Country Road Chords

KeyG Capo5st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays667

Country Road by Jack Johnson is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords G, Am and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			 

(Intro) 
G,Am-Em-Am-Em x2 

G 
Head on Collision on a 2 lane country road 
Am     Em   Am          Em 
Lord I pray let them be safe. 
G 
No turning back I’m just a mile away from home, 
Am         Em          Am    Em 
I sit here waiting let me be patient. 


Chorus: 
Em 
Sometimes it’s hard to ease my mind to realize,  
Am            Em      Am       Em 
you’re always with me waiting, willing to hear my prayers,  
Em 
my hopes, my dreams, my every need 
Am         Em         Am  Em 
I pray for wisdom and overstanding 


G 
What’s meant to be will always be though I controll my destiny,  
Am   Em               Am              Em  
Free will you gave me even though you made me. 
G 
Be careful of the things you do it eventually comes back to you,  
Am        Em       Am        Em 
universal law, Babylon shall fall. 


Chorus: 
Em 
Sometimes it’s hard to ease my mind to realize,  
Am            Em      Am       Em 
you’re always with me waiting, willing, 
Em 
to hear my prayers, my hopes, my dreams, my every need 
Am         Em       Am       Em 
I pray for peace in times of war 


(Whistling solo) 
G,Am-Em-Am-Em x2 
Em,Am-Em-Am-Em x2 


G 
Head on Collision on a 2 lane country road 
Am     Em   Am          Em 
Lord I pray let them be safe. 
G 
No turning back I’m just a mile away from home, 
Am         Em          Am    Em 
I sit here waiting let me be patient. 


Chorus: 
Em 
Sometimes it’s hard to ease my mind to realize,  
Am            Em      Am       Em 
you’re always with me waiting, willing to hear my prayers, my hopes,  
Em 
my dreams, my every need 
Am         Em       Am       Em      G(stroke once) 
I pray for light in times of darknes
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante