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 |