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Video timestamps. 0:00 Playthrough & greeting 1:24 Chords needed 3:10 Strumming pattern 5:42 Verse, chorus, & bridge 7:16 Farewell. Lyrics w/ chords. Capo notes. If you want to use the chords above and play along with John Denver’s official version, you’ll need a capo on the 2nd fret. Without a capo, you’d need to use chords in the key of A to play along with John Denver (which makes a bit tougher, since a barre chord is needed for F#m). Otherwise, you can use no capo (using the chords I show) and you’ll sound just fine on your own. Understanding the timing of each chord. We’ll have 4 counts per measure. Chords are either played for 1 or 2 measures, depending on the part of the song. Here’s a look at the chord progressions used for each section. Everytime you see a chord name, play that chord for 4 counts (1 measure). If you see a slash (“/”), repeat the prior chord for an additional measure. How to play the chords. Here’s how to play the chords you’ll need. For the F chord, you can get away with the “easy” approach of only playing the middle four strings - this prevents you from needing to play a full barre chord, which is more difficult. How to strum this song. Quite simply, the easiest way is to use all down strums – and accent the “2” and “4” counts in each 4 count measure. To take this a step further, for the “1” and “3” try only playing the bass note the chord with your picking hand. For example: Alternating bass notes. Good luck! Thanks for reading! I hope this helped you. Questions? Comments? Requests? Let me know! Get my lessons in your inbox! Every couple weeks I send out an email newsletter with links to whatever new lessons I've made. Sign up here and stay in the loop! Enjoy my lessons? Buy me a beer! If this and my other lessons have proven helpful to you, please consider making a one-time donation to my tip jar. Contributions of any amount help make this project possible (including the many, many hours I put into it). 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They are both very talented at singing and playing the guitar, and they sound great together. The pair has been performing since the early age of 4 years old, and they have done over 5,000 live performances so far! According to their website, their band is called Music Travel Love, or MTL. “In 2018, MTL released a series of traveling studio videos which they titled Music Travel Love and it is their most recent and exciting project. Combining their love for music, travel and their love for their families, Bob and Clint pack up their studio in a few small backpacks, head across the world to find the most beautiful destinations they can reach and film videos of both covers and their own originals. These videos are then shared across all of their rapidly growing social media platforms and YouTube – as well, every song is available on all streaming services.” In this particular video, Bob and Clint filmed it amongst the lovely scenery of West Virginia. You can see such beautiful fall colors and breathtaking mountain views in the different shots. When matched with their voices and beautiful harmonies, it is such a wonderful video to behold! “This is so extremely super beautiful! Drone footage, videography, background noise, voice, music, all on point and perfection,” comments one person on YouTube about the video. “Your voices and music you make are music to my ears that bring such calm and peace, something we all need,” writes another person online. “Keep singing!” We hope that you enjoyed this video and it was able to uplift you today! John Denver's Take Me Home Country Roads by John Denver. Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer/songwriter, activist, and humanitarian. After traveling and living in numerous locations while growing up in his military family, Denver began his music career in folk music groups in the late 1960s. His greatest commercial success was as a solo singer. Throughout his life, Denver recorded and released approximately 300 songs, about 200 of which he composed. He performed primarily with an acoustic guitar and sang about his joy in nature, his enthusiasm for music, and relationship trials. Denver's music appeared on a variety of charts, including country and western, the Billboard Hot 100, and adult contemporary, in all earning him 1… more » Take Me Home, Country Roads. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is a song written by John Denver, Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert, and initially recorded by John Denver. It was included on his 1971 breakout album Poems, Prayers and Promises; the single went to #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. After many other hit singles, "Take Me Home, Country Roads" remains Denver's signature song. Origins. Denver was heading the bill in December 1970 at Washington, D.C. folk club The Cellar Door; Danoff and Nivert opened for him as a duo named Fat City. After the post-Christmas re-opening night (the booking was for two weeks), the three headed back to their place for an impromptu jam. On the way, Denver's left thumb was broken in an automobile accident. He was taken to the hospital, where a splint was applied. By the time they got back to the house, he was, in his own words, "wired, you know". Danoff and Nivert then told him about a song that they had been working on for about a month. Inspiration had come while driving to a family reunion of Nivert's relatives in nearby Maryland. To pass the time en route, Danoff had made up a ballad about the little winding roads they were taking. Later, he changed the story to fit that of an artist friend, who used to write to him about the splendors of the West Virginia countryside. The second verse of the tune was a bit risqué – referring to "naked ladies" – so the duo reckoned that their song would never get played on the radio. On his website, Bill Danoff provides the (later discarded) second verse: In the foothills hidin' from the clouds, Pink and purple, West Virginia farmhouse. Naked ladies, men who looked like Christ, And a dog named Pancho, nibbling on the rice. They sang the song for Denver and as he recalled, "I flipped." The three stayed up until 6:00 a.m., changing words and moving lines around. When they finished, John announced that the song had to go on his next album. The song was premiered December 30, 1970, during an encore of Denver's set, the singers reading the words off of a folded piece of paper. This resulted in a five-minute ovation, one of the longest in Cellar Door history. They recorded it in New York City in January 1971. