Capo 2nd Fret

G  D  Em  C
G  D  C

G                             D
Heading down south toward the land of the pines
    Em                   C
I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
G                        D                 C
Starin' up the road, and pray to God I see headlights.

G                         D
I made it to the coast in seventeen hours
    Em                  C
I'm pickin a bouquet of dogwood flowers
          G                            D             C
And I'm a-hopin' for Raleigh, so I can see my baby tonight.

G                       D
So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Em                C
Rock me momma any way you feel
G D       C
Hey momma rock me

G                      D
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Em                   C
Rock me momma like a south-bound train
G D       C
Hey momma rock me

G  D  Em  C
G  D  C 
(Same Chord pattern throughout)

Runnin' from the cold, up in New England
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time string band
My baby plays a guitar, I pick a banjo now
North Country winters tryin' to get me now
I lost my money playin' poker so I had to leave town
And I ain't ever turnin' back, to living that old life no more

Rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Rock me momma any way you feel
Hey momma rock me
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Rock me momma like a south-bound train
Hey momma rock me

Headin' down South out of Roanoke 
I met a trucker out of Philly, had a nice long toke
But he's a-headin' west towards the Cumberland Gap
From Johnson City, Tennessee
Well I better get a move-on before the sun
I hear my baby callin' my name and I know she's the only one
And if I die in Raleigh, at least I will die free

Rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Rock me momma any way you feel
Hey momma rock me
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Rock me momma like a south-bound train
Hey momma rock me