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Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Capo 2nd fret

Chords/ Tablature
Em - 022000
G - 320033
D - xx0232
Cadd9 - x32033
Gmaj9 - 200233

PM - Palm mute

Intro:
G, D, Em, Cadd9
G, D, Cadd9, Cadd9

Verse 1
G (320003@1)                      DHeaded (xx0232@1)down south to the land of the pines
        Em (022000@1)                 Cadd9And (x32030@1)I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
GStarin' (320003@1)up the road
            D (xx0232@1)       Cadd9And (x32030@1)pray to God I see headlights

G (320003@1)                       DI (xx0232@1)made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Em (022000@1)                    Cadd9Pickin' (x32030@1)me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
          GAnd (320003@1)I'm a hopin' for Raleigh
      D (xx0232@1)           Cadd9I (x32030@1)can see my baby tonight

Chorus
   G (320003@1)                 DSo (xx0232@1)rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em (022000@1)            Cadd9Rock (x32030@1)me mama anyway you feel
G  Gmaj9    Cadd9
Hey, mama rock me
G (320003@1)                   DRock (xx0232@1)me mama like the wind and the rain
Em (022000@1)                Cadd9Rock (x32030@1)me mama like a south-bound train
G  Gmaj9   Cadd9
Hey, mama rock me

Break
G, D, Em, Cadd9
G, D, Cadd9, Cadd9

Verse 2
G (320003@1)                   DRunnin' (xx0232@1)from the cold up in New England
      Em (022000@1)                       Cadd9I (x32030@1)was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband
   GMy (320003@1)baby plays the guitar
D (xx0232@1)            Cadd9I (x32030@1)pick a banjo now

G (320003@1)                          DOh, (xx0232@1)the North country winters keep a gettin' me now
        Em (022000@1)                     Cadd9Lost (x32030@1)my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave
      GBut (320003@1)I ain't a turnin' back
   D (xx0232@1)                  Cadd9To (x32030@1)livin' that old life no more

Chorus
   G (320003@1)                 DSo (xx0232@1)rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em (022000@1)            Cadd9Rock (x32030@1)me mama anyway you feel
G  Gmaj9    Cadd9
Hey, mama rock me
G (320003@1)                   DRock (xx0232@1)me mama like the wind and the rain
Em (022000@1)                Cadd9Rock (x32030@1)me mama like a south-bound train
G  Gmaj9    Cadd9
Hey, mama rock me

Break
G, D, Em, Cadd9
G, D, Cadd9, Cadd9

Bridge/ Verse 3
PM
G (320003@1)                  DWalkin' (xx0232@1)to the south out of Roanoke
           EmI (022000@1)caught a trucker out of Philly
      Cadd9Had (x32030@1)a nice long toke
    G (320003@1)                         DBut (xx0232@1)he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap
   Cadd9
To Johnson City, Tennessee

G (320003@1)                 DAnd (xx0232@1)I gotta get a move on fit for the sun
          EmI (022000@1)hear my baby callin' my name
      Cadd9And (x32030@1)I know that she's the only one
    GAnd (320003@1)if I die in Raleigh
   D (xx0232@1)              Cadd9At (x32030@1)least I will die free

2x Chorus
   G (320003@1)                 DSo (xx0232@1)rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em (022000@1)            Cadd9Rock (x32030@1)me mama anyway you feel
G  Gmaj9    Cadd9
Hey, mama rock me
G (320003@1)                   DRock (xx0232@1)me mama like the wind and the rain
Em (022000@1)                Cadd9Rock (x32030@1)me mama like a south-bound train
G  Gmaj9    Cadd9
Hey, mama rock me

Optionally, repeat the intro once more as an outro
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