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" appeared on the LP Poems, Prayers, and Promises and was released as a 45 in the spring of 1971. It broke nationally in mid-April, but moved up the charts very slowly. After several weeks, RCA called John and told him that they were giving up on the single. His response: "No! Keep working on it!" They did, and on August 18 it was certified a million-seller. Reception in West Virginia. The song is the theme song of West Virginia University and has been performed at every home football pre-game show at Mountaineer Field since 1972. In 1980, Denver performed his hit song during pre-game festivities to a sold-out crowd of Mountaineer fans. This performance marked the dedication of Mountaineer Field and the first game for head coach Don Nehlen. In fact, the song is played at virtually all athletic events and many other university functions. It is played after the football team wins at home, upon which the fans are encouraged to stay in the stands and sing the song along with the team. The song has also been sung at away games that were close enough for large numbers of students and fans to attend. It has also been played after WVU Men's Basketball victories. The land features mentioned prominently in the song lyrics – the Shenandoah River and the Blue Ridge Mountains – have only marginal associations with the state of West Virginia, and would seem to be more appropriate for Virginia. The river passes through only the very eastern tip of the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Similarly, the vast majority of the Blue Ridge also lies outside the state. This has not dampened the enthusiasm that West Virginians feel for "their song". The popularity of the song has inspired resolutions in the West Virginia House of Delegates and Senate to change the state song of West Virginia to "Take Me Home, Country Roads". So far, such resolutions have not carried. According to a radio interview with Nivert, the road that inspired the song is nowhere near the state. It is a road close to her native Washington, D.C., in nearby Montgomery County, Maryland, where Denver often visited. Clopper Road still exists today, but the landscape has changed drastically from the bucolic landscape that once surrounded it. Popularity in Asia. The song (and writing alternate lyrics to it) is a plot point in the 1995 Japanese animated film Whisper of the Heart from Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. Cover versions and citings. * Scottish singer and entertainer Andy Stewart (musician) recorded a version using the original "West Virginia" lyrics for his album My Homeland. * Aleksander Mežek recorded a Slovene adaptation of the song as Siva pot (The gray path), in which the praise is changed to being for the Slovenian region Gorenjska, instead of West Virginia. This adaptation was recorded again by the Sloveno-Croatian Yugo-pop band Mambo Kings, whose cover added two fake verses: one imitating the Hungarian language, and the other imitating the Japanese language. * Toots & the Maytals recorded a reggae version in which the lyrics are altered to describe Jamaica: "Almost heaven, West Jamaica," for instance, replaces Denver's "West Virginia." * Olivia Newton-John recorded a cover version in 1973 that reached #15 in the UK, but only bubbled under the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 119 in the United States. It is this recording which is eventually used as the opening song for Whisper of the Heart (1995) a Studio Ghibli anime that uses "Take Me Home, Country Roads" as a plot device featuring several renditions in Japanese including an end-title version performed by Yoko Honna. * Hermes House Band recorded a cover and performed on Top Of The Pops when the single was released in 2001. * Ray Charles recorded a cover version which can be found on the 2002 album Ray Charles Sings for America. * The punk rock band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes have also done a cover using the original lyrics. * Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (Bruddah Iz) recorded a cover version of the song, with the lyrics changed to describe his native Hawaii. * Pavel Bobek, Czech country singer also recorded a cover of the song. The title he used was "Veď mě dál, cesto má" (which could be roughly translated as "Lead me on, my road"). * The song was used in the American Dad episode "American Dream Factory". * The song was used in the Prison Break episode "First Down", where the character of David "Tweener" Apolskis completely butchers the lyrics. * The song was used in the The Sopranos episode "Remember When". * A rap cover of the song, sung by Doug E. Fresh, is used with altered lyrics at the start of each New York Knicks home game as well as on television commercials for the team. * The song ranked #18 on CMT's 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music in 2003. * Football club Manchester United used the song as their anthem, changing the lyrics and title to "Take me Home, United Road".