CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Take Me Home Country Roads (Live), chord by chord.

Chords of: Take Me Home Country Roads (Live) by: John Denver. (A, E, D, F#m) are the main chords of the song. The chords are displayed instantly in real-time with a YouTube player, four synced views, instrument diagrams, loop practice and a built-in vocal-remover mixer.

About the chords of “Take Me Home Country Roads (Live)”

“Take Me Home Country Roads (Live)” by John Denver is in D Major and runs at about 157 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 15 different chords across 73 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are A, E, D, F#m.

A is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 39% of the 3:09 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Ebmaj7 → Gmaj7 → A → F#m7 → E → A → F#m7 → E. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: intermediate — 5 main chords including 2 extended or barre voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — D Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
A1:1439%
E0:3418%
D0:2513%
F#m0:1810%
E60:137%
F#m70:074%
Gmaj70:052%
Dmaj70:042%

Chord progression, in order

Ebmaj7 – Gmaj7 – A – F#m7 – E – Dmaj7 – A – F#m7 – E – D – D6 – A – E – F#m – D – A – E6 – D – A – F#m – E – Dmaj7 – A – Faug – F#m – C#m7 – E – E6 – Dmaj7 – Bm – A – E – A – F#m – D – Dmaj7 – A – D6 – E6 – A – D – A – F#m7 – E – A – D – A – E – …