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John Denver – Take Me Home Country Roads Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

Updated January 9, 2026

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This is the chord progression of Take Me Home Country Roads by John Denver on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
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.

[Chorus]
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]
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.

[Chorus]
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]
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]
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, country roads; take me home, down country roads

How to play Take Me Home Country Roads: key, chords and progression

Take Me Home Country Roads by John Denver sits in G major (one sharp: F♯), and you need 6 chords to play it: G, Em, D, C, F and D7.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – Em – D – C (I – vi – V – IV in G major). In solfa, that is doh – lah – soh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.