This is a great song by a great young band with that old time stringband sound. The song is real simple to play. It just has two patterns that alternate all throughout the song. CAPO 2 Intro: G5 , D5 , E5 , C5 G5 , D5 , C5 (2x) Verse 1 G5 D5 Headed down south to the land of the pines E5 C5 And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline G5 Starin' up the road D5 C5 And pray to God I see headlights G5 D5 I made it down the coast in seventeen hours E5 C5 Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers G5 And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh D5 C5 I can see my baby tonight G5 D5 So rock me mama like a wagon wheel E5 C5 Rock me mama anyway you feel G5 D5 C5 Hey mama rock me G5 D5 Rock me mama like the wind and the rain E5 C5 Rock me mama like a south-bound train G5 D5 C5 Hey mama rock me Verse 2 G5 D5 Runnin' from the cold up in New England E5 C5 I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband G5 D5 My baby plays the guitar C5 I pick a banjo now G5 D5 Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me now E5 C5 Lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave G5 But I ain't a turnin' back D5 C5 To livin' that old life no more G5 D5 So rock me mama like a wagon wheel E5 C5 Rock me mama anyway you feel G5 D5 C5 Hey mama rock me G5 D5 Rock me mama like the wind and the rain E5 C5 Rock me mama like a south-bound train G5 D5 C5 Hey mama rock me Verse 3 (just strum once for the first part of the verse) G5 D5 Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke E5 I caught a trucker out of Philly C5 Had a nice long toke G5 D5 But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap C5 To Johnson City, Tennessee G5 D5 And I gotta get a move on fit for the sun E5 I hear my baby callin' my name C5 And I know that she's the only one G5 And if I die in Raleigh D5 C5 At least I will die free G5 D5 So rock me mama like a wagon wheel E5 C5 Rock me mama anyway you feel G5 D5 C5 Hey mama rock me G5 D5 Rock me mama like the wind and the rain E5 C5 Rock me mama like a south-bound train G5 D5 C5 Hey mama rock me
