Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver

About this piece

Take Me Home, Country Roads is a song recorded by the American singer-songwriter John Denver and released in 1971, written by Denver together with Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert. Its longing for home and the mountains of West Virginia struck a chord far beyond the United States, and it has since become a much-loved singalong around the world, closely tied to the state it describes.

This arrangement is a single melody line rather than separate parts for each hand, running about 1 minute 55 seconds in 4/4 at a lively 120 bpm. The range is narrow, from E4 to F♯5, so the whole tune sits comfortably around the middle of the keyboard, but the brisk tempo and the rhythm of the sung phrases, which follow the natural flow of the words, are what make it demanding.

This page plays a 30-second preview, and you will find the full song, with lessons and fingering, in the EzPiano app. Because there is only one line, you can play it with one hand or share it between both if that feels easier. Start in Wait mode at 50 % speed, with note names on, to learn the order of the notes, then switch to Play along and raise the tempo in steps. Loop any phrase that trips you up with A–B until you can play it without stopping.