Intro:
A E F#m D
A E D (2x)
Verse 1
A E
Headed down south to the land of the pines
F#m D
And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
A
Starin' up the road
E D
And pray to God I see headlights
A E
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
F#m D
Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
A
And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh
E D
I can see my baby tonight
A E
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
F#m D
Rock me mama anyway you feel
A E D
Hey mama rock me
A E
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
F#m D
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
A E D
Hey mama rock me
Verse 2
A E
Runnin' from the cold up in New England
F#m D
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband
A D
My baby plays the guitar
A
I pick a banjo now
A E
Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me now
F#m D
Lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave
A
But I ain't a turnin' back
E D
To livin' that old life no more
A E
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
F#m D
Rock me mama anyway you feel
A E D
Hey mama rock me
A E
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
F#m D
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
A E D
Hey mama rock me
Verse 3 (just strum once for the first part of the verse)
A E
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
F#m
I caught a trucker out of Philly
D
Had a nice long toke
A E
But he's a headed west from the Cumberland Gap
D
To Johnson City, Tennessee
A E
And I gotta get a move on fit for the sun
F#m
I hear my baby callin' my name
D
And I know that she's the only one
A
And if I die in Raleigh
E D
At least I will die free
A E
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
F#m D
Rock me mama anyway you feel
A E D
Hey mama rock me
A E
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
F#m D
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
A E D
Hey mama rock me