Wagon wheel (2013)
G - D - Em - C -
G - D - C - G - D - Em - C
G D
1. Headed down south to 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 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 !
Hey, 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 ! Hey, 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 string band,
G - D
C
my
baby plays the guitar, 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 leave town,
G D C
but I
aint a turnin back to livin that old life no more.
+ CHORUS
+ 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.
G D
So rock me, mama, like a wagon wheel,
Em C G -
D C
rock me, mama, anyway you feel !
Hey, 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 ! Hey, mama, rock me !
+ repeat CHORUS
+ G - D - Em - C - G - D - C (3x) ....
(orig.
= capo 2nd) (Darius Rucker))