...COUNTRY ROADS... by Toots & The Maytals
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*from 'Funky Kingston' (1973)*


Intro:

G#  G#7 (x3), G# (n.c)

Verse 1:

G# (xx1114@1)    Fm (133111@1)Almost heaven, West Jamaica,
D# (x43121@3)                   C# (x43121@1)             G# (xx1114@1)True Ridge Mountains, shining down the river.
G# (xx1114@1)                   Fm (133111@1)All my friends there,  holding on those ridge,
D# (x43121@3)                        C# (x43121@1)           G# (xx1114@1)Younger than the mountain, blowin' like a breeze.

Chorus 1:

        G# (xx1114@1)          D# (x43121@3)         C#Country (x43121@1)roads take me home, to the place I belong.
     G# (xx1114@1)            D# (x43121@3)                C# (x43121@1)          G#West (xx1114@1)Jamaica, my ol' Mama ma ma, take me home, country roads.

Verse 2:

G# (xx1114@1)         D# (x43121@3)          G# (xx1114@1)             Fm (133111@1)I heard her voice; in the mornin' hour she calls me.
       C# (x43121@1)       G# (xx1114@1)          D#Said; (x43121@3)"son you re-mind me of my home far away".
G# (xx1114@1)              D# (x43121@3)           C# (x43121@1)Drivin' down the road, I feel a sickness, I sure did,
       D#Oh (x43121@3)yes-terday, yesterday.

Verse 3:

G# (xx1114@1)    Fm (133111@1)All my memories all gather 'round her,
D# (x43121@3)        C# (x43121@1)            G# (xx1114@1)Mama Lady, stranger to the water.
G# (xx1114@1)            Fm (133111@1)Dark and dusky painted on the sky,
D# (x43121@3)                       C# (x43121@1)               G# (xx1114@1)Misty taste of moonshine, tears gone from my eye.

Chorus 2:

        G# (xx1114@1)          D# (x43121@3)         C#Country (x43121@1)roads take me home, to the place I belong.
     G# (xx1114@1)            D#West (x43121@3)Jamaica, my ol' Mama ma ma,
                    C# (x43121@1)          G#Won't (xx1114@1)you let me go home, country roads?

Interlude:

G#  Fm, D#  C#  G# (x2)

Chorus 3:

        G# (xx1114@1)          D# (x43121@3)         C#Country (x43121@1)roads take me home, to the place I belong.
     G# (xx1114@1)            D# (x43121@3)                C# (x43121@1)          G#West (xx1114@1)Jamaica, my ol' Mama ma ma, take me home, country roads.

Chorus 4:

        G# (xx1114@1)          D# (x43121@3)         C#Country (x43121@1)roads take me home, to the place I belong.
     G# (xx1114@1)            D# (x43121@3)                C# (x43121@1)          G#West (xx1114@1)Jamaica, my ol' Mama ma ma, take me home, country roads.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G# (xx1114@1)    G#7 (xx1112@1)   Fm (133111@1)    D# (x43121@3)    C# (x43121@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 466544  464544  133111  x68886  x46664
                                    ____
           _             __   __   |  __|  __    __
          | |   _   _   |  \ /  |  | |__   \ \  / /
  _____   | |  | | | |  |       |  |__  |   \ \/ /
 |  ___|  | |  | | | |  | |\_/| |   __| |    \  /
 | |= =   | |  | |_| |  | | = | |  |____|     | |
 | |      | |  |_____|  | |   | |   = = =     | |
 | |___   | |   = = =   | |   | |             | |
 |_____|  | |           |_|   |_|             | |
  = = =   | |_____       =     =    Tabbed by |_|
          |_______|  Joel from cLuMsY, 2009    =
           = = = =      (clumsyband@hotmail.com)