Lead in 8

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Verse 1:   00:12:00  00:59:00

G             Em             D                         C         G

 Almost Heaven; West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.

G                   Em                     D

 Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains,

  C              G

Blowin' like a breeze.

         G              D            Em         C

Country Roads, take me home, to the place, I belong,

         G               D             C             G

West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.

Verse 2   00:59:00  01:48:00

G               Em                D                 C              G

 All my memories gather round her, miner's lady, stranger to blue water.

G                 Em                  D

 Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, misty taste of moonshine,

  C            G

Teardrop in my eye.

         G              D            Em         C

Country Roads, take me home, to the place, I belong,

         G               D             C             G

West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.

Bridge:    01:48:00  02:11:00

Em             D            G

   I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,

    C        G             D

The radio reminds me of my home far away.

    Em                F            C

And driving down the road I get a feeling

       G                     D                 D7

That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.

Chorus:   02:11:00    03:14:00

         G              D            Em         C

Country Roads, take me home, to the place, I belong,

         G               D             C             G

West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.

         G              D            Em         C

Country Roads, take me home, to the place, I belong,

         G               D             C             G

West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.

         D                  G              D                  G

Take me home, down country roads; take me home, down country roads