Almost heaven____       West Virginia, 
Blue   Ridge   Moun - tains,___   Shen-an-do-ah  Riv - er._____
Life  is    old   there, ___       old-er   than   the     trees,
young - er   than     the    moun - tains_______
grow  - in'    like     a      breeze.__

Count  -   try      Roads, _________________take_  me    home
to      the         place_________________ I        be    -    long
West     Vir    -    gin     -   ia,_________ moun - tain    mom - ma,
Take  __   me       home,_____________ Coun - try     Roads.

All   my    mem  - 'ries______        gath  - er   'round      her,
min - er's            la   -  dy,__ strang - er   to   blue   wa   - ter.
Dark    and     dust   -  y, _____  paint   -   ed  on   the     sky,
mist   -  y  taste    of    moon     shine,__   tear   - drop   in  my   eye.

Count  -   try      Roads, _________________take_  me    home
to      the         place_________________ I        be    -    long
West     Vir    -    gin     -   ia,_________ moun - tain    mom - ma,
Take  __   me       home,_____________ Coun - try     Roads.

I  hear    her   voice,   in   the morn-in'  hours   she calls____ me,
the    ra   -   di-o    re   -  minds   me   of   my  home   far    a -  way,
and   driv - in'   down   the   road     I     get   a     feel  - in'  that 
I     should    have    been   home     yes   -  ter  - day,_______ yes   -  ter  - day.___

Count  -   try      Roads, _________________take_  me    home
to      the         place_________________ I        be    -    long
West     Vir    -    gin     -   ia,_________ moun - tain    mom - ma,
Take  __   me       home,_____________ Coun  -  try          Roads.

Circa 1971
Words & Music by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver
Copyright ©Cherry Lane Music Co.