Take Me Home, Country Roads

John Denver * Track #7 On Poems, Prayers & Promises

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Album Poems, Prayers & Promises

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John Denver

1971

Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver

Release Date

Mon Apr 12 1971

Performed by

John Denver

Produced by

Susan Ruskin & Milton Okun

Writed by

Taffy Nivert Danoff & Bill Danoff & John Denver

Take Me Home, Country Roads Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Almost Heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze

[Chorus]
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads

[Verse 2]
All my memories gather 'round her
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye

[Chorus]
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads

[Bridge]
I hear her voice in the morning hour, she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
Driving down the road, I get a feeling
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday

[Chorus]
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads

[Outro]
Take me home, (Down) country roads
Take me home, (Down) country roads

Take Me Home, Country Roads Q&A

Who wrote Take Me Home, Country Roads's ?

Take Me Home, Country Roads was written by Taffy Nivert Danoff & Bill Danoff & John Denver.

Who produced Take Me Home, Country Roads's ?

Take Me Home, Country Roads was produced by Susan Ruskin & Milton Okun.

When did John Denver release Take Me Home, Country Roads?

John Denver released Take Me Home, Country Roads on Mon Apr 12 1971.

Was song about western Virginia, rather than West Virginia?

The song directly references West Virginia, however, many of the locations mentioned in the song are not in West Virginia, but in western Virginia

How has this song been used commercially?

A cover of this song recorded by Copilot Music + Sound was used as the music promoting Bethesda’s video game, Fallout 76, which was released on November 14, 2018.