G - D - Em - C - G - D - C (2x)
G D
1. Headed down south to the land of the pines,
Em C
and
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 down the coast in
seventeen hours,
Em C
pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
G D
C
and
I'm a hopin' for Raleigh, I can see my baby tonight.
G
D
So rock me, mama, like a wagon wheel;
Em C G - D C
rock me, mama, anyway you feel !
He....y, mama, rock me !
G D
Rock me, mama, like the wind and the rain
Em C G - D C
rock me, mama, like a south-bound
train ! He....y, mama, rock me !
+ G - D - Em - C - G - D - C
G D
2. Runnin' from the cold up in New England,
Em
C
I was born to be a fiddler in
an old-time stringband,
G - D C
my
baby plays the guitar I pick a
banjo now.
G D
Oh, North country
winters keep a gettin' me now,
Em C
lost
my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave
G D C
but I
ain't a turnin' back to livin' that old life no more.
G D
So rock me, mama, like a wagon wheel;
Em C G - D C
rock me, mama, anyway you feel !
He....y, mama, rock me !
G D
Rock me, mama, like the wind and the rain
Em C G - D C
rock me, mama, like a south-bound
train ! He....y, mama, rock me !
+ G - D - Em - C - G - D - C (2x)
G D
3. Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke,
Em C
I caught a trucker out of
Philly, 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 fit for the sun,
Em C
I hear my baby callin' my name, and I know that she's the only one,
G
D C
and
if I die in Raleigh, at least I will die free.
+ CHORUS + G
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Old Crow
Medicine Show)