:     .6     .7*   |   ::6   |   ::r   |  .r     
  "4  "3*   .3    |   ::3~ | ~:     .3     .3*   |   ::3   |   ::r   |  .r     

Take       me     home,       coun - try    roads    
/


Verse 3 (of 3) - different melody from verses 1 & 2.

.6    .6   .6   |    :6*   .6   .7*   |   .7     .7   .7     .7   |   .7   .7     ;6 
​.3    .3   .3   |    :2*   .3   .3*   |   .4     .4   .4     .4   |   .4   .3*    ;3   

 I  hear her    voice  in  the     morn-ing hour she   calls__     me  

 "6   |   ;8*   "8*   .8*   .8*   |   .8*     .7    .7*   .6   |    :7*    ;7   "7   |   .:7* 
 "3   |   ;4*   "4*   .4*   .4*   |   .4*     .4    .3*   .3   |    :3*    ;4   "4   |   .:3* 

The     ra   -  di  -  o     re  -  minds  me  of   my     home  far    a   -  way  /

  .7*   |   .7   .7     .7      .7   |   .7*   .7*   .7*   .7*   |   .6    .6       
  .3*   |   .4   .4     .4      .4   |   .3*   .3*   .3*   .3*   |   .3    .3       

And     driv-ing  down  the   road    I    get    a        feel-ing /


  .6    .6   |    .6       .6      .6      .6    |   .7*   .7     :7*~ | ~:   .7*   .7   |  ::8*~ | ~.   .r
​  .3    .3   |    .3       .3      .3      .3    |   .3*   .4     :3*~ | ~:   .3*   .4   |  ::4*~ | ~.   .r

That   I     should have been home   yes - ter - day,         yes - ter  -  day     
 /
​

​
Closing Chorus (replacing last line of chorus by the following three lines,
                           and slowing tempo on final line):
   


  "7  "7*   .6    |   ::6~ | ~:     .6     .7*   |   ::6~ | ~:      
  "4  "3*   .3    |   ::3~ | ~:     .3     .3*   |   ::3~ | ~:      

Take       me     home,       coun - try    roads    
/

  "7  "7*   .6    |   ::7*~ | ~:   "7  "7*  .6   |   ::6~ | ~:
  "4  "3*   .3    |   ::3*~ | ~:   "4  "3*  .3   |   ::3~ | ~:

Take       me     home,        coun  -  try      roads    
/

​ "7  "7*    .6    |   ::7*~ | ~:   "7  "7*  .6   |   ::6~ | ~:
​ "4  "3*    .3    |   ::3*~ | ~:   "4  "3*  .3   |   ::3~ | ~:

Take       me     home,        coun  -  try      roads    
/


Embedded youTube VIDEOS

Key:  A

Tempo:  ~165 bpm

Singer:  John Denver

​Posted by:  JohnDenverVEVO

Key:  Eb

Tempo:  ~165 bpm

Singer:  Emily Joy

​Guitarist:  Luke Gallagher


​Posted by:  ​Emily Joy

Key:  G

Tempo:  ~205 bpm

Group:  Hermes House Band

​Posted by:  HermesHouseBandVEVO

Key:  Eb 

Tempo: ~190 bpm

Singer:  Olivia Newton-John

Posted by:  Olivia Newton-John

Key:  A
​
Tempo:  ~165 bpm

Singer:  John Rafferty 

Posted by: BBC
​

Key:   F

Tempo:  ~160 bpm.

Singers:  Foster & Allen

Posted by: Oldies But Goodies



Key:  G

Tempo:  ~165 bpm

Singer:  Glen Campbell

​Posted by:  Friends of Glen - Facebook



Key:  C 

Tempo:  ~180 bpm.

Singer: Lynn Anderson

Posted by:  VinylCountryMusic


Key:  G  from time  0 to 3:07
          Ab from  3:07 to end

Tempo:  ~155 bpm

Organist:  ?  

​Posted by:  Tyros Andi

​

Key:  G

Tempo:  ~165 bpm

Organist:  David Dunlap  

Posted by: David Dunlap

Key:  F
​
Tempo:  ~180 bpm

Singers:     Brandi Carlile
              & Emmylou Harris  

Posted by: vivalafa

Key:   G

Tempo:  ~165 bpm

Singer:  David Hasselhoff  

​Posted by:  TheDavidHasselhoff's channel

Background Materials, Information & Links

​Lyrics:

Almost heaven, West Virginia,
Blue ridge mountain, Shenandoah river,
Life is old there, older than the trees,
Younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze

Chorus :  Country roads, take me home
                To the place I belong, 
                West Virginia,  mountain mamma,
                Take me home,  country roads


All my memories, gather round her
Modest lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye

Chorus

I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me
Radio reminds me of my home far away
Driving down the road I get a feeling
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday

Chorus

Closing Chorus :  Country roads, take me home
                             To the place I belong, 
                             West Virginia,  mountain mamma,
                             Take me home,  country roads

                             Take me home, country roads;
                             Take me home, country roads.


Background Links:
Click HERE for additional info about this song.

Click HERE  for biographical info on John Denver.


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