wagon wheel by old crow medicine show

transcribed by dwdrummer67

( capo 2nd fret )

intro : G D Em C ( 2x )

G D Em C
headed down south to the land of the pines , i’m thumbin’ my way into north caroline
G D C
starin up the road and pray to god i see headlights
G D Em
i made it down the coast in seventeen hours , pickin me a bouquet of
C
dogwood flowers
G D C
and i’m a hopin for raleigh , i can see my baby tonight

ch :
G D Em C
so rock me mama like a wagon wheel , rock me mama anyway you feel
G D C
hey mama rock me
G D Em C
rock me mama like the wind and the rain , rock me mama like a south – bound train
G D C
hey mama rock me

break : G D Em C G D C

G D Em
runnin’ from the cold up in new england , i was born to be a fiddler in an
C
old – time string band
G D C
my baby plays the guitar , i pick a banjo now
G D Em
oh , the north country winters keep a gettin me now , lost my money playin
C
poker so i had to up and leave
G D C
but i aint a turnin back to livin that old life no more

ch :
G D Em C
so rock me mama like a wagon wheel , rock me mama anyway you feel
G D C
hey mama rock me
G D Em C
rock me mama like the wind and the rain , rock me mama like a south – bound train
G D C
hey mama rock me

break : G D Em C G D C

strum each note once :
G D Em
walkin’ to the south out of roanoke , i caught a trucker out of philly , had
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a nice long toke
G D C
but he’s a headed west from the cumberland gap to johnson city , tennessee

back to normal strumming pattern :
G D Em
and i gotta get a move on fit for the sun , i hear my baby callin my name ,
C
and i know that she’s the only one
G D C
and if i die in raleigh , at least i will die free

ch :
G D Em C
so rock me mama like a wagon wheel , rock me mama anyway you feel
G D C
hey mama rock me
G D Em C
rock me mama like the wind and the rain , rock me mama like a south – bound train
G D C C D G
hey mama rock me