Capo #2
[G] [D] [Em] [C]
[G] 2x [D] [C]
[G] Headed down south to the [D] land of the pines
And I'm [Em] thumbin' my way [C] into North Caroline
[G] Starin' up the road
And pray to [D] God I see [C] headlights
I [G] made it down the coast in [D] seventeen hours
[Em] Pickin' me a bouquet [C] of dogwood flowers
And I'm a [G] hopin' for Raleigh
I can [D] see my baby [C] tonight
So [G] rock me mama like a [D] wagon wheel
[Em] Rock me [C] mama anyway you feel
[G] Hey, [D] mama [C] rock me
[G] Rock me mama like the [D] wind and the rain
[Em] Rock me mama like [C] a south-bound train
[G] Hey, [D] mama [C] rock me
[G] [D] [Em] [C]
[G] Ru [D] ni [C] ' from the cold up in New England
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband
My baby plays the guitar
I pick a banjo now
Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me now
Lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave
But I ain't a turnin' back
To livin' that old life no more
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama anyway you feel
Hey, mama rock me
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
Hey, mama rock me
[G] [D] [Em] [C]
[G] 2x [D] [C]
[G] Walkin' to the south [D] out of Roanoke
I caught a [Em] trucker out of Philly
Had a [C] nice long toke
But [G] he's a headed west from the [D] Cumberland Gap
To [C] Johnson City, Tennessee
And I [G] gotta get a move on [D] fit for the sun
I hear my [Em] baby callin' my name
And I [C] know that she's the only one
And [G] if I die in Raleigh
At [D] least I will die [C] free
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama anyway you feel
Hey, mama rock me
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
Hey, mama rock me
