Originally in A, I play in G
| G |
Hang two beats on the I after this line
| G | Em | D | C | G |
| Almost Heaven, | West Virginia, | Blue Ridge Mountains, Sh | enandoah R | iver |
| G | Em | D |
| Life is old there, | older than the trees, y | ounger than the mountains |
| C | G | |
| Bl | owin’ like a br | eeze |
| G | D | Em | C | |
| Country r | oads, take me h | ome, to the p | lace, I bel | ong |
| G | D | C | G | |
| West Virg | inia, mountain m | ama, take me h | ome, country r | oads |
Hang two beats on the I after this line
| G | Em | D | C | G |
| All my memories | gather round her, | miner’s lady, str | anger to blue w | ater |
| G | Em | D |
| Dark and dusty, p | ainted on the sky, m | isty taste of moonshine |
| C | G | |
| Te | ardrop in my | eye |
| G | D | Em | C | |
| Country r | oads, take me h | ome, to the p | lace, I bel | ong |
| G | D | C | G | |
| West Virg | inia, mountain m | ama, take me h | ome, country r | oads |
Vox on the 3 of the chord on “I hear her”
| Em | D | G |
| I hear her v | oice, in the m | orning hour she calls me |
Vox on the 1 of the chord on “radio”
| C | G | D | |
| The | radio rem | inds me of my | home far away |
Vox on the 5 of the chord on “driving down”, the 3 of the new chord on “road”
| Em | F | C | |
| And | driving down the r | oad I get a f | eeling |
| G | D | D7 | |
| That I | should have been home | yesterday, yesterd | ay |
| G | D | Em | C | |
| Country r | oads, take me h | ome, to the p | lace, I bel | ong |
| G | D | C | G | |
| West Virg | inia, mountain m | ama, take me h | ome, country r | oads |
| G | D | Em | C | |
| Country r | oads, take me h | ome, to the p | lace, I bel | ong |
| G | D | C | G | |
| West Virg | inia, mountain m | ama, take me h | ome, country r | oads |
| D | G | |
| Take me h | ome, (down) country r | oads |
| D | G | |
| Take me h | ome, (down) country r | oads |
| G |