Guitoro

Online Virtual Guitar

Loading guitar

Steel-string acoustic guitar, seen from above
SONG GUIDE

Take Me Home, Country Roads chords (John Denver)

Take Me Home, Country Roads chords: A, F#m, E, D. Play along in your browser: the guitar above is set up for the song and plays the picking and strumming part while you strum the strings or press the chord keys. Key of A, 164 BPM, no capo.

The Acoustic guitar in Guitoro
Sounds great on the Acoustic guitar
Chords
A, F#m, E, D
Key
A
Tempo
164 BPM
Capo
none
Tuning
standard
Guitar part
picking and strumming

Chord diagrams

Your shapes for this song

x123
A
134
F#m
231
E
xx132
D
324
G
23
Em
x321
C

How to play Take Me Home, Country Roads

Follow the chord changes, one bar at a time.

Key of A, 164 BPM, no capo. 8 bars, looped:

  1. A
  2. A
  3. F#m
  4. F#m
  5. E
  6. E
  7. D
  8. A
Take Me Home, Country Roads: picking pattern
Bar 15:02:23:21:06:02:23:21:0
Bar 25:02:23:21:06:02:22:33:0
Bar 36:22:23:21:25:42:23:21:2
Bar 46:22:23:21:25:42:23:21:2
Bar 56:03:14:21:05:23:14:21:0
Bar 66:03:14:21:05:23:14:21:0
Bar 74:02:33:21:25:45:2
Bar 85:03:24:21:06:02:02:2 4:21:0

4 beats a bar in 8th notes. B the bass string of the chord, B2 the next string up, 1 to 6 the strings from high e to low E, D and U a strum, string:fret a note away from the chord shape, an empty cell a rest.

Open picking

Key of G, 164 BPM, capo 2. With the capo on fret 2 it sounds in A. 8 bars, looped:

  1. G
  2. G
  3. Em
  4. Em
  5. D
  6. D
  7. C
  8. G
Take Me Home, Country Roads: strumming pattern
BarDDUUD

4 beats a bar in 8th notes. D down, U up, d and u light strokes, x a muted chuck, an empty cell a rest. A heavier line starts a beat.

Open strum
Explore more songs

See them grouped by how many chords they have on the easy guitar songs page.

Guitoro: the most realistic virtual guitar online, free in your browser. Playing a real guitar along? Tune it first with the online guitar tuner.