By: John Denver, Bill Danoff, and Taffy Nivert 1970
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Performed: John Denver, Olivia Newton-John
| G | D7 | Em | C |
| Ngā ara, ka | wea, au ki | te kāi | nga |
| G | D7 | C | G |
Aotea | roa, ki ngā | maunga ka | wea e ngā | ara |
| G | Em |
| He hiranga | te whenua |
| D7 | C | G |
| Me ngā maunga, | rere ai ngā | awa |
| G | Em |
| Ora tūroa, | aki i ngā tī |
| D7 | C | G |
| Raro i ngā maunga, | me he | hauangi |
| G | * | Em |
| Almost hea | ven, | West Virginia |
| D7 | C | * | G |
| Blue Ridge mountains, | Shenan | doah | river |
| G | * | Em |
| Life is old | there, | older than the trees |
| D7 | C | * | G |
| Younger than the mountains, | blowing | like a | breeze |
| G | D7 | Em | C |
| Country roads, take me | home, to the | place, I be | long |
| * | G | D7 | C | * | G |
| West | Virginia, mountain | momma take me | home, | country | roads |
| G | * | Em |
| All my memo | ries, | gather round her |
| D7 | C | * | G |
| Miner's lady, | stranger | to blue | water |
| G | * | Em |
| Dark and dus | ty, | painted on the sky |
| D7 | C | * | G |
| Misty taste of moonshine, | teardrops | in my | eye |
| *Em | D7 | G |
| I hear her | voice in the | morning how she calls me |
| *F | G | D7 |
| The radio | reminds me of my | home far away |
| Em | F | C |
And | driving down | the road I get the | feeling |
| G | D | D7 |
That I | should been home | yesterday, | yesterday |
| *Em | D7 | G |
| Ka rongo | au i | tana karanga "hoki mai" |
| *F | G | D7 |
| Hoki | mahara ki te | kāinga rā kei tawhiti |
| Em | F | C |
| Ka whakaaro | au Te āhua | nei |
| G | D | D7 |
me hoki | kē ahau | inanahi, nana | hi |
| D7 | G |
Take me | home, country | roads |
Created 2010 Aug 13 21:20
This is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
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