Take Me Home Country Roads is one of the classic country songs ever written, making it ideal for beginner guitarists looking to start strumming. It has an intuitive strumming pattern and straightforward chord progression without needing quick changes between each chord change.
This song can also help beginners practice strumming with an even rhythm, which will then translate to singing practice!
Key of G
Country Roads by John Denver from 1971 has come to represent West Virginia and is now an official anthem. It features beautiful and relaxing melodies that can be enjoyed by the whole family, and this guitar lesson will teach you chords and strumming pattern of this timeless tune in G major – this version is most straightforward for learning on guitar – though capo can easily change keys as needed to accommodate vocal range. In addition to this chord being used once within Country Roads but it may also be played alone; please keep this lesson strictly educational; not public performance!
Chords
Harlan Howard first began writing songs as a boy after listening to Grand Ole Opry broadcasts from Nashville’s WSM AM station. Howard used simple chord shapes found on your ukulele (I, IV and V chord shapes) to compose some of country’s iconic tunes; these files should only be used for educational or research purposes and do not represent author interpretation of works displayed.
Verse
Take Me Home Country Roads is a classic campfire sing-along and is also an excellent song to learn on guitar as its simple chord progressions and strumming pattern make for easy learning. In G’s key, this tune can be played without or without capo; learning its F chord can be tricky but will become second nature over time! With practice you’ll soon be singing it like an expert! Enjoy!
– Please be aware that the chord progressions used in this tutorial are solely an interpretation of the original song and do not represent its official version. For any official song sheets and transcripts please contact either the artist or publisher directly.
Bridge
Guitars differ from woodwind and brass instruments in that they can play multiple notes at once, enabling guitarists to create chords, which are groups of notes played simultaneously. A basic Major chord consists of three notes in the scale – known as root notes (also called roots), third (third note in scale or third tone), fifth (fifth tone or fifth tone), which are commonly identified as C, E and G respectively on a fretboard fretboard; usually shown by circles with numbers to show which fingers should play each string; sometimes Xs may also indicate strings not played or played!
Polychord chords consist of more than two notes and are commonly known as polychords. Such chords may be used during modulations, in which the key of a song changes; an example being The Beatles’ song “We Can Work It Out” which features sus2 chords to switch its key from D major to B major during its bridge section.