Take Me Home, Country Roads
John Denver, 1971 · Country · Folk & acoustic
- Capo2
- Start at70 bpm
- Record82 bpm
How this fits you
Answer the six questions and this page gets marked up for the way you play. Start the questions
The chords
Shapes with a capo on fret 2.
No F yet? Play Fmaj7, an F without the barre.
How to play it
Downstrokes
One downstroke per beat. Lean into the first beat of every bar.
Down and up
Down, down-up, up-down-up, with a little push on the up-strums.
Make it easier
Capo 2 matches the record. The bridge has one F: play Fmaj7 if the barre isn't ready, and end the bridge on a plain D.
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Lyrics, chords, tab and the record
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