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    This signature song by John Denver, was written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, and John Denver. It was released on the LP "Poems, Prayers and Promises" in 1971 and included the hit, "Sunshine on My Shoulders". Danoff and his then-wife, Mary ("Taffy") Nivert, wrote "I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado" and "Take Me Home, Country Roads," both of which were hits for John Denver. Danoff (from Springfield, Massachusetts) has stated he had never been to West Virginia before co-writing the song.[6] Inspiration for the song had come while driving to a family reunion of Nivert's relatives along Clopper Road[7] in nearby Maryland. To pass the time en route, Danoff had made up a ballad about the little winding roads they were taking. He had even briefly considered using "Massachusetts" rather than "West Virginia," as both four-syllable state names would have fit the song's meter. After their performance as Denver's opening act, they sang the song for Denver at their home and Denver later 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.

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    This signature song by John Denver, was written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, and John Denver. It was released on the LP "Poems, Prayers and Promises" in 1971 and included the hit, "Sunshine on My Shoulders". Danoff and his then-wife, Mary ("Taffy") Nivert, wrote "I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado" and "Take Me Home, Country Roads," both of which were hits for John Denver. Danoff (from Springfield, Massachusetts) has stated he had never been to West Virginia before co-writing the song.[6] Inspiration for the song had come while driving to a family reunion of Nivert's relatives along Clopper Road[7] in nearby Maryland. To pass the time en route, Danoff had made up a ballad about the little winding roads they were taking. He had even briefly considered using "Massachusetts" rather than "West Virginia," as both four-syllable state names would have fit the song's meter. After their performance as Denver's opening act, they sang the song for Denver at their home and Denver later 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.

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    Take Me Home Country Roads by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, and John Denver

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    This signature song by John Denver, was written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, and John Denver. It was released on the LP "Poems, Prayers and Promises" in 1971 and included the hit, "Sunshine on My Shoulders". Danoff and his then-wife, Mary ("Taffy") Nivert, wrote "I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado" and "Take Me Home, Country Roads," both of which were hits for John Denver. Danoff (from Springfield, Massachusetts) has stated he had never been to West Virginia before co-writing the song.[6] Inspiration for the song had come while driving to a family reunion of Nivert's relatives along Clopper Road[7] in nearby Maryland. To pass the time en route, Danoff had made up a ballad about the little winding roads they were taking. He had even briefly considered using "Massachusetts" rather than "West Virginia," as both four-syllable state names would have fit the song's meter. After their performance as Denver's opening act, they sang the song for Denver at their home and Denver later 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.

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    Take Me Home, Country Roads

    by John Denver © 1972Cherry Lane Music Co.

    G Em D C G
    Almost Heaven, — West Virginia, — Blue Ridge Mountains, — Shenandoah River.
    G Em D
    Life is old here, older than the trees, younger than the mountains,
    C G
    blowin’ like a breeze.
    G D Em C
    (chorus): Country Roads, take me home, to a place, where I belong,
    G D C G
    West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.

    G Em D C G
    All my memories—gather round her, — miner's lady, — stranger to blue water.

    Em D C G
    Dark and dusty, —painted on the sky, —misty taste of moonshine, —teardrop in my eye.

    (chorus)
    {BRIDGE} Em D G
    I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
    C G D
    the radio—— reminds me of my home far away.
    Em F C G
    And driving down the road I get a feeling that I should have been home
    D D7
    yesterday, —yesterday.
    (chorus) x2
    [Outro]
    D G D C G CG
    ...Take me home, Country Roads. Take me home——Country Roads!

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