Biography:
Ben E. King (born Benjamin Earl Nelson in September 28, 1938 (died of natural causes, aged 76 on April 30, 2015.) in Henderson, North Carolina) was an American soul and pop singer. He is best known as the singer and co-composer of "Stand by Me", a top ten hit in both 1961 and 1986.
In 1958, Ben Nelson joined a doo wop group, The Five Crowns. Later that same year, The Drifters' manager fired the members of the group and replaced them with The Five Crowns, who had performed several engagements with The Drifters.
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Other songs:
- Stand By Me
- Stand By Me.
- Stand Y Me
- Amour
- Country Roads
- Dance With Me
- Dont Play That Song You Lied
- Ecstasy
- First Taste Of Love
- Here Comes The Night
- How Can I Forget
- I Could Have Danced All Night
- I Who Have Nothing
- Its All Over
- Spanish Harlem
- Thats When It Hurts
- Til I Cant Take It Anymore
- Too Bad
- What Is Soul
- What Now My Love
- Young Boy Blues
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Capo 2nd. Key: G Strum Patt (down*, down/up, down/up, down/up)
*short stroke
G Em
Almost heaven, West Virginia,
D C G
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
Em
Life is old there, older than the trees,
D C G
Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze.
G D
Country roads, take me home,
Em C
To the place I belong:
G D
West Virginia, mountain momma,
C G
Take me home, country roads.
G Em
All my mem'ries, gather 'round her,
D C G
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water.
Em
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky,
D C G
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye.
G D
Country roads, take me home,
Em C
To the place I belong:
G D
West Virginia, mountain momma,
C G
Take me home, country roads.
Em D G
I hear her voice, in the mornin' hours she calls me,
C G D
The radio reminds me of my home far away.
Em F
And drivin' down the road,
C G D
I get a feelin' that I should have been home yesterday,
D7
yesterday.
G D
Country roads, take me home,
Em C
To the place I belong:
G D
West Virginia, mountain momma,
C G
take me home, country roads.
G D
Country roads, take me home,
Em C
To the place I belong:
G D
West Virginia, mountain momma,
C G
take me home, country roads.
D G
Take me home, country roads.
D G
Take me home, down country roads.
Alt. NO CAPO
G-A
D-E
Em-F#m
C-D
F-G
D7-E7
HaPpY sTrUmMiNg :)
*short stroke
G Em
Almost heaven, West Virginia,
D C G
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
Em
Life is old there, older than the trees,
D C G
Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze.
G D
Country roads, take me home,
Em C
To the place I belong:
G D
West Virginia, mountain momma,
C G
Take me home, country roads.
G Em
All my mem'ries, gather 'round her,
D C G
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water.
Em
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky,
D C G
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye.
G D
Country roads, take me home,
Em C
To the place I belong:
G D
West Virginia, mountain momma,
C G
Take me home, country roads.
Em D G
I hear her voice, in the mornin' hours she calls me,
C G D
The radio reminds me of my home far away.
Em F
And drivin' down the road,
C G D
I get a feelin' that I should have been home yesterday,
D7
yesterday.
G D
Country roads, take me home,
Em C
To the place I belong:
G D
West Virginia, mountain momma,
C G
take me home, country roads.
G D
Country roads, take me home,
Em C
To the place I belong:
G D
West Virginia, mountain momma,
C G
take me home, country roads.
D G
Take me home, country roads.
D G
Take me home, down country roads.
Alt. NO CAPO
G-A
D-E
Em-F#m
C-D
F-G
D7-E7
HaPpY sTrUmMiNg :)
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