Tag: John Denver
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Take Me Home, Country Roads — Clawhammer
ClawhammerKey of F4/4 Time One of John Denver’s biggest hits, from 1971. I played it clawhammer style in the key of F. That’s a full step down from the key of G, how it’s usually played on guitar, which makes it easier to hit the high notes when you’re singing. For this song the key…
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Leaving on a Jet Plane — Strum-Along
Strum-AlongKey of G4/4 Time John Denver wrote “Leaving on a Jet Plane” in 1967 when he was a member of the Chad Mitchell Trio. The group recorded it but it wasn’t successful until released two years later by Peter, Paul & Mary, when it went to #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it…
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Back Home Again — Strum-Along
Strum-AlongKey of C4/4 Time John Denver wrote “Back Home Again” in 1974. It reached #1 on the country chart and in 1975 won the Country Music Association’s “Song of the Year” award, with John Denver also being named “Entertainer of the Year” by the CMA.
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Annie’s Song — Fingerstyle
“Annie’s Song” is a love song by John Denver, released in 1974 on his album Back Home Again. Written for his then-wife Annie Martell, the song is a heartfelt expression of deep love and admiration. Denver famously wrote it in just ten minutes while riding a ski lift in Aspen, Colorado. The lyrics compare his…
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Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream — Strum-Along
Folksinger Ed McCurdy wrote “Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream” back in 1950, and more than seventy years later it’s a dream that most of us would still like to come true. It’s the theme song for the Peace Corps and has been recorded by many artists such as Pete Seeger, Johnny Cash, Joan…
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