Originally in A, I play in G capo 2
Intro, swung
G | D | Em | C |
G | D | C | C |
x2 |
Vox start on the 3
G | D | |
I’m | headed down south to the | land of the pines |
Em | C | |
I’m | thumbin’ my way into | North Caroline |
G |
Starin’ up the road |
D | C | |
And | pray to god I see | headlights |
G | D | |
I | made it down the coast in | seventeen hours |
Em | C |
Pickin’ me a bouquet of | dogwood flowers |
G | |
And I’m a- | hopin’ for Raleigh |
D | C | |
I can | see my baby to | night |
G | D | |
So | rock me mama like a | wagon wheel |
Em | C |
Rock me mama any | way you feel |
G | D | C |
Hey | mama | rock me |
G | D |
Rock me mama like the | wind and the rain |
Em | C |
Rock me mama like a | southbound train |
G | D | C |
Hey | mama | rock me |
G | D | Em | C |
G | D | C | C |
G | D |
Runnin’ from the cold | up in New England |
Em | C | |
I was | born to be a fiddler in an | old-time string band |
G | D | |
My | baby plays the guitar |
C | |
I pick a banjo | now |
G | D | |
Oh, the | North country winters keep a | gettin’ me now |
Em | C | |
Lost my | money playin’ poker so I | had to up and leave |
G | |
But I | ain’t a-turnin’ back |
D | C | |
To | livin’ that old life | no more |
G | D | |
So | rock me mama like a | wagon wheel |
Em | C |
Rock me mama any | way you feel |
G | D | C |
Hey | mama | rock me |
G | D |
Rock me mama like the | wind and the rain |
Em | C |
Rock me mama like a | southbound train |
G | D | C |
Hey | mama | rock me |
Solo
G | D | Em | C |
G | D | C | C |
x2 |
Let ring
G | D |
Walkin’ to the south | out of Roanoke |
Em | |
I caught a | trucker out of Philly |
C | |
Had a | nice long toke |
G | D | |
But | he’s a-headed west from the | Cumberland Gap |
C | |
To | Johnson City, Tennessee |
G | D | |
And I | gotta get a move on | feet for the sun |
Em | |
I hear my | baby callin’ my name |
C | |
And I | know that she’s the only one |
G | |
And | if I die in Raleigh |
D | C | |
At | least I will die | free |
G | D | |
So | rock me mama like a | wagon wheel |
Em | C |
Rock me mama any | way you feel |
G | D | C |
Hey | mama | rock me |
G | D |
Rock me mama like the | wind and the rain |
Em | C |
Rock me mama like a | southbound train |
G | D | C |
Hey | mama | rock me |
G | D | Cadd9 |
Hey | mama | rock me |