Intro: G D Em C G D C G D Headed down south to the land of the pines Em C And Iʼm thumbinʼ my way into North Caroline G Starinʼ up the road D C And pray to God I see headlights G D I made it down the coast in seventeen hours Em C Pickinʼ me a bouquet of dogwood flowers G And Iʼm a hopinʼ for Raleigh D C I can see my baby tonight G D So rock me mama like a wagon wheel Em C Rock me mama anyway you feel G D C Hey, mama rock me G D Rock me mama like the wind and the rain Em C Rock me mama like a south-bound train G D C Hey, mama rock me G D Em C G D C G D Runninʼ from the cold up in New England Em C I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband G My baby plays the guitar D C I pick a banjo now G D Oh, the North country winters keep a gettinʼ me now Em C Lost my money playinʼ poker so I had to up and leave G But I ainʼt a turninʼ back D C To livinʼ that old life no more G D So rock me mama like a wagon wheel Em C Rock me mama anyway you feel G D C Hey, mama rock me G D Rock me mama like the wind and the rain Em C Rock me mama like a south-bound train G D C Hey, mama rock me G D Em C G D C G D Walkinʼ to the south out of Roanoke Em I caught a trucker out of Philly C Had a nice long toke G D But heʼs 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 I hear my baby callinʼ my name C And I know that sheʼs the only one G And if I die in Raleigh D C At least I will die free G D So rock me mama like a wagon wheel Em C Rock me mama anyway you feel G D C Hey, mama rock me G D Rock me mama like the wind and the rain Em C Rock me mama like a south-bound train G D C G Hey, mama rock me